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Br. History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| queen of great britain (1702-14); the daughter of James 2 and the last Stuart sovereign | queen anne |
| saxon king of england (871-99); resisted danish invaders and helped build a strong monarchy | Alfred the Great |
| wife of James 1 of England (james6 of scotland) | Anne of Denmark |
| archbishop of canterbury that was assassinated in canterbury cathedral because of differences with Henry 2 | Thomas a Becket |
| wrote "commentaries on the laws of england" which was the 1st comprehensive description of the principles of english law | Blackstone |
| british prime minister who negotiated the munich pact with germany in 1938 in hopes to avoid war; claimed the pact had secured "peace for out time", enemies called his tactics "appeasement" | Chamberlain |
| king of great britain (1625-49) executed for treason in 1649 | Charles 1 |
| british prime minister (1940-45, 1951-5) including WW2; said "I have nothing to offer buy blood, toil, tears, and sweat." coined the phrase "iron curtain" | Churchill |
| english political leader who led the parliament army to victory over king charles 1 in the english civil war and emerged as ruler of the nation; held title Lord Protector of the Commonwealth; the restoration of the king occured after his death | Cromwell |
| queen of england (1558-1603); daughter of Henry 8 and Anne Boleyn; called the "virgin queen" because she never married | Elizabeth 1 |
| present queen of England | Elizabeth 2 |
| king of britain during the american revolution | george 3 |
| four-time prime minister | gladstone |
| british revolution in 1688 in which king james 2 was deposed and the crown was given jointly to william 2 and his wife mary 2 | glorious revolution |
| made himself head of the english church after being excommunicated by the pope (1535) | henry 8 |
| succeeded richard the lionhearted in 1199; was forced to sign the magna carta in 1215 at runneymede | king john |
| british prime minister who attended the conference that produced the treaty of versailles; opposed president wilson and wanted to severly punish germany | lloyd george |
| british general who led british forces in ww2; defeated rommel's german forces in N.Africa | Montgomery |
| 12th century english king who fought in the crusades; succeeded by king john | richard the lionhearted |
| became britain's first woman prime minister in1979 | Thatcher |
| queen of britain (1837-1901); married to prince albert; longest reign of any british king or queen | victoria |
| 1st prime minister of britain (1721-42) | Walpole |
| ruled jointly after glorious revolution of 1688 | william and mary |
| duke of normandy who led the norman conquest of england in 1066 at the battle of hastings; king of england (1066-87) | William the Conqueror |
| 1st wife | catherine of aragon |
| 2 | anne boleyn |
| 3 | jane seymore |
| 4 | anne of cleves |
| 5 | catherine howard |
| 6 | catherine parr |
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