UK History and Politics
Georgians and Victorians
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- Which building housed the Great Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park?
- Which war of 1853 to 1856 saw Florence Nightingale nurse wounded soldiers at Scutari?
- Which politician, as Home Secretary, founded the Metropolitan Police in 1829?
- Which Liberal Prime Minister introduced the first Irish Home Rule Bill in 1886?
- Which movement, named after the People's Charter of 1838, presented petitions to Parliament in 1839, 1842 and 1848?
- Which Hanoverian king was on the throne when Britain lost its American colonies?
- What was the Battle of Culloden of 1746 notable for?
- In which year was the Factory Act of 1833 passed, limiting the hours of child workers?
- Who is generally regarded as Britain's first Prime Minister, serving from 1721 to 1742?
- Which engineer was the first engineer of the Great Western Railway and built the SS Great Britain?
- Which Victorian Prime Minister, author of the novel Sybil, kept a close friendship with Queen Victoria?
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