UK History and Politics

Scotland, Wales and Ireland in History

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  1. In which year did the Union of the Crowns bring James VI of Scotland to the English throne?
  2. Which year saw the Easter Rising in Dublin against British rule?
  3. What was the Great Famine in Ireland caused by in 1845?
  4. Which famous Scottish engineer built the Caledonian Canal and the Menai Suspension Bridge?
  5. Which Scottish queen was executed in 1587 on the orders of Elizabeth I?
  6. Which 1692 event saw members of a Highland clan killed by government forces, allegedly for failing to pledge allegiance to William and Mary?
  7. Which year saw the first British troops deployed on the streets of Northern Ireland, at the beginning of the Troubles?
  8. Which prince of Gwynedd was the last native Prince of Wales, killed in 1282?
  9. Which Scottish economist wrote The Wealth of Nations in 1776?
  10. Which Scottish national hero was defeated at Falkirk in 1298 and executed in London in 1305?
  11. Which 1745 uprising did Charles Edward Stuart, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, lead?
  12. In which city was the Titanic built?
  13. Which year did the Acts of Union unite the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland as the United Kingdom?
  14. What was the Welsh Language Act of 1993 mainly designed to do?
  15. What name is given to the evictions of tenants in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, mostly between 1750 and 1860?
  16. What did the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 provide for?
  17. Which Acts under Henry VIII caused Wales to be incorporated into the Kingdom of England?

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