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1. Which British King reigned between 1760 and 1820?
 
George I
George II
George III
George IV

George I reigned between 1714-27, George II 1727-1760, George IV 1820-30
 
 
2. Which political party did Prime Minister Robert Walpole represent?
 
Labour
Liberal
Tory
Whig
 
 
3. Against which country did Britain participate in the "War Of Jenkins' Ear" in 1739?
 
France
Portugal
Spain
Turkey

The Spanish allegedly committed an atrocity on a British naval man
 
 
4. In which British city did the "Peterloo Massacre" of 1819 take place?
 
Glasgow
Manchester
Newcastle
Plymouth

There was a clash between workers and troops of the yeomanry
 
 
5. Which series of conflicts took place between 1793 and 1815?
 
American War of Independence
Napoleonic Wars
War of Austrian Accession
War of Spanish Succession
 
 
6. At which battle did the Duke of Cumberland defeat the Jacobite army in 1746?
 
Bannockburn
Bosworth Field
Culloden
Marston Moor
 
 
7. Who was the British Prime Minister when George IV acceded to the throne in 1820?
 
Earl of Liverpool
Sir Robert Peel
Viscount Palmerston
William Pitt the Younger

Robert Banks Jenkinson was the 2nd Earl of Liverpool
 
 
8. What name was given to the great financial scandal of 1720?
 
Lead Balloon
New World Explosion
Pacific Starburst
South Sea Bubble
 
 
9. When did Samuel Taylor Coleridge complete The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner?
 
1788
1798
1808
1818

The work was started in 1797 and completed in early 1798
 
 
10. Which unpopular piece of legislation was passed in 1815 to keep up grain prices?
 
Barley Law
Corn Law
Maize Law
Wheat Law
 
 
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