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gdo
m 
of 
Nor
way
 
m 
of 
Man
n 
and 
the 
Isles
 
invasion of 
Ireland
 
1171 
Lor
dshi
p of 
Irel
and
 
1204 
??? 
1266 
1282 
Wars of 
Scottish 
Independence
 
1333 
Baili
wick 
of 
Guer
nsey
 
Baili
wick 
of 
Jers
ey
 
Is
le 
of 
M
a
n
 
1469 
???
Poynings' Law
 
??? 
??? 
Tudor conquest 
of Ireland 
Union of the 
Crowns 
1607 
Kingdom 
of Ireland
 
Flight of the 
Earls 
Plantation of 
Ulster 
??? 
1641 
Conf
edera
te 
Irelan
d
 
1649 
Commo
nwealth 
of 
England
 
Cromwellian 
conquest of 
Ireland
 
??? 
Commonwealth of England, Scotland 
and Ireland
 
1660 
Kingdo
m of 
England 
Kingdom of 
Scotland 
Kingdom 
of Ireland 
Penal Laws 
Revolution of 
1688 
Battle of the 
Boyne 
1707 
??? 
Acts of Union 

1707 
Battle of 
Culloden 
Irish Rebellion 
of 1798 
1801 
United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland
 
Act of Union 
1800 
Catholic 
Emancipation 
Irish Potato 
Famine 
1919 
Irish 
Repu
blic
 
Irish War of 
Independence 
Partition of 
Ireland 
1921/2 
United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Northern 
Ireland
 
?? 
Irish 
Free 
State
 
1937 
Irelan
d
 
The Emergency 
Battle of 
Britain 
The Troubles 
Celtic Tiger 
??? 
Wa
les
 
Scotland
 
??? 
2.
 
Tests 
1.
The Official London residence of the Queen and the largest “working” 
royal palace in the world is: 
a)
Nelson’s Column 
b)
King William’s Palace 
c)
Buckingham Palace 
d)
The National Gallery 

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2.The Queen Elizabeth I was the fifth but not the last monarch of the Tudor 
dynasty. 
a)
It’s possible 
b)
True 
c)
It’s impossible 
d)
false 
3.Choose the period of Elizabeth I reign: 
a)
1586-1683 
b)
1677-1700 
c)
1533-1603 
d)
1845-1934 
4.When did Civil War break out ?
a)
1746 
b)
1642 
c)
1656 
d)
1789 
5.The highest of the Industrial Revolution period of great social, economic, 
and technological change in the United Kingdom is … 
a)
The Victorian Era
b)
The Elizabethan Era 
c)
The Elizabethan II Era 
d)
The Era of Freedom 
6.Who was the first monarch to use the title Empress of India? 
a)
Elizabeth I 

b)
Elizabeth 
c)
Victoria II 
d)
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) 
7. Find the person and who he/she was: 
a)
Elizabeth I 1 
Empress of India 
b)
Victoria
2 
The Queen of England and Ireland (1558-until her 
death) 
c)
Margaret Thatcher 3 
The Lord Protector and Head of State 
d)
Oliver Cromwell 4 
Prime minister, Conservative Party leader 
8.When was Christianity in Britain adopted? 
a)
6th century 
b)
5-6th century 
c)
2-3d century 
d)
1-2nd century 
9.Choose the right symbols: 
a)
England 
1 
Britannia and John Bull 
b)
Scotland 
2 
The Lions of Anjou 
c)
Wales 
3 
3 King William I “The Lion” 
d)
Great Britain 
4 
The Red Dragon on the flag 
10.The National Assembly for Wales was established in:
a)
1789 
b)
1998 
c)
1897 
d)
1999 
11.What is the capital of Wales? 

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a)
London 
b)
Taff 
c)
Cardiff 
d)
Newport 
12.Newport, Cardiff, Swansea are the largest cities of… 
a)
England 
b)
Wales 
c)
Scotland 
d)
These are not the cities 
13.The beginning of undivided Saxon rule in England: 
a)
829 
b)
987 
c)
564 
d)
888 
14.To combine the date and the event: 
a)
1066 1 
Elizabethan Era 
b)
1660 2 
Victorian Era 
c)
1839-1902 3 
The restoration of monarchy 
d)
1533-1603 4 
The battle of Hastings 
 
3. Creative assignments. 
Write a short summary on the alternative history of the UK (or one of its 
parts) and present it in class. 
 
 

Chapter 5 
System of Government 
 
Her Majesty's Government (HMG; Welsh: Llywodraeth Ei 
Mawrhydi), commonly referred to as the British government, is the 
central government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Northern Ireland. 
The government is led by the Prime Minister, who selects all the 
remaining ministers. The prime minister and the other most senior 
ministers belong to the supreme decision-making committee, known as 
the Cabinet. The government ministers all sit in Parliament, and are 
accountable to it. The government is dependent on Parliament to make 
primary legislation, and since the Fixed-terms Parliaments Act 2011, 
general elections are held every five years to elect a new House of 
Commons, unless there is a successful vote of no confidence in the 
government in the House of Commons, in which case an election may be 
held sooner. After an election, the monarch (currently Queen Elizabeth 
II) selects as prime minister the leader of the party most likely to 
command a majority of MPs in the House of Commons. 

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Under the uncodified British constitution, executive authority lies 
with the monarch, although this authority is exercised only by, or on the 
advice of, the prime minister and the cabinet. The Cabinet members 
advise the monarch as members of the Privy Council. They also exercise 
power directly as leaders of the Government Departments. 
The current prime minister is Theresa May, who took office on 13 
July 2016. She is the leader of the Conservative Party, which won a 
majority of seats in the House of Commons in the general election on 7 
May 2015, when David Cameron was the party leader. Prior to this, 
Cameron and the Conservatives led a coalition government from 2010 to 
2015 with the Liberal Democrats, in which Cameron was prime minister. 
A key principle of the British Constitution is that the government 
is responsible to Parliament. This is called responsible government. 
Britain is a constitutional monarchy in which the reigning monarch 
(that is, the King or Queen who is the Head of State at any given time) 
does not make any open political decisions. All political decisions are 
taken by the government and Parliament. This constitutional state of 
affairs is the result of a long history of constraining and reducing the 
political power of the monarch, beginning with the Magna Carta in 
1215. 
Parliament is split into two houses: the House of Lords and the 
House of Commons. The House of Commons is the lower house and is 
the more powerful. The House of Lords is the upper house and although 
it can vote to amend proposed laws, the House of Commons can usually 
vote to overrule its amendments. Although the House of Lords can 
introduce bills, most important laws are introduced in the House of 

Commons - and most of those are introduced by the government, which 
schedules the vast majority of parliamentary time in the Commons. 
Parliamentary time is essential for bills to be passed into law, because 
they must pass through a number of readings before becoming law. Prior 
to introducing a bill, the government may run a public consultation to 
solicit feedback from the public and businesses, and often may have 
already introduced and discussed the policy in the Queen's Speech, or in 
an election manifesto or party platform. 
Ministers of the Crown are responsible to the House in which they 
sit; they make statements in that House and take questions from 
members of that House. For most senior ministers this is usually the 
elected House of Commons rather than the House of Lords. There have 
been some recent exceptions to this: for example, cabinet ministers Lord 
Mandelson (First Secretary of State) and Lord Adonis (Secretary of State 
for Transport) sat in the Lords and were responsible to that House during 
the government of Gordon Brown. 

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