SELF - CHECK

1) The European Scene (1688 - 1837)

1. Louisiana and Canada were originally French colonies. T
2. In the 18th century Britain competed with Spain in the colonisation of North America and India. F
3. During the wars that were fought in the course of the century. Britain was always allied to France. F
4. The Peace of Paris in 1763 endangered Britain's power in North America. T
5. The policy of the Balance of Power aimed at maintaining the status quo between European powers. T
6. In the 18th century Western Europe was under the supremacy of Britain. T
7. The great empires dominating Central and Eastern Europe were the Russian Empire, the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg Empire. T
8. The various countries within the spheres of these empires started to develop a national consciousness. T
9. The North East of Italy was under the Ottoman rule. F
10. The social and political ideals that brought about the French Revolution were inspired by the Enlightenment. T
11. The French Revolution brought the aristocracy to power. F
12. Napoleon fought England for many years and was defeated in 1815 at Waterloo. T
13. The Congress of Vienna paid attention to the demands of revolutionaries and reformers. T

2) The British Scene: Main Facts (1688 - 1837)

1. In the Glorious Revolution of 1688 James II Stuart was overthrown and executed. F
2. The Bill of Rights limited the power of the monarchy in favour of the Parliament. T
3. The Act of Union united the Scottish and the English Parliaments. T
4. William of Orange was invited by the Parliament to succeed to the throne because he had liberal ideas. T
5. In Ireland Catholicism became predominant after the Battle of the Boyne. F
6. In 1714 the English throne passed into the hands of the German House of Hanover. T
7. After the reign of William of Orange, the Stuart dynasty was restored to the throne of England. F
8. In the 18th century the figure of the Prime Minister came to the foreground and the party system began to develop. T
9. George I could not speak English because he was incapacitated by a mental illness. F
10. William Pitt held office as Prime Minister during the reign of George I. T
11. The Stuart dynasty never tried to recover the throne. T
12. Robert Walpole served as Prime Minister during the reign of Georg III. T
13. The period from 1688 to 1775 saw a great development of Britain's colonial expansion. F
14. George IV was Regent for a decade before ascending the throne. T
15. In the early 19th century Britain was a leading political and economic power. T
16. The ideals of the French Revolution inspired British radicals' demands for social and political reforms. T
17. The First Reform Act extended the vote to women. T

a) Act of Union                                                         1707
b) Peterloo Massacre                                               1819
c) Captain Cook's expeditions                                  1768 - 80
d) Bill of Rights                                                          1689
e) Nelson defeats the French at Trafalgar                1805
f) Regency period                                                      1811 - 20
g) First Reform Act                                                     1832
h) First Jacobite uprising                                            1714
i) Wellington defeats Napoleon at Waterloo              1815
j) Second Jacobite uprising                                         1745
k) Luddite Riots                                                           1811 - 1812
l) First public railway from Stockton to Darlington        1825