Tudors and Stuarts (1485–1714) Practice Test

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1. In which year did Henry VIII become King of England?
2. Why did Henry VIII establish the Church of England in 1534?
3. What was the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII?
4. Which mnemonic correctly recalls the fates of Henry VIII's six wives in order?
5. Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII, was the mother of which monarch?
6. By what nickname did Mary I become known for persecuting Protestants during her reign?
7. In what year was the Spanish Armada defeated during the reign of Elizabeth I?
8. Sir Francis Drake was a commander at the defeat of the Spanish Armada. What was the name of his ship — one of the first to circumnavigate the world?
9. When James VI of Scotland became James I of England in 1603, what did this achieve?
10. What did Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators attempt in the Gunpowder Plot of 5 November 1605?
11. True or false: Charles I, executed in 1649, is the only British king ever to be put to death.
12. Who was Lord Protector of the Commonwealth from 1653 to 1658?
13. Did the 1688 Glorious Revolution involve fighting in England?
14. Which TWO of the following are correctly associated with William Shakespeare?
15. Sir Isaac Newton's most famous published work, the Principia Mathematica, set out which scientific idea?