Union, Empire and Reform (1707–1901) Practice Test

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1. What did the 1707 Act of Union create?
2. Who is generally regarded as the first British Prime Minister, in office from 1721 to 1742?
3. In which 1746 battle were the Highland clans of Bonnie Prince Charlie defeated?
4. What did the 1800 Act of Union, in effect from 1801, achieve?
5. Which 1805 naval battle saw Admiral Nelson defeat the French and Spanish fleets, although Nelson himself was killed?
6. Who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, ending the wars between Britain and France?
7. Which TWO Acts ended British involvement in slavery?
8. Which MP and evangelical Christian was a leading campaigner for the abolition of slavery in Britain?
9. True or false: Britain was the first country to industrialise on a large scale.
10. Which 19th-century engineer constructed the Great Western Railway — the first major railway built in Britain?
11. Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) is regarded as the founder of which profession in its modern form?
12. Sake Dean Mahomet, who came to Britain from Bengal in 1782, opened what in 1810?
13. Who founded the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1903 — whose members became known as suffragettes?
14. When did women in the UK first win the right to vote, and at what age?
15. Did the Chartists' six demands of the 1830s and 1840s eventually become the basis of universal suffrage in Britain?