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MI8TORY

Name the Plantagenet kings? 1501.

What angry remark led to the death of Thomas a Becket? 189.

What were the Constitutions of Clarendon? 189.

How did Richard the Lion-Heart spend the greater part of his reiga?

1610.  •

How was King John Lackland disgraced? 616. How were the Englishmen benefited by the Magna Charta? 1145. Whom do the English people call St. Simon? 1257. What king is known as the English Justinian? 586. When were all Jews driven from England? 586. Upon what great principle of justice was the House of Parliament

founded? 616.

What did Edward I do for John Balliol, the Scotch king? 586. What king was cast into prison by his wife? 586. Who led the Scots in the historic battle of Bannockburn? 586. What relic of this battle is shown today in Scotland? 170. What king was for many years an outlaw in his own kingdom? 278. What war helped to free the lowest orders from serfdom (616) and

permanently changed the relations of master and laborer? 587. Did the famous Black Prince ever become king of England? 587. When were cannon first used by the English? 476. Why did Edward II send his uncle on a wild expedition into Spain? 974. What happened to Richard II upon his return from an expedition to

Ireland? 1611.

What put an end to the Wars of the Roses? 249, 587. What great queen spent 20 years in war and 4 in prison? 1170. How did Edward IV get the money he needed? 587. How did Richard III suffer for his numerous crimes? 1611. What brewer became the father of a line of English kings? 1949. How did the first Tudor king reunite the red and white Roses? 863. What admirable qualities had Henry VIII during the first half of his

reign? 863.

Who was Catherine of Aragon? 350.

What honorable title was bestowed on Henry VIII by Pope Leo X? 863. What suggestion did Cranmer make to ease the mind of Henry VIII?

474.

What ruined the reign of Mary Tudor? 1180. Who is called the Morning-Star of the Reformation? 2114. When did England become a world power? 607. What was the dismal end of the Spanish Armada? 103. What are the great blots on the reign of Queen Elizabeth? 607. What right had Mary Queen of Scots to the throne of Elizabeth? 1181. What great poet made the reign of Elizabeth illustrious for all time?

1089. When did Parliament allow English to be spoken in the law-courts?

618.

Who was called the wisest fool in Christendom? 957. What caused the struggle between Parliament and Charles I?  368. What did the nicknames Roundhead and Cavalier mean? 353. Bid Cromwell's government benefit the people of England? 481. How did Cromwell treat the Irish? 937. When was Cromwell made Protector? 171. Why is William III called the first parliamentary king? 617. When did the  present   reigning   dynasty  of   England   come   to   the

throne? 617.

When was the society of Orangemen formed? 1388. When were the king and queen of England both crowned sovereigns?

2086.

What celebrated queen was the mother of 17 children? 75. Who are the peers of England? 1424.

When was Sir Robert Walpole actual ruler of England? 2038, 751% Describe the South-Sea Bubble. 1787.

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