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British History Quiz

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Malte279

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Thomas Paine is correct, and rethinking my last question, I think it is too much to demand anyone who wants to answer the question to read common sense to find some unflattering statements about George III.
So you are welcome to come up with the next question.


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What were the names of the first two Political parties in the US?
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Malte279

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I think that would be the Federalists (with John Adams being the only Federalist President ever) and the Democratic-Republicans (sounds funny nowadays).
However, I'm afraid with my Thomas Pain Question I drove this thread into a wrong direction. It is about British history.


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You're right. Here's a british question: When did the British end slavery in the UK?
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Great Britain ended the slave trade in 1791. I do not know though if by that time it was illegal already to keep slaves within the borders of Great Britain. If indeed the "keeping" of slaves was prohibited in Great Britain it is likely that it was outlawed not much earlier, for slavery was common in the British colonies that had declared their independence only 15 years earlier.


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No that  was the slave trade, not slavery itself. Slavery wasn't ended until later.
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I think they abolished slavery in 1793. ;)  I know it was before it was illegal to import slaves into the US, and that was 1808....


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You are right Arvens. It's your turn.
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Petrie

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Never thought I'd get one right, so I'm kind of unprepared to pose a question. :p

Uh....I may have my year wrong...but...

The British relinquished control of this port city in 1997.


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Yep it's Hong Kong.
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Why did Henry VIII found his own Anglican church in 16. century?


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The Catholic church wouldn't give him a divorce from his first wife because she didn't bear him a son as heir to the English throne. ;)

(Too bad they didn't understand back then that its the male that actually "decides" if the child is male or female  :lol )


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I must stop guessing either that or start making more questions. :p

Who was Bloody Mary?


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The "legitimate born" sister of Elizabeth I. She got her name for very harsh persecution of non-catholics in Great Britain.


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Elizabeth had her executed for allegedly trying to overthrow her. She was Elizabeth's cousin, not her sister.
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Nope Nick, you are talking of the wrong Mary. Bloody Mary is not the same person as Mary Stuart you are refering to.


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Malte has the answer...her persecution of Protestants gave her the ironic name of "Bloody Mary". ;)