Who became the first \prime minister\of Great Britain in the reign of George II ?

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1. Who became the first “prime minister” of Great Britain in the reign of George II ?

   A. Henry St. John
   B. Robert Harley
   C. John Churchill
   D. Robert Walpole

2. Which of the following was a major factor in the unprecedented economic wealth of Great Britain during the eighteenth century ?

   A. formal diplomatic relations with China
   B. the exploitation of colonial resources, labor, and the slave trade
   C. the American and French revolutions
   D. the creation of the bourgeois novel as a commodity

3. Which of the following was a major factor in the unprecedented economic wealth of Great Britain during the eighteenth century ?

   A. formal diplomatic relations with China
   B. the exploitation of colonial resources, labor, and the slave trade
   C. the creation of the bourgeois novel as a commodity
   D. the union of England and Wales with Scotland

4. Of which poet was it said ’Even if he’s not a great poet, he’s certainly a great something’ ?

   A. Elliot
   B. Kipling
   C. Cummings
   D. Brooke

5. The Faerie Queene was written during the reign of which monarch ?

   A. James I
   B. Mary Tudor
   C. Elizabeth Tudor
   D. Henry VII

6. Which of the following shifts began in the reign of Henry VII and continued under his Tudor successors ?

   A. the growing authority of the Pope over domestic English affairs
   B. the expansion of England’s colonial possessions
   C. the rise in the power and confidence of the aristocracy
   D. the countering of feudal power structures by a stronger central authority

7. Which of the following colonial ventures took place in the reign of James I (1603-25) ?

   A. the founding of the Jamestown settlement
   B. the founding of the Plymouth colony
   C. Henry Hudson’s fruitless search for the Northwest Passage
   D. all of the above

8. Which ruler’s reign marks the approximate beginning and end of the Victorian era ?

   A. King Henry VIII
   B. Queen Elizabeth I
   C. Queen Victoria
   D. King John

9. What church did Elizabeth I establish or re-establish by law in England during her reign ?

   A. The Anglican Church
   B. The Roman Catholic Church
   C. Calvinism
   D. The Lutheran Church

10. Elizabeth’s reign was longer than that of any other Tudor. When she died at the age of 69 in 1603, how many years had she reigned ?

    A. 35
    B. 40
    C. 45
    D. 50