No. 14.
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HISTORY.
CLASS IA.
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND : 1715-1815.
1. Give a short account of the Rebellion of 1745. What punishment was given to the Highlanders?
2 What were the causes of the American War of Independence? Give the first and last battles with dates, and the final result of the war.
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3. Who were John Wesley, Suraj-ud-Dowlah, Lord Clive, John Wilkes, Warren Hastings, Lord Nelson ?
4. What do you know of the following:-Septennial Act, The Excise Bill, Stamp Act, Act of Union, Catholic Emancipation ?
5. Give an account of Napoleon's plays for invading England; how were they defeated ?
6. What were the Berlin Decrees, and how did the English Govern- ment reply to them?
7. Give an account of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, what measure was the immediate outcome of it?
8. What were the causes of the French Revolution of 1789, what were its effects in Great Britain ?
9. Give an account of the agitation for Parliamentary Reform in the reign of George III.
10. What were the causes of the struggle between the French and English in Canada, how did it end?
11. What was the nature of Fox's India Bill? When was the Indian Board of Control established and by whom ?
12. Account for the growth of power of the Ministry and the origin of Prime Minister under George 1.
No. 15.
HISTORY.
CLASS IB.
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND:
1715-1815.
1. What attempts were made by the Stuarts to regain the English Crown? How far were they successful ?
2. What do you know of the "South Sea Bubble"?
3. Who was the great minister of George I. By what means did he keep in power for such a long period, and in what lay his chief talent?
4. Give a brief account of the struggle between the French and English in Southern India.
5. What do you know of the following
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"Jacobites", "Methodists ", "United Irishmen", "Armed Nen- trality League", "The Luddites".
6. Who were :- -The Old Pretender, Montcalm, George Washington,
Sir John Moore, The Earl of Chatham,
7. Which three great naval battles gave to England the supremacy of the sea, which she has held ever since? Give a brief description of one of the battles.
8. What was the cause of the Peninsular War? Draw a sketch map showing the principal engagements in which Wellington defeated the French.
9. What were the battles of: Prestonpans, Plasser, Camperdown, Alexandria, Waterloo ?
10. Give some account of the state of the Church and Education in the time of George II.