English History Quiz

English History Quiz

Question 1 of 10

Which English king was known as “the Confessor” and ruled before the Norman Conquest?

Question 2 of 10

Which English queen was known as the “Nine Days’ Queen”?

Question 3 of 10

Which English queen’s reign saw the publication of Shakespeare’s plays?

Question 4 of 10

Which English queen was deposed in 1688 alongside her husband James II?

Question 5 of 10

What was the name of the civil war fought in England from 1642 to 1651?

Question 6 of 10

What was the name of the massacre in 1819 when cavalry charged a peaceful protest in Manchester?

Question 7 of 10

What disease, also called the “sweating sickness,” plagued England in the 15th and 16th centuries?

Question 8 of 10

Which English queen was the first to rule in her own right, crowned in 1553?

Question 9 of 10

What was the name of the tax that caused unrest under Richard II in 1381?

Question 10 of 10

Which English explorer founded settlements in Newfoundland in the 1580s?