Y109.3 Aspects of politics 1714–1780 and social and economic developments c.1700–1780 Quiz: OCR History, Unit 1

The 20 questions

1. Who is widely considered Britain's first Prime Minister, taking office in 1721?

   • William Pitt
   • Lord North
   • Robert Walpole
   • Henry Pelham

2. Which 1720 financial bubble ruined many British investors?

   • South Sea Bubble
   • Tulip Mania
   • Railway Mania
   • Mississippi Bubble

3. Which Jacobite rising ended with the defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746?

   • The '15 Rising
   • The '19 Rising
   • The '08 Rising
   • The '45 Rising

4. Who effectively led Britain's wartime government during the Seven Years' War from 1757?

   • Lord Bute
   • William Pitt Elder
   • Lord Rockingham
   • George Grenville

5. Which Act of Parliament in 1753 legalised formal marriage requirements in England and Wales?

   • Occasional Conformity Act
   • Hardwicke's Marriage Act
   • Toleration Act
   • Septennial Act

6. Which 1716 Act lengthened the maximum duration of a British Parliament from three to seven years?

   • Septennial Act
   • Triennial Act
   • Declaratory Act
   • Mutiny Act

7. Which monarch succeeded Queen Anne to the British throne in 1714?

   • George I
   • George III
   • George II
   • James III

8. What political faction dominated British government throughout the period from 1714 to 1760?

   • Whigs
   • Tories
   • Radicals
   • Chartists

9. What term describes parliamentary boroughs where a single landowner effectively controlled the election result?

   • Free manors
   • Open boroughs
   • Pocket boroughs
   • Rotten towns

10. What major agricultural innovation was popularised by Jethro Tull in the early 18th century?

    • Steam engine
    • Cotton gin
    • Seed drill
    • Flying shuttle

11. Which 1733 proposal by Robert Walpole sparked widespread public outrage and rioting over intended taxes?

    • Molasses Act
    • Stamp Act
    • Cider Tax
    • Excise Bill

12. Which agricultural process rapidly expanded via acts of Parliament to consolidate small landholdings?

    • Enclosure System
    • Open-field system
    • Strip farming
    • Feudal tenure

13. Which religious movement was founded by John and Charles Wesley during the 1730s?

    • Puritanism
    • Quakerism
    • Presbyterianism
    • Methodism

14. What conflict began in 1739 between Britain and Spain over Caribbean trading rights?

    • Seven Years' War
    • Nine Years' War
    • War of Spanish Succession
    • War of Jenkins' Ear

15. Which landmark canal, opened in 1761, launched Britain's industrial canal transportation network?

    • Grand Union Canal
    • Kennet and Avon
    • Bridgewater Canal
    • Leeds and Liverpool

16. Which British monarch succeeded to the throne in 1760, aiming to reduce Whig influence?

    • William IV
    • George II
    • George IV
    • George III

17. Which MP was arrested in 1763 for attacking the King's speech in issue 45 of 'The North Briton'?

    • Thomas Paine
    • John Wilkes
    • Christopher Wyvill
    • Edmund Burke

18. Which landmark 1772 legal case declared that slavery was unsupported by English common law?

    • Bushell's Case
    • Somersett's Case
    • Dering Case
    • Zong Case

19. Which Prime Minister passed the controversial Stamp Act in 1765, angering the American colonies?

    • Duke of Grafton
    • Lord North
    • George Grenville
    • Lord Rockingham

20. Which British monarch was the last to lead troops in person at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743?

    • George I
    • George II
    • William III
    • George III

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