The Wars of the Roses were a series of civil wars fought between which two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet?

House of Tudor and House of Stuart

House of Wessex and House of Mercia

House of Lancaster and House of York

House of Windsor and House of Hanover

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British History: Empires, Monarchs, and Revolutions

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01The Battle of Hastings in 1066, which marked the end of Anglo-Saxon rule in England, was won by forces led by whom?
02Which English monarch was forced to sign the Magna Carta in 1215?
03The Wars of the Roses were a series of civil wars fought between which two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet?
04Who was the reigning monarch of England during the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588?
05Who was the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland after the English Civil War?
06The Glorious Revolution of 1688 resulted in the overthrow of which Catholic king?
07The Acts of Union 1707 united the Kingdom of England with which other kingdom to form the Kingdom of Great Britain?
08Which queen reigned over the British Empire during its period of greatest expansion in the 19th century, an era named after her?
09Who was the British Prime Minister that led the country through the majority of World War II?
10Boudica was a queen of which Celtic tribe who led a major uprising against the occupying Roman forces?
11The Battle of Agincourt, a major English victory in the Hundred Years' War, was won under the command of which king?
12In which century did the Industrial Revolution begin in Great Britain?