The British Problem, 1603-1707
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- Which Scottish monarch became King of England in 1603, thereby uniting the English and Scottish crowns?
- James V
- James VI
- Charles I
- Henry VIII
- In which Irish province did the Anglo-Scottish plantations predominantly take place, especially in the early 17th century?
- Munster
- Connacht
- Ulster
- Leinster
- What did Charles I introduce to Scotland in 1637, prompting widespread rioting across the country?
- A new flag
- A new property tax
- A new prayer book
- What was the name of the treaty agreed in 1643 by which the Scots agreed to enter the English Civil War on the side of Parliament?
- Solemn League and Covenant
- Godly Agreement
- Treaty of Grand Alliance
- With which country did England fight three wars in the 1650s-1670s, seriously damaging Scottish continental trade?
- Spain
- Portugal
- France
- Dutch Republic
- What name did the Scots give to the settlement they attempted to establish in Carolina in the 1680s?
- Charleston
- New Edinburgh
- Stuarts Town
- Nova Scotia
- What was the name of the document in which the Scottish Parliament declared James VII to have forfeited the Scottish throne due to his 'tyrannical' rule?
- Claim of Right
- Bill of Rights
- Declaration of Arbroath
- Golden Act
- Where did Scotland attempt to settle a colony in 1699-1700, with disastrous consequences?
- Darien
- Calcutta
- Bunce Island
- East Jersey
- What is the name usually given the English Act of Parliament of 1705 that threatened to treat Scots in England as foreign aliens?
- Act regarding Scotland
- Alien Act
- Act of Security
- In which year did the formal union of England and Scotland take place, creating the new kingdom of 'Great Britain'?
- 1705
- 1707
- 1714
