The nineteenth century. Theme 4 Prove that under the Tudors Britain was a prosperous state

Theme 7

The eighteenth century

Theme 6

The Stuarts

Theme 5

The Tudors

Theme 4

1. Prove that under the Tudors Britain was a prosperous state.
2. Why did the Tudors manage to build a new nation state?
3. They say the English are great lovers of themselves. Do you agree?
4. What was the difference between the House of Lords and the House of Commons?
5. Who was stronger Parliament or monarchs in the 16^th century?
6. What do you think of Tudors’ foreign policy, its principles, purpose and actions?
7. Compare the two kings – Henry VII and Henry VIII.
8. What is the role and significance of Elisabeth I in the history of Britain?
9. Who of the Tudors was the most important in establishing the new monarchy?
10. What were the reasons for Reformation?

1. Look at the portraits of Charles I and Cromwell. Compare these two personalities.
2. You live in the 17^th century in Britain. Who are you going to support? Who is worth supporting: the roundheads or royalists?
3. What were the reasons for the Civil war?
4. Why was trade developing rapidly in those times?
5. How can you explain the rapid development of science?
6. What is the greatest discovery of the 17^th century in your opinion?
7. Compare the life of ordinary people in the 16^th and 17^th centuries.
8. Compare the life of women in the 16^th and 17^th centuries.
9. You are English and live in the 17^th century. What part of Britain would you prefer to live in? Justify your opinion.
10. Compare Britain under the Tudors and Stuarts.
11. Some people say that "England is a woman's paradise, a servant's prison, because mistresses are very severe, and a horse's hell because they are ridden hard". Do you agree?
12. You are journalists of the 21^st century and have a chance to interview women of the 17^th century to find out if they live in paradise.
13. Monarchy or republic? What society would you like to live in?

1. What was the role of Robert Walpole in the development of the financial life of Britain?
2. What were British –Indian relationships in the 18^th century?
3. What do you think of the principles of the Cabinet?
4. What changes took place in farming?
5. What made Britain in the 18^th century the most advanced economy in the world?
6. How was middle class being formed?
7. What were social effects of Methodism?
8. Why did Britain avoid the bourgeois revolution?
9. Compare Britain of the 17th and 18^th centuries.

1. Why was Britain considered to be the “workshop” of the world?

2. What made Britain country №1 in the World?

3. What targets guided Britain’s foreign policy?

4. What relationships were there between Russia and Britain in the 19th century?

5. A century without wars… How did Britain manage to avoid them?

6. Under what circumstances did Britain change from being a nation of country people to a nation mainly of townspeople?

7. What should Parliament represent – “property” or the people? What idea did Whigs and Tories support? What changes in Parliament took place in the 19^th century?

8. Should MPs be paid? What is your opinion?

9. Political evolution or revolution…? What do you choose?

10. What was the significance of the postage system introduced in 1840?

11. Robert Peel was the first to prove that certainty of punishment is far more effective than cruelty of punishment. What do you think?

12. Why was Britain considered to be a political model in the 18^th century?

13. How did family life change in the 19^th century?

14. What is the significance of the Great Exhibition of Industries?

15. What were the social effects of the industrial revolution?

16. Some people think government should not interfere in trade and industry. What is your point of view?

17. How did ordinary people live in Ireland and Scotland?

18. Discuss the reasons for Irish and Scottish immigration.

19. Labour of children in Britain… What do you think of this phenomenon?

20. How did family change in the 19^th century?

21. What is more important for you: interests of the state or freedom of the individuality?

22. One of the reasons for loosing its leading position in the world in the 19^th century was that Britain was not used to being so strongly challenged. What other reasons existed? And which one do you consider the most important?

23. If the senior Austrian Archduke in Sarajevo had not been murdered, would the First World War have broken out? Discuss.

24. What were the reasons for the First World War?

25. Discuss the role of entertainment in the life of people of the 19^th century.

26. The Victorian period in the history of Britain is often called “England’s summer”. Could you explain why?

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