The History Trail

Your journey through more than 6000 years of Scottish history

          II.      Name the inhabitants of Scotland for the period from 750 BC to 41 AD! Is there anything problematic in terms of terminology?

       III.      What famous Governor played an important role for the establishment of Roman rule in Scotland?

        IV.      What people decided the struggle about supremacy to its benefit (AD 685)?

           V.      What conflict characterised the political situation in (early) Medieval Scotland?

        VI.      Where did William Wallace win his glorious victory?

a.      Falkirk                     c. Stirling

b.      Edinburgh                 d. Bannockburn

     VII.      When did Edward II King of England acknowledge that Scotland was an independent country? Who was the Scottish King at that time?

  VIII.      What is the name of Mary Stuart´s father?         

        IX.      At what age did Mary Stuart marry the first time?       

           X.      Who was the father of Mary’s son James?            

        XI.      How did Mary Stuart die?                                              

     XII.      When were the English and Scottish crowns unified?

  XIII.      When was the Civil War in Great Britain?

  XIV.      What king is closely linked to the Restoration?

     XV.      Who was the leader of the most serious Jacobite rebellion?

  XVI.      Where did the second Jacobean rising end?

XVII.      What was the centre of the Scottish Enlightenment?

XVIII. What were the central problems people in Scottish towns and cities suffered from during the Victorian Era?

  XIX.      Which party became the major political force during the 1920’s?

     XX.      What political concept became dominant after World War II?

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