The Industrial Revolution was the rapid development of industry in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The Northern Ireland Assembly has 108 elected members.

If your driving licence if from a country in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway, you can drive in the UK for as long as your licence is valid.

A very impressive hill fort can be seen today at Maiden Castle, in the English county of Dorset.

There are 100 pence in a pound.

Haggis – a sheep’s stomach stuffed with offal. Suet, onions and oatmeal – is a traditional Scottish food.

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In 1688, important Protestants in England asked William of Orange to invade England and proclaim himself king. When William reached England, there was no resistance. James fled to France and William took over the throne, becoming William III in England, Wales and Ireland, and William II of Scotland.

County Courts deal with a wide range of civil disputes. These include people trying to get back money that is owed to them, cases involving personal injury, family matters, breaches of contract, and divorce. In Scotland, most of these matters are dealt with in the Sheriff Court.

The third verse of the National Anthem of the UK is ‘God save the Queen!’.

Forced Marriage Protection Orders were introduced in 2008 for England, Wales and Northern Ireland under the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007. Similar Protection Orders were introduced in Scotland in November 2011.

British combat troops left Iraq in 2009.

The Prime Minister appoints about 20 senior MPs to become ministers in charge of departments.

Donated blood is used by hospitals to help people with a wide range of injuries and illnesses.

Croatia became a member state in 2013.

The Habeas Corpus Act became law in 1679.

In 2003, The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien was voted the country’s best-loved novel.

The people of the Bronze Age were accomplished metalworkers who made many beautiful objects in bronze and gold, including tools, ornaments and weapons.

Scientists led by Ernest Rutherford, working at Manchester and then Cambridge University, were the first to ‘split the atom’ and took part in the Manhattan Project in the United States, which developed the atomic bomb.

In Scotland, the 31st of December is called Hogmanay.

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The decade of the 1960s was a period of significant social change. It was known as the ‘swinging sixties’. There was growth in British fashion, cinema and popular music.

Following the Black Death, new social classes appeared, including owners of large areas of land (later called the gentry), and people left the countryside to live in the towns. In the towns, growing wealth led to the development of a strong middle class.

It is a criminal offence to sell alcohol to anyone who is under 18 or to buy alcohol for people who are under the age of 18. (There is one exception: people aged 16 or over can drink alcohol with a meal in a hotel or restaurant).