Life in the UK (2020 July) Revision Notes for ILR (Indefinite Leave to Remain)
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UK Indefinite Leave To Remain 2020
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Sequence Category When Column2 Column3 Country involved
1 Festivals 23-Apr St George’s Day (Rose) Patron Saint’s Day (Flower) England
2 Festivals 1-Mar St David’s Day (Daffodils) Patron Saint’s Day (Flower) Wales
3 Festivals 17-Mar St Patrick Day (Shamrock) Patron Saint’s Day (Flower) Northern Ireland
4 Festivals 30-Nov St Andrew’s Day (Thistle) Patron Saint’s Day (Flower) Scotland
5 Politics General Election & European Election 5 years
6 Politics Election for Welsh Assembly 60 members, every 4 years Wales
7 Politics Northern Island Assembly 108 members elected by a system of proportional representation 一百零八将 Northern Ireland
8 Politics Scottish Parliament Members 129 Scotland
9 Politics “Individual Registration” Voting in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
10 Culture Ulster Fry - Northern Island traditional food Northern Island
11 Legal Justice of the Peace Court minor criminal offences in Scotland Scotland
12 Politics Devolved Administrations Controls Health + Education. Immigration + Defence by central gov
13 Politics British Constitution Unwritten
14 Politics PM Questions Weekly
15 Politics Hansard Media coverage on parliament proceedings
16 Politics Election after MP dies By-election
17 Legal MP Election age 18
18 Legal Age to serve on a jury 18-70
19 Legal Moped driving age 16+
20 Legal Car driving age 17+
21 Legal Smoking Criminal offence
22 Place Hadrian’s wall forts to keep out the 'Picts' Vindolanda; Housesteads
23 Warfare 1066 William the Conqueror (Duke or Normandy) Killed King Harold at Battle of Hastings. Norman conquest is the last successful foreign France
invasion
24 Politics Normans Feudalism (or Clan in Scotland) – land ownership Landlords help the king in war
25 Legal 1215 Magna Carta Protected rights (tax) of nobility and restricted King John to law
26 Warfare 1314 Middle Ages Battle of Bannockburn – Scottish King Robert the Bruce won Scots remain unconquered. The Bruce - written by John Barbour. Scotland
27 Legal Middle Ages Common Law (or ‘codified’ in Scotland) Process of precedence and tradition
28 转折点 1348 Black Death 1/3 population in England died
29 Warfare 1415 Battle of Agincourt - Hundred Years War The outnumbered Henry 5 defeated French French
30 Warfare 1485 Battle of Bosworth Field (Civil Wars of the Roses) King Richard 3 (White York) was killed by King Henry 7 (Red Lancaster)
31 Warfare 1558 - 1603 Elizabethan Colonised East Coast of America Expansion of trade into the Spanish colonies in America
32 Warfare 1558 Elizabeth I Defeated Spanish Armada Spain wanted to restore Catholicism Spanish
33 Warfare 1642 Charles 1 Battles of Marston Moor and Naseby Civil War over money to fund military power. Parliament (Roundheads) defeated Charles 1
(Cavaliers)
34 Warfare 16th Century Henry 8 The Reformation Movement against Catholic Pope
35 People Reformation; Elizabethan Mary, Queen of Scots (later passed throne to son - James 6 of Scotland, who then Lived in France, returned to Scotland, fled to England, imprisoned by Elizabeth 1 and
became James 1 of England) executed
36 People 1640s Puritans Protestant
37 Politics 1649 Republic Executed Charles 1 and became a republic Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector) led the army, died after 11 years, son couldn’t control the
army/gov, restored Charles 2
38 Politics; Warfare 1660 Restoration Charles 2 was first defeated at Battles of Dunbar and Worcester; fled to Netherlands Eventually invited back by Parliament to reign together with Parliament
39 People 1680-1720 Huguenots French Protestant refugees French
40 Politics 1688 Glorious Revolution William 3 of Orange (Netherland), invited to overthrown James 2. Jointly ruled with Mary No fighting, guaranteed power of Parliament. (speaks little English)
of Scotland
41 Legal 1689 Glorious Revolution Bill of Rights Balanced power between monarch (military + protestant king) and Parliament (funding for
military + periodic elections)
42 Warfare 1690 Glorious Revolution Battle of the Boyne James 2 was defeated by William 3 Northern Ireland
43 Warfare 1692 Glorious Revolution MacDonalds of Glencoe Scottish clan killed for not taking oath of allegiance to William 3 Scotland
44 Legal 1695 Glorious Revolution Free press
45 Legal Glorious Revolution Constitutional Monarchy Parliament decides on policies & actions, not monarch.
46 Legal Glorious Revolution Pocket boroughs (rich constitutions that can vote) vs Rotten Boroughs (poor, no votes)
47 Politics 1707 Act of Union created Kingdom of Great Britain As a result of Queen Anne with no heir
48 Politics 1714 George 1 was invited from Germany Speaks little English, relied more on ministers Germany
49 Politics 1776 13 American colonies declared independence to avoid taxation 1783 British army was defeated and recognised their independence.
50 Politics 1801 George III United Kingdom of Great Briton and Ireland established. Union Flag (Union Jack) created. Ireland became unified with Briton after Act of Union 1800
51 Warfare 1805 Battle of Trafalgar - Admiral Nelson defeated Napoleon Nelson was killed at war Spanish + French
52 Warfare 1815 Battle of Waterloo - Wellington defeated Napoleon Duke of Wellington (Iron Duke) became PM France
53 Trade 18-19th Century Industrial Revolution Trading increased. Trade conflicts with France. North America & West Indies - Sugar Tobacco; India & Indonesia - textiles, tea, spices.
54 Warfare 18-19th Century Industrial Revolution Colonisation increased James Cook – Australia, Canada, East India Company, Southern Africa, North America.
55 Legal 1833 Emancipation Act – abolished slavery William Wilberforce (MP) campaigner. 2 million Indian + Chinese were employed as
replacements.
56 Politics 1837-1901 Victorian Age Queen Victoria became queen at 18. Increased power + influence aboard. The rise of the middle classes. British Empire became the largest in history (400 million British Empire
people).
57 Legal 1846 Victorian Age Corn Laws Abolished tax on imports to promote free trade
58 Warfare 1853-1856 Crimean War – against Russia (allies: Turkey and France) 1st extensive media coverage Russia
59 People 1820-1910 Florence Nightingale (Nurse) improved hospital conditions in Turkey in the Crimean War Founder of modern nursing. Born in Florence, trained as a nurse in Germany Turkey
60 1895 National Trust Founded by 3 volunteers
61 Warfare 1899-1902 Boer War (war with Netherlands settlers) Gained independence South Africa
62 Legal; Politics 1913 Proposed ‘Home Rule’ (Ireland): self-governing with its own parliament Opposed by Northern Ireland Protestants. Postponed due to WWI Ireland
63 People 19th Century Fenians Irish who favoured independence Ireland
64 Warfare 1914-1918 WWI Assassination of Ferdinand Austria
65 Politics 1921 Peace Treaty to split Ireland in 2 (caused conflict called ‘the Troubles’) Ireland became a republic in 1949 Ireland
66 People; Legal Late 19th to early 20th century Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) established ‘Suffragettes’ Movement for women’s right to vote. Obtained for age 30 (1918) then age 21 (1928)! 超燃的
67 People; Inventions 1935 Sir Robert Watson-Watt Radar
68 Warfare 1939-1945 WWII
69 Warfare 1940 WWII Battle of Britain German lost to British Royal Air Force (Spitfire and Hurricane) Germany
70 Politics; People 1942 William Beveridge Beveridge Report – Social Insurance and Allied Services to provide basis of welfare state
71 Legal 1944 Butler Act 1944 (Lord R A Butler) – Education Act Free secondary education England + Wales
72 Politics 1945 Labour Government (Clement Atlee) – welfare state Public ownership of railways, utilities. Established NHS (1948)
73 Politics 1947 Independence granted to India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
74 People; Inventions 1953 Francis Crick (Nobel Prize) DNA structure
75 Sports 1954 Sir Roger Bannister Run 1 mile under 4mins
76 Sports 1966 Bobby Moore England won World Cup
77 People; Inventions 1967 James Goodfellow ATM
78 Politics 1972 Parliament was suspended and NI was directly ruled by UK gov Northern Ireland unrest Northern Ireland
79 Sports 1972 Mary Peters 猛 Pentathlon Olympic Gold
80 Politics 1973 Joined European Economic Community (EEC) Europe
81 People; Politics 1979-1990 1st Female PM - Margaret Thatcher Longest serving PM. Privatisation of nationalised industries and imposed legal controls on
trade union powers
82 Warfare 1990-2009 Fought in Afghanistan and Iraq against terrorism Afghan now has full security responsibility in all provinces Afghanistan + Iraq
83 People; Inventions 1990 Sir Tim Berners-Lee WWW
84 Politics 1997-2010 Labour Gov – Tony Blair, Gordon Brown Created Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly. Temporarily suspended NI Assembly
85 Politics 2010 Coalition parties Tory + Lib Dem
86 Sports The Ashes Cricket England + Australia
87 Sports Sir Steve Redgrave 5x Olympics Gold - Rowing
88 Sports Sir Ian Botham Cricket
90 Sports Jayne Torvill; Olympics Gold - Ice Dancing
Christopher Dean
91 Sports Mo Farah Olympics Gold – run: 5k & 10k
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