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The outlying states of Alaska and Hawaii ___ both admitted in 1959.

The persecution of continental Protestants forced Elizabeth ___ war.

The Progressive Era marked a time of ___ progress for the United States, advancing to the Roaring Twenties.

The situation came to ___ in 1588 after Elizabeth rejected a marriage proposal from Philip II of Spain.

The situation with Mary Queen of ___ was most vexing to Elizabeth.

The south-east of Scotland was colonised by the ___ and formed, until 1018, a part of the Kingdom of Northumbria.

The Supreme Court is responsible ___ upholding Constitutional law.

The Union Flag, also ___ as the Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The word ___ was in use before 1600 to describe the maritime bow flag.

To speakers of Germanic languages, the Britons were called ___.

Traces of early humans have been ___ in Great Britain from some 700,000 years ago and modern humans from about 30,000 years ago.

Up until about 9,000 years ago, Great Britain ___ joined to Ireland.

Visit the Old ___ shop and the office where Charles worked at the age of fifteen.

What can American cultural history be divided ___?

What question has ___discussed for over a century?

What ___ "Live Broadway" mean?

Whether to use "Union Flag" or "Union Jack" is a matter ___debate.

Why did some Americans want a cultural break ___ Europe?

You will also discover the 16th ___ riverside that inspired Shakespeare.

You will see where Shakespeare's playhouse is shortly to ___ be rebuilt.

___English won the naval battle handily.

___Queen Bess, as she came to called, maintained a regal air until the day she died.

___ was Benjamin West?

___the Ronald Reagan administration for much of the 1980s, the government practiced supply-side economics.

After irrefutable evidence of Mary's involvement in the plots came to light, Elizabeth sadly succumbed to the pressure from her advisors and had the Scottish princess ___ in 1587.

All but one of Broadway's 39 theatres are located in the Theatre District, ___ occupies the midtown blocks between Sixth and Eighth Avenues from West 41st Street to West 54th Street.

At the end of the tour you can visit ___ Dickens House museum, his home for three years and now a shrine to England's greatest novelist.

Brittannia or Brittānia was the name used by the Romans from the 1st century ___for the British Isles taken together.

Broadway shows generate approximately 25 million ___ admissions each year, half in New York and half in 140 cities across North America.

Elizabeth proved most calm and calculating, employing capable and distinguished men to ___out royal prerogative.

Elizabeth's deft political skills and strong personal character were directly responsible for ___ England on the road to becoming a true world economic and political power.

Excerpts from the novels set in these very places will bring the London of such immortal characters as Oliver ___, Little Dorrit and Mr Pickwick vividly to life.

Famous British engineers and ___ from this period include James Watt, Robert Stephenson, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Richard Arkwright.

Fashion and education came to the fore because ___ Elizabeth's penchant for knowledge, courtly behavior and extravagant dress.

France had a strong foothold in Scotland, and Spain, ___ strongest European nation at the time, posed a threat to the security of the realm.

Historically, the UK was at the forefront of the ___revolution, with innovations especially in textiles, the steam engine, railroads and civil engineering.

How do museums and libraries help ___ educate children?

However, Black Tuesday (October 29, 1929) led to the ___ Depression, a time of economic downturn and mass unemployment.

In 1801, under a new Act of Union, this kingdom merged with the Kingdom of Ireland, over which the monarch of Great Britain ___ ruled.

In 1922, 24 of Ireland's 32 ___attained independence to form a separate Irish Free State.

In London the ___Museum is an almost incomparable introduction to Egyptian, Greek, and Roman arts in all their branches, from pottery to sculpture.

In response to the terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush declared war ___ Afghanistan.

In subsequent centuries Vikings settled in several parts of the island, and the Norman ___ introduced a French ruling élite who also became assimilated.

It has a very extensive collection, including many thousand original records, relating ___ every aspect of London history and topography.

Key figures ___ as Beau Brummell, the future Edward VII and Edward VIII created the modern suit and cemented its dominance.

Lancaster University has a global reputation for work ___ low temperature physics.

Latin Britannia is derived from the travel writings of the ancient Greek Pytheas around 320 ___.

Morris ___ or the costumes for the traditional English May dance are cited by some as examples of traditional English costume.

Most reference books therefore, describe the all-island kingdom that existed ___1707 and 1800 as the "Kingdom of Great Britain".

Newton's Principia is one of the ___ influential works in the history of science.