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 William
Howe gained distinction during the
campaign against Quebec in 1759, during the Seven
Years' War. Sent back to America in 1775, he actively led a column against Americans
entrenched on Breed's Hill. As commander of all
British forces in America he won battles at Long
Island, White Plains and Brandywine before
resigning. |
 Queen
Victoria ruled for 63
years, from 1837 to 1901, the longest reign of
any British monarch. During her reign, Great
Britain reached the height of its power. The
Victorian Age featured great industrial expansion
at home and imperial expansion abroad. |
 William Pitt
served as Secretary of State from 1756 to 1761, and it was in this capacity that he made
his biggest impact on British history. His
policies led to French defeats in North America,
the West Indies, India, Europe, West Africa, and
on the seas, and the British Empire reached its
greatest extent ever. |
 John
Burgoyne served with distinction
during the Seven Years' War, and subsequently won
a commission to invade New York during the
American Revolutionary War. He was forced to
surrender his army to Continental forces on
October 17, 1777. |
 Sir
Francis Drake commanded the first
English expedition to sail around the world,
between December 13, 1577 and September 26, 1580.
He did so, however, more by circumstance than by
design, due to his raiding of Spanish settlements
during the first leg of the voyage. |
 Nancy
Langhorne Shaw Astor was elected to
the House of Commons in 1919, despite being an
American. Although she was the second woman to be
elected to that body, she was the first to
actually take her seat. She ultimately served
until retiring from politics in 1945. |
 Macbeth
became King of Scotland when he killed King
Duncan I, in 1040. He subsequently ruled in
relative peace for seventeen years before being
fatally wounded in a battle with one of Duncan's
sons in 1057. |
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