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Life in the UK 2023 Edition Practice Questions and Answers Book: Everything You Need to Pass the Life in the United Kingdom British Citizenship Test

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Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each have devolved administrations which give them total control over all policies and laws.

There are responsibilities and freedoms which are shared by all those living in the UK. These include treating others with fairness. The civil service develops and carries out government policy. Appointments to the civil service are not political. Staff must have integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality (including being politically neutral). A rebellion in Ireland led to Parliament demanding control of the army. Charles I objected because his power would have been lost. He entered the House of Commons to arrest the leaders, but they had been warned and were not there.During Elizabeth I’s reign, English settlers first began to colonise the eastern coast of America. The Elizabethan period is also remembered for the richness of its poetry and drama, especially the plays and poems of William Shakespeare.

We shall fight them on the beaches’ is a famous quote from a speech by Queen Elizabeth I about the Spanish Armada. On becoming a UK citizen or permanent resident, you can choose which laws and responsibilities you want to accept. In 1688, important Protestants in England asked William of Orange to invade England and proclaim himself king in place of James II. There was no resistance, and the event was later called the ‘Glorious Revolution’.James II’s daughter, Mary, was married to William of Orange, the Protestant ruler of the Netherlands. In 1688, on the invitation of important Protestants, William arrived in England. James fled to France and William took over the throne jointly with Mary, becoming William III in England, Wales and Ireland, and William II of Scotland. This was later called the ‘Glorious Revolution’ because there was no fighting and it guaranteed the power of Parliament.

Many famous authors have emerged from the UK. The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is awarded annually for the best novel written by an author from the Commonwealth, Ireland or Zimbabwe. Winners include Ian McEwan, Hilary Mantel and Julian Barnes. Several British authors have won the Nobel Prize in Literature. There is also a great deal of popular literature which is read all over the world. Find out…You can only take the test at a registered and approved Life in the UK test centre. There are about 60 test centres around the UK. You will be given details of your nearest test centre when you book. How much will the test cost and how do I pay for it? During the 18th century, radical new ideas about politics, philosophy and science were developed, called ‘the Enlightenment’. The Restoration’ refers to the re-establishment of Catholicism as the official Church in the 17th century. From 1695, newspapers were allowed to operate without a government licence. Increasing numbers of newspapers began to be published. It was the beginning of a free press. Find out… The Civil War between Charles I and Parliament in the mid-17th century led to Oliver Cromwell becoming king of England. 116

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