10. STUARTS!!!!!!!! <33333 Flashcards

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1
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“Union of the crowns”

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1603 -a personal union between England and Scotland

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James VI of Scotland becomes…

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James I of England

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James I’s politics:

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-absolute monarch
-divine right of kings

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Three strongly marked religious groups in England:

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-Anglicans (Episcopalians)
-Puritans
-Roman catholics

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5
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The Gunpowder Plot (1605) -explain

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Guy Fawkes Night: James I refusal of toleration

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Charles I’s reign:

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-becomes involved in wars agains Spain and France,
-executed

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The petition of right -explain:

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The Parliament pleads to the king to give up some power

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When is the Parliament resolved and what does it lead to…?

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1629,
leads to Charles I being an absolute monarch

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9
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Eleven Years’ Tyranny

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1629-1640
Personal Rule of Charles I

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Why is Charles I forced to recall the Parliament?

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Bishops’ War with Scotland

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The long parliament (1640-1660) resolutions:

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-parliament cannot be dissolved without its consent
-meetings every 3 years
-illegal taxes abolished

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Members of the Parliament are divided into:

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-Court Party (the Cavaliers)
-Country Party (the Roundheads)

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What was the Grand Remonstrance?

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A list of grievances from the Long Parliament to Charles I

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First civil war (1642-1646):

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Royalists (Charles I)
VS
Parliamentarians & Scottish Convenanters

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Second civil war (1648):

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Royalists (Charles I) & Scottish Engagers
VS
the Parlamentarians

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Third English Civil war (1650-1651):

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Royalists (Charles I) & Scots
VS
Parlamentarians

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17
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Comwellian conquest of Ireland:

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1649-1653

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18
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Who did Oliver Cromwell support?

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Parliamentarians (Roundheads)

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19
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Who did the Puritans support?

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The Roundheads (Parliamentarians)

20
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Oliver Cromwell’s new model army:
(for the Parliament)

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professional, regularly paid, religious, RED COATS
(no rape & pillage)

21
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The English Parliament splits into:

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-Presbytarians (majority) willing to negotiate
-Independents willing to abolish monarchy

22
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The Scottish army was also called:

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The Engagers

23
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What happens after Charles I is excecuted in 1649?

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ABOLISHED: monarchy, house of lords, the Church of England

24
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The only period in England without the monarchy:

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The interregnum
(1649-1660)

25
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Why did Oliver Cromwell invade & conquer Ireland in 1649-50?

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They supported Charles II claim to the throne

26
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Where is Charles II crowned?

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Ireland, Scotland

27
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The protectorate (1653-1660) -explain:

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Cromwell’s dictatorship,
Puritans dominating England

28
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When were the Stuarts restored?

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1660
(along with the house of lords, the Church of England)

29
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The great plague of London

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1665

30
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The Great fyre of London

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1666

31
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The Habeas Corpus Act
(1679):

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Preventing illegal imprisonment

32
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What did the exclusion crisis (1679-81) cause?

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Emergence of first political parties in England

33
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Who were the Whigs?

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-supported excluding catholic James from the succession
-anti catholic
-parliamentary supremacy

34
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Who were the Tories?

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-royal prerogative
-Church of England

35
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Characteristics of James II rule:

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-absolute rule
-religious freedom
-catholics in state offices

36
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Glorious revolution (1688-89) -explain:

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Wililam of Orange & Mary take over London unopposed and throw her brother off the throne (he was catholic)

37
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William III and Mary;s Toleration Act:

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Toleration to all religions but not catholics <33

38
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The bill of rights

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1689

39
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What did the bill of rights (1689) change?

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Absolute monarchy -> Constitutional monarchy

40
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Jacobite uprisings:

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1689-90, 1715, 1719, 1745-46

41
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What did the act of settlement (1701) prohibid?

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Basically catholics on the throne or near the throne

42
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War of the Spanish Succession

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1701-1713

43
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What did the Act of Union (1707) create?

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Great Britain
(England + Scotland)

44
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Seperate for England and Scotland:

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Legal systems, churches, education

45
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What dynasty comes after the Stuarts?

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House of Hanover