British History - Stuarts Flashcards
Who was Lord Protector of the Commonwealth from 1653 until his death in 1658?
Oliver Cromwell
At which major battle of 2 July 1644 did a combined Scottish Covenanters and Parliamentarian army defeat a Royalist force trying to relieve the siege of York?
Marston Moor
Which nephew of Charles I was a notable Royalist commander during the English Civil War?
Prince Rupert
What started at the bakery of Thomas Farriner on Pudding Lane shortly after midnight on Sunday 2 September 1666?
Great Fire Of London
Fought in Warwickshire on 23 October 1642 what was the first pitched battle of the First English Civil War?
Edgehill
Who was Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both King Charles II and subsequently King James II but is better known for his diary-keeping?
Samuel Pepys
Troops commanded by which Colonel removed opponents of Oliver Cromwell from Parliament by force of arms on 7 December 1648 resulting in the Rump Parliament?
Thomas Pride
Where did Charles I raise his standard on 22 August 1642 to signal the start of the Civil War?
Nottingham
Fought on 14 June 1945 at which battle was the main Royalist army destroyed by the Parliamentarian New Model Army commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell?
Naseby
Which favourite of James I was known as “Steenie”?
George Villiers (1st Duke Of Buckingham)
Which battle of 3 September 1651 marked the end of the English Civil War?
Worcester
What was the name of James I’s elder son who died in 1612 leaving Charles as heir to the throne?
Henry
What agreement between the Scottish Covenanters and the leaders of the English Parliamentarians was ratified by the Church of Scotland on 17 August 1643 and by Parliament and the Westminster Assembly on 25 September 1643?
Solemn League And Covenant
What is the name given to the two armed encounters between Charles I and the Scottish Covenanters in 1639 and 1640?
Bishops’ Wars
What name was given to the episode when Hugh Ó Neill Rory Ó Donnell and about ninety followers left Ireland for mainland Europe on 14 September 1607?
Flight Of The Earls
The battles of Blenheim (1704) Ramillies (1706) Oudenarde (1708) and Malplaquet (1709) all took place during which conflict?
War Of The Spanish Succession
What was the only battle of the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685?
Sedgemoor
In 1678 who claimed to have discovered a Catholic conspiracy to murder Charles II and replace him with his Catholic brother James (known as The Popish Plot)?
Titus Oates
To which country did Queen Henrietta Maria flee with Princess Mary and the crown jewels in February 1642?
The Netherlands
What is Charles I reported as saying when he failed to arrest the ‘Five Members’ (John Hampden Arthur Haselrig Denzil Holles John Pym and William Strode) for treason on 4 January 1642?
“I See The Birds Have Flown”
What “nickname” was given to James I’ daughter Elizabeth Stuart who married Frederick V Elector Palatine and was briefly Queen of Bohemia?
The Winter Queen
Charles I was beheaded on a scaffold outside the Banqueting House of which Palace on 30 January 1649?
Whitehall
What name was given to the list of grievances presented to King Charles I by the English Parliament on 1 December 1641?
Grand Remonstrance
Who presided over the “Bloody Assizes” following the Monmouth Rebellion?
Judge Jeffreys
In which country did James I marry Anne of Denmark?
Norway
Cromwell is reviled in Ireland for the massacres which took place after the sieges of which two towns?
wexford And drogheda
Who was James II’ second wife? She was the mother of James Francis Edward Stuart (later “The Old Pretender”).
Mary Of Modena
Which treaty of 1691 ended the Williamite War in Ireland?
Limerick
Which scheme to plant a Scottish colony called “Caledonia” on the Isthmus of Panama failed disastrously?
Darien Scheme
In what year were the Acts of Union passed by the Parliaments of Scotland and England?
1707
Who was the Duke of Marlborough’s co-commander at the Battle of Blenheim?
Eugene Of Savoy (Prinz Eugen)
After winning a battle at Brentford in November 1642 where on the outskirts of London was the Royalist Army turned back?
Turnham Green
Who had five illegitimate children by Charles II?
Barbara Villiers
What proclamation of 4 April 1660 promised a general pardon for crimes committed during the English Civil War?
Declaration Of Breda
Queen Anne called Sarah Churchill by the pet name of Mrs Freeman. How did Sarah address the Queen?
Mrs Morley
Which Act of Parliament of 1662 made the use of the Book of Common Prayer compulsory in religious service? It was one of the Clarendon Codes.
Act Of Uniformity
Whilst on the run after his defeat at the Battle of Worcester Charles II hid from a Parliamentarian patrol in an oak tree in the grounds of which country house?
Boscobel House
In 1712 who was the last English woman to be convicted of witchcraft?
Jane Wenham
How many times was (later Queen) Anne pregnant between 1683 and 1700?
Seventeen
Which political movement published the manifesto “Agreement of the People”?
The Levellers
Who introduced to England the four-field crop rotation system in the early 18th century?
Charles “Turnip” Townsend
What name did Guy Fawkes give when he was arrested in the undercroft beneath the House of Lords?
John Johnson
For how long did the so-called “Short Parliament” sit in 1640?
Three Weeks
At which battle on 13 July 1643 did a Royalist cavalry force under Lord Wilmot win a crushing victory over the Parliamentarians under Sir William Waller?
Roundway Down
Where did a series of discussions take place in October/November 1647 between members of the New Model Army about the makeup of a new constitution for Britain?
Putney
What was the last Royalist stronghold in Wales surrendered to the Parliamentary forces?
Harlech Castle
What was the name of the horse William III was riding when he fell broke his collarbone and later died of pneumonia from the complications?
Sorrel
Which feudal levy was the chief tax imposed by Charles I during his period of personal rule?
Ship Money
At which house did the Gunpowder Plot conspirators make a stand before being arrested?
Holbeche House
Which Dutch General did William III name as Commander in Chief of his forces in Ireland?
Godert De Ginkell
