Ch. 7 The Struggle for Constitutional Government in England

Question 1

Reign of King Charles II (of England)

Answer 1

1660-1685

Question 2

Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford

Answer 2

1593-1641

Question 3

Marston Moor

Answer 3

Victory for the New Model Army in July 1644

Question 4

Roundheads

Answer 4

The King’s parliamentary opponents. Dominated London, southeastern England. Many were Puritans.

Question 5

Parliament passes the Act of Settlement

Answer 5

1701 – Excluded Catholics from English succession. After Anne’s death, throne would pass to Sophia, Electress of Hanover and her heirs.

Question 6

Oliver Cromwell

Answer 6

1599-1658

Question 7

Robert Walpole

Answer 7

1676-1745

Question 8

Henrietta Maria

Answer 8

1609-1669 – wife of King Charles I, sister of King Louis XIII. Catholic.

Question 9

The restoration of the monarchy in England

Answer 9

1660

Question 10

Cavaliers

Answer 10

Royalists in the English Civil War. controlled the more conservative North and West. Noble families and Gentry. Ardent Anglicans.

Question 11

Reign of King George I (of England)

Answer 11

1714-1727

Question 12

The Long Parliament convenes

Answer 12

1640

Question 13

Short Parliament

Answer 13

Lasted only 3 weeks. Charles needed money to suppress Scottish revolt. Parliament demanded concessions. Charles disbanded it.

Question 14

Reign of King George II (of England)

Answer 14

1727-1760

Question 15

The King James Bible is published

Answer 15

1611

Question 16

Parliament adopted the Great Protestation

Answer 16

1621

Question 17

Reign of King James II (of England)

Answer 17

1685-1688

Question 18

Titus Oates

Answer 18

1649-1705 – Fabricated the Popish plot in 1678.

Question 19

Barebone’s Parliament

Answer 19

Cromwell’s replacement of the Rump parliament with a new one of 140 members. In late 1653, Cromwell dissolved it and became Lord Protector.

Question 20

Charles II (of England)’s foreign policy

Answer 20

Fought wars against the Dutch, 1665-1667. Accepted subsidies from King Louis XIV of France and supported the French in their war with the Dutch from 1672-1674

Question 21

Ship Money

Answer 21

Charles expanded this tax from coastal areas to whole of realm to avoid calling parliament for money.

Question 22

Mary Queen of Scots

Answer 22

1542-1587

Question 23

William Laud, archbishop of Canterbury

Answer 23

1573-1645 – tried to enforce strict observance of Anglican doctrine, worship and church organization.

Question 24

Outbreak of English Civil War

Answer 24

Summer of 1642

Question 25

Charles I rules England without Parliament

Answer 25

1629-1640

Question 26

Catherine of Braganza

Answer 26

1638-1705, Charles II (of England)'s Catholic wife.

Question 27

"Pride's Purge" results in the creation of the Rump Parliament

Answer 27

1648

Question 28

The English Civil War begins

Answer 28

1642

Question 29

The Glorious Revolution brings William and Mary to the throne of England

Answer 29

1688

Question 30

Parliament passes the Clarendon Code

Answer 30

1661-1665 -- reestablished the Church of England, placed restrictions on Roman Catholics and non-Anglican Protestants.

Question 31

Reign of King George III (of England)

Answer 31

1760-1820

Question 32

Reign of King James I (of England)

Answer 32

1603-1625

Question 33

The Gunpowder Plot

Answer 33

November 5, 1605

Question 34

The Commonwealth and Protectorate

Answer 34

1649-1660

Question 35

General George Monk

Answer 35

1608-1670. Moved to restore the monarchy after Richard Cromwell resigned.

Question 36

Reign of William III (of England)

Answer 36

1689-1702

Question 37

Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector

Answer 37

1653

Question 38

Naseby

Answer 38

Victory for the New Model Army in June 1645

Question 39

The Scots take Charles I prisoner

Answer 39

1646

Question 40

Reign of King Charles I (of England)

Answer 40

1625-1649

Question 41

Guy Fawkes

Answer 41

1570-1606

Question 42

Scottish revolt against Charles I.

Answer 42

In 1637, Charles tried to impose Anglicanism in Scotland. In 1638 Scots signed the Solemn League and Covenant to defend Calvinism. Revolted in 1639.

Question 43

Charles I calls the Short Parliament into session

Answer 43

1640

Question 44

Parliament passes the Test Act

Answer 44

1673 -- withdrew Charles II's Declaration of Indulgence and required all officeholders to take oaths of allegiance to and take communion in the Anglican Church.

Question 45

Parliament passes the Petition of Right

Answer 45

1628

Question 46

Reign of Mary II (of England)

Answer 46

1689-1694

Question 47

Identify the Petition of Right

Answer 47

King subject to the law, needed parliamentary approval to levy taxes, declare martial law, etc.

Question 48

Charles I is executed

Answer 48

1649

Question 49

The Long Parliament

Answer 49

Charles defeat at Newburn on the Tyne required that he pay the Scots. Called Parliament November 3, 1640, became the Long Parliament of the English Civil War. Strafford executed May 1641, Laud in 1645.

Question 50

Robert Walpole serves as prime minister

Answer 50

1721-1742

Question 51

The Act of Union unites England and Scotland

Answer 51

1707

Question 52

Parliament passes the Bill of Rights

Answer 52

1689

Question 53

Death of Queen Elizabeth

Answer 53

1603

Question 54

Reign of Queen Anne (of England)

Answer 54

1702-1714

Question 55

Richard Cromwell

Answer 55

1626-1712. Resigned as Lord Protector in May 1659.