Chapter 1 - The Political Nation And The Social Basis Of Power

Question 1

What was the Great Chain of Being?

Answer 1

The belief that everyone has their own place in society, and that God has put you there so you should accept it.

Question 2

What was the Political Nation?

Answer 2

People in Early modern Britain with economic, social and political influence. The King was the head.

Question 3

What 3 key powers did the monarch have?

Answer 3

• Prerogative power
• Financial power
• Unwritten constitution

Question 4

What is prerogative power?

Answer 4

The powers of the monarch that Parliament does not have any control over.

Question 5

What 3 things limited the power of the monarch?

Answer 5

• Financial matters
• Unwritten constitution
• Control of the General Population (needed political nation)

Question 6

What was Divine Right?

Answer 6

Divine right was the belief in the God given powers of the monarch that meant they were right to rule as they were working for God on earth.

Question 7

What were the dates of James I’s reign?

Answer 7

1603 - 1625

Question 8

What were the dates of Charles I’s reign?

Answer 8

1625 - 1649

Question 9

Name the Four Parish officials in the Political Nation

Answer 9

Constables
Churchwardens
Overseers of
Town officials

Question 10

Name the four County Officials in the Political Nation

Answer 10

Justice of Peace
Lord
Sheriffs
Assize Judges

Question 11

What prevented the monarch from becoming truly absolutist?

Answer 11

> Limits on their income

> parliamentary control of finances