Chapter 5 Lesson 5

Question 1

English Civil War

Answer 1

a conflict, lasting from 1642 to 1649, in which Puritan supporters of Parliament battled supporters of England’s monarchy

Question 2

Restoration

Answer 2

the period of Charles II rule over England,after the collapse of Oliver Cromwell’s government

Question 3

habeas corpus

Answer 3

• a document requiring that a prisoner be brought before a court or judge so that it can be decided whether his or her imprisonment is legal
• law imposed in 1679

Question 4

Glorious Revolution

Answer 4

• the bloodless overthrow of the english king James II and his replacement by William and Mary
• 1688

Question 5

Constitutional Monarchy

Answer 5

a system of governing in which the ruler’s power is limited by law

Question 6

Cabinet

Answer 6

• a group of advisers or ministers chosen by the head of a country to help make government decisions
• developed in the 1700s

Question 7

Charles I

Answer 7

• James I son
• always needed money
• imposed heavy taxes because parliament wouldn’t always give him the money
• beheaded because the people didn’t like him

Question 8

Oliver Cromwell

Answer 8

• a puritan leader
• under his army the puritans began to beat the royalist
• set up the execution of Charles I

Question 9

Why was the death of Charles I revolutionary?

Answer 9

never before had a reigning monarch faced a public trial and execution

Question 10

What rights were guaranteed by the Habeas Corpus act?

Answer 10

• freedom
• gave prisoners the right to obtain a document ordering that the that the prisoner be brought before the judge to specify charges against the prisoner
• the judge would decide whether or not the prisoner should be set free
• a monarch could not put someone in jail for just opposing the ruler
• the prisoners couldn’t be held without a trial

Question 11

How does a constitutional monarchy differ from an absolute monarchy?

Answer 11

• an absolute ruler holds all the power without limits

- a constitutional monarchy has laws that limit the rulers power

Question 12

What decisions made by Charles I made his conflict with Parliament worse?

Answer 12

Charles ignored Parliament when they denied him money and when they signed agreements

Question 13

What was Charles I conflict with Parliament?

Answer 13

he always needed money partly because he was at war with both Spain and France

Question 14

What was James I conflict with Parliament?

Answer 14

money

Question 15

What was James II conflict with Parliament?

Answer 15

catholics became high in office

Question 16

How did the Bill of Rights limit rulers?

Answer 16

• no suspending of Parliament’s laws
• no levying of taxes without a specific grant from Parliament
• no interfering with freedom in Parliament
• no penalty for a citizen who petitions the king about grievances

Question 17

James I

Answer 17

• had money problems with Parliament
• died in 1625
• James offended the Puritan members of Parliament
• he refused to make Puritan reforms

Question 18

What did the Petition of Right agree to? Who was it between?

Answer 18

-Charles I signed the Petition of right with Parliament
-in it Charles agreed to…
he would not imprison subjects without due cause
he wouldn’t levy taxes without Parliament’s consent
he would not house soldiers in private homes
he would not impose material law in peacetime