Chaptre 2 Flashcards
Democracy
A government that us controlled by people who live under it.
Amethyst?
Clear purple gemstone.
Civil rights
The rights of a citizen.
Manga carta?
The great charter guaranteed the English people certain civil right.
Republic
A country without a monarch.
Constitutional monarch
A monarch in which the monarch rules accordingly to the constitution and laws of the nation.
Gulf Stream
Warm ocean current flowing from the Gulf of Mexico north along the coast of the US and then to east Europe
Spanish Armada
A great fleet of ship sent by Spain to invade England in 1588.
To colonize?
Settle in and control The lands of others.
Entrepreneur
A person who runs a business, taking the risk on order to make the profit.
Guild
a medieval association of craftsmen or tradesman which upheld standards and protection of its members.
Protestants
Any Christian not belonging to the Roman Catholic Church or Orthodox Church.
Congregation
An assembly of people who gather for religious worship
Church of England
The established church in England headed by the monarch
Elaborate
Decorated ceremonial
Calvinist
A follower of the teaching of John Calvin, a leader of the Protestant reformation
To dissent
To differ in opinion, disagree refuse to conform to the established church.
To tolerate
To allow people to live, think or worship accordingly to their one beliefs
Original sin
In Christian beliefs the state of sin in which all humans live because eve caused Adam to disobey gods will
Hysteria
State of uncontrollable Excitment
Slovenly
Untidy, dirty, careless dress
To exalt
To place high in rank, honour, or power
To debase
To make low in rank, honour, or power
Tyrant
A cruel and unjust ruler or person
Incomplete
Lacking ability
To comprise
To settle a dispute with both sides giving up a part of what they demande
To alienate
To cause someone to become indifferent of hostile
Ship money
In earlier times coastal town hade to supply the king with money for building ships. Charles 1 made all towns and landowners pay ships money
Tunnage and poundage
A custom duty or tax collected on the tons and pounds of goods coming for leaving the country
To billet
Home owners were required to provide food mad shelter for soldiers
Title
A name showing a persons rank.
Court of star chamber
A royal court in which people in which people had no legal rights.
Satire
Literary work in which corruption stupidly foolishness or abuses are held up to ridicule and comtempt
Seditious libel
False malicious statement against the monarch which are treasonous
Pillory
A device consisting of a wooden board with holes for the head and arms which the offender were exposed to in public to scorn.
Writ of habeus corpus
An order requiring that a prisoner be taken to court to decide is he or she is imprisoned lawfully.
Presbyterian
A Protestant church governed by prebyster(elder)
Covenant
Agreement
Dilemma
A difficult choice
Crown Jewels
Jewels used but not owned by the royal family.
Militia
Citizens who are not regular soldiers big are trained to act as them in times of emergency.
Lobster tail helmet
A helmet with metal plated at the back to protect the back.
Blue laws
Strict laws
Regicide
A person who kills or participates in the killing of a king
Test act
An act forbidding anyone except members of the Church of England from holding political office or entering the profession
To abdicate
To give up of renounce
What a Elizabeth the 1
A tutor
What was James
The first king
Before James became the king of England what was he and how long did he hold that position?
He was the king of Scotland for 20 years
How were the Scottish and English parliaments different
The Scottish parliament had a smaller voice.
The English parliament a stricter rules and system where king James had to ask for permission to pass laws.
The English parliament had House of Commons where the member were elected and House of Lords where places were inherited.
Explained the divine right of kings?
Or the divine rights of monarchy.
Theory that monarchs were chosen by god not there country.
No one below the king could question him.
Monarchs had unlimited power.
What did James 1 ANC parliament fight over?
Divine right of kings
Playing favourites to nobles.
James spending too much money.
Who was Charles the 1
James the 1 son. The king of England.
How wax Charles like his father king James?
Believed on the divine rough of kings. Wouldn't comprise with parliament Big spender Fights and causes wars Doesn't have many supporters
Who was caught Beneath the House of Lords uncovering gunpowder
Guy Fawkes
Who was the leader of gunpowder plot
Kingsby
What religion was gunpowder?
Catholic
What was the goal of the gunpowder plot
To kill king James the first
How did king James get guy Fawkes to reveal his paterns
By torched
Why did king James always need money
Bc he wax wasteful
What was the purpose of ship money?
He wanted to rule without parliament because they weren’t giving him all the money he needed so he created ship Money to get more money. He didn’t end up building the ships.
What did King Charles (James son) do to his critics?
Put them in the court of stars
Raised taxes
What was the petition of rights?
It was made by parliament for Charles to sign so he didn’t commit any illegal activities
Who were lord Stratford and archbishop laud and why were they hated.
They were very rich members of society. They helped Charles get money.
Why did the scouts revolt?
Bc King Charles wanted them to give up Presbyterian and covert to English church
Where else was there a rebellion in Charles kingdom
The purtains violently attacked churches.
Also the civil war was a rebellion.
What was the grand remonstrance?
It wanted to remove some of the kings powers.
Why did Charles March into the House of Commons?
To arrests parliament leaders ( the radical ones) as traitors and regain power. But they escaped.
What was the nice name for the royalist? And parliamentarians.
Cavaliers and round heads
What advantage did the royalist have over the parliament?
Controlled south England and English navy
What advantage did the royalist have?
They had experienced commanders and lists of money.
What to groups were in control of parliament when the war began
Puritans and Presbyterians.
Which side was winning again the beginning of the war
Royalist
Who was Oliver Crowell and what impressed him?
He was the military leader of the parliamentarians. He was impressed by prince Rupert’s ( King Charles new few) leadership and started training his men the same way.
What was the parliamentarians army called
Ironsiders
Who did the scots side with
Parliamentarians
Who did the Irish side with?
Royalist.
