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Charles 1st, Charles 2nd and the English Civil War Flashcards

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King Charles’ side was called…

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Royalists

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What year did the English Civil War start?

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1⃣6⃣4⃣2⃣

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What is the name of the team of followers with Parliament?

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Parliamentarians

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What did Parliament help to do?

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Made laws, discussed wars and raised taxes

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A rich lord would like to…

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Fight for CHARLES

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A member of Parliament would like to…

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Fight for PARLIAMENT

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A Puritan would like to…

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Fight for PARLIAMENT

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A farm-worker would like to…

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Fight for CHARLES

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A merchant would like to…

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Fight for PARLIAMENT

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In 1625, King Charles asked Parliament to raise taxes for a war against Spain, but MPs refused. What was the result of this?

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Parliament were sent home and closed

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How long did Charles rule without Parliament for? what did MPs call this time?

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1⃣1⃣ years. The Eleven Years Tyranny

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Because parliament would not raise money for Charles, how did he get the money? Explain why people were angry

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SHIP TAX (this pays for the navy

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Why were MPs angry with the King over religion?

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Because people thought his French

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Charles wanted to control Ireland as he thought it could become a threat to England. Who did he send over to take control? What year did he send him?

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Sir Thomas Wentworth

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What year did Charles promote Wentworth to be his chief advisor? Did he make him Earl of Cambridge?

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1⃣6⃣4⃣0⃣No, Earl of Strafford

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Did MPs trust Wentworth? Why?

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No❌because they thought he could make an Irish army to arrest the King’s enemies

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Scotland had a Puritan church. Charles hated it. In what year did Charles try and make it more like the Church of England? When the Scots protested, Charles sent an army to defeat them. Charles’ army was easily defeated and the Scots insisted that Charles cover the cost of the war. What happened?

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1⃣6⃣3⃣7⃣. Charles called Parliament back in 1⃣6⃣4⃣0⃣ to get the money. MPs refused to do so, unless he changed the way he had been ruling the country

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Compromise was made between Parliament and Charles so Charles could get his money to fight the Scots. Name them

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PARLIAMENT DEMAN - CHARLES’ CONCESSION

1.Hold regular meetings1.Parliament to be called
with parliament. every 3⃣years and cannot
be dismissed without
Parliaments consent

2.Punish Ministers 2.Wentworth executed

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The king took 400 soldiers to arrest how many MPs?

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5⃣, including Pym. They all escaped

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Who persuaded MPs to make a law giving Parliament control of the army? This is the first time in history Parliament had ever made a law without the King’s consent. What year was this?

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John Pym

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Pym sent some other demands (The Great Remonstrance) to the king to try and keep him under control. State them

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  1. The king’s
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The King

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North⬆️

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What year did Pym die?

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1⃣6⃣4⃣3⃣

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Name some events in the civil war and who won

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1⃣6⃣4⃣2⃣

23 October - battle of Edgehill -

25
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What is propaganda?

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A piece of work

26
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What month and year did Charles die?

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January 1⃣6⃣4⃣9⃣

27
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What kicked off the civil war?

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A rebellion broke out in Ireland. Irish Catholics murdered

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When Charles was executed, what was England known as?

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A REPUBLIC

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Parliament was much smaller because there were no Royalists in it. What was this Parliament known as?

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The RUMP

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In what year did the new parliament make Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector?

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1⃣6⃣5⃣3⃣

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In what year did parliament ask Oliver Cromwell to be King? Did he accept?

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1⃣6⃣5⃣7⃣. No, but agreed that his son, Richard, would be Lord Protector after him

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What was the period of time called when Oliver Cromwell rejected the crown?

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The INTERREGNUM or the COMMONWEALTH

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Give examples of what Cromwell banned

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Theatres

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In what year was Charles’ son, Charles 2nd asked to come back to the throne?

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1⃣6⃣6⃣0⃣

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What was Charles 2nd known as?

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The Merry Monarch

36
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What year did Charles 2nd die?

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1⃣6⃣8⃣5⃣

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Who became monarch after Charles 2nd died?

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James 2nd

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Was James 2nd Catholic or Protestant? Did England want to change its religion?

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CATHOLIC

39
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What gender was James 2nd’s late child?

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MALE

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In what year was James’ earlier child ….. asked to come back to England along with her husband, William of Orange

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1⃣6⃣8⃣8⃣, her name was Mary

41
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Give a definition of the GLORIOUS REVOLUTION

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The acceptance of monarchy from James 2nd to Mary and her husband William of Orange

42
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Did Mary and William rule by Divine Right?

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No

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