Civil War 🧑🏻‍⚖️⚔️🤴🏻

Question 1

What date did Charles burst into the House of commons

Answer 1

January 1642

Question 2

How many soldiers did Charles bring into parliament

Answer 2

400

Question 3

What did Charles intend to do in parliament

Answer 3

Arrest 5 leading MPs

Question 4

What is divine right?

Answer 4

Charles I beleived he was chosen by God to rule and he could do whatever he wanted

Question 5

Why was parliament not happy with Charles marrying Henrietta Marie

Answer 5

Parliament were Puritan and Henrietta wasnt so Parliament were scared they thought Henrietta and charles would force them to go catholic.

Question 6

What were Charles’ quarels with scotland about?

Answer 6

Charles wanted Scottish churches to use his English prayer book, and he didn’t ask them he demanded them, scotland wasnt happy with this.

Question 7

Why weren’t parliament happy about Charles’ quarrels with scotland?

Answer 7

Charles needed to raise taxes to fight the war, parliament didnt agree with this.

Question 8

Charles dissolved parliament, what does this mean?

Answer 8

He stopped them from meeting

Question 9

How long did Charles run the country without parliament?

Answer 9

11 years

Question 10

Charles still needed money for the war, what was the new tax called?

Answer 10

Ship tax

Question 11

What year was ship tax invented?

Answer 11

1635

Question 12

Who did Charles apoint Archbishop of canterbury

Answer 12

William Laud

Question 13

How long was King Charles I’s rain?

Answer 13

1625-1649 (24 years)

Question 14

When was King Charles I born?

Answer 14

1600

Question 15

Who were the roundheads?

Answer 15

Parliamentarians, they followed Oliver Cromwell

Question 16

Who were the cavaliers?

Answer 16

Royalists, they followed King Charles I

Question 17

What was the New model army?

Answer 17

The New Model Army was created in February 1645 by the Parliamentarians during the English Civil Wars (1642-1651) It was a professional army in terms of its personnel, training, and leadership

Question 18

Who was the New Model Army commanded by?

Answer 18

Sir thomas fairfax then Oliver cromwell

Question 19

When were the English civil wars?

Answer 19

1642-1651

Question 20

When did the civil war start

Answer 20

22 august 1642

Question 21

What was cromwell’s title after he abolished the monarchy

Answer 21

Lord protector

Question 22

When was charles 1 executed

Answer 22

1649

Question 23

How many irish people were killed when cromwell invaded droghea

Answer 23

2,800

Question 24

Why did people admire cromwell?

Answer 24

Cromwell helped to bring about the overthrow of the Stuart monarchy, and, as lord protector, he raised his country’s status once more to that of a leading European power from the decline it had gone through since the death. He also founded the New model army which brang together everyone not just rich people fighting

Question 25

Key features of cavaliers

Answer 25

They fought on horseback
Wore steel breastplates over leather coats
Had pistols and sword
Wore red sashes
Fancy clothes

Question 26

Key features of roundheads

Answer 26

Wore yellow sashes
Were seperated into 2 classes, the pikemen amd musketeers
Very short hair
Plain simple clothes

Question 27

What is the definition of a civil war

Answer 27

a war between citizens of the same country.