Civil War

Question 1

What is conspiracy?

Answer 1

A secret plan to do something unlawful or harmful

Question 2

What is Parliament?

Answer 2

A collection of people representing all parts of England, who approve and reject laws

Question 3

What is treason?

Answer 3

A crime against the monarch or state

Question 4

What religion was England?

Answer 4

Protestant

Question 5

What was Queen Mary’s religious policy?

Answer 5

She began a counter-reformation to bring back Catholicism

Question 6

How had Elizabeth treated Catholics?

Answer 6

Elizabeth became increasing intolerant towards Catholics over her reign- there were fines for non-attendance at Protestant church and you could be executed for being a catholic preist.

Question 7

When did Elizabeth die?

Answer 7

1603

Question 8

Who was the next monarch after Elizabeth?

Answer 8

James I

Question 9

Who was James I’s mother?

Answer 9

Mary, Queen of Scots

Question 10

Who were the Plotters of the Gunpowder Plot?

Answer 10

Robert Catesby
Thomas Percy
Thomas Bates
Francis Tresham
John Wright
Christopher Wright
Thomas Winter
Robert Winter
Robert Keyes
John Grant
Ambrose Rookwood
Sir Everard Digby

Question 10

What religion did James believe in?

Answer 10

Catholicism

Question 11

Why were the plotters angry and what did they try to do?

Answer 11

They were angry as they expected James to change the country to Catholicism, because his mother was Catholic, but he turned the country strictly Protestant. They were very angry about this and planned to assassinate James I.

Question 12

True or False?

Robert Cecil was a devoted Catholic.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

True or False?

The plotters wanted to replace James I with his daughter

Answer 13

True

Question 14

True or False?

A letter to Lord Monteagle tipped off Robert Cecil and the Government about the plot

Answer 14

True

Question 15

True or False?

James I was tolerant and generous of his treatment of Catholics in England

Answer 15

False

Question 16

True or False?

Guy Fawkes confessed to the plot and names the plotters of his own free will

Answer 16

False

Question 17

What is an absolutist?

Answer 17

A ruler who has supreme authority and power

Question 18

What is the Eleven-year tyranny?

Answer 18

From 1629 until 1640 Charles I ruled without calling Parliament once

Question 19

What are puritans?

Answer 19

A group of radical Protestants who wore simple clothing and tried to live without sin

Question 20

What is Ship money?

Answer 20

A tax imposed on coastal towns to pay for their defence from naval attack during a war

Question 21

T or F
The Scots were more Puritan than the English

Answer 21

True

Question 22

T or F
Charles wasted a lot of money on expensive art

Answer 22

True

Question 23

T or F
Puritans and Arminians had many beliefs in common

Answer 23

False

Question 24

T or F In 1626 Parliament granted Charles an income from customs for life

Answer 24

False

Question 25

What is the Bishop’s war?

Answer 25

An uprising against Charles I’s religious reforms which began in Scotland

Question 26

What is the Grand Remonstrance?

Answer 26

A summary of the criticisms that parliament had of the king

Question 27

What is Long Parliament?

Answer 27

A Parliament, which met, on and off, from 1640-1660

Question 28

What religion was Charles I’s wife, Henrietta Maria?

Answer 28

Catholic

Question 29

What reasons did the civil war break out in 1642?

Answer 29

- Ship taxes 1634 and 1635 - Archbishop Laud’s church reforms - Charles’ marriage to a French Catholic - The Grand Remonstrance in 1642 - The trial and torture of three Puritans in 1632 - Charles dissolves Parliament and rules alone for eleven years - Parliament refuse taxes to put down the Irish rebellion

Question 30

What is Commonwealth?

Answer 30

The period when England ceased to be a monarchy and was at first ruled by Parliament

Question 31

What is Godly Providence?

Answer 31

A belief that events are governed by the direct intervention of God in the world

Question 32

What is Newcastle Propositions?

Answer 32

A series of Parliament’s demands in 1646, rejected by Charles I

Question 33

What is Rump Parliament?

Answer 33

The remaining members of Parliament after it was purged

Question 34

What is the Declaration of Breda?

Answer 34

A set of promises made by Charles II prior to his restoration to the monarchy

Question 35

What is Regicide?

Answer 35

The deliberate killing of a monarch, or the person responsible for doing so.

Question 36

What is Restoration?

Answer 36

The return of the monarch to England with Charles II’s coronation in May 1660

Question 37

What happened between 1658 and 1660?

Answer 37

Oliver Cromwell does and his son turns out to be a poor ruler- 3rd September 1658 The army tries to run the country- May 1659 General Monck arrives in London and orders elections/ Feb 1660 Charles writes the Declaration of Breda- May 1660 Parliament agrees to offer the crown to Charles- May 1660 Charles II is crowned in London- April 1661