Civil War Definitions

Question 1

Absolute monarchy

Answer 1

A king or Queen with unlimited power

Question 2

When did James I rule

Answer 2

1603-1625

Question 3

When did Queen Elizabeth rule

Answer 3

1588-1603

Question 4

Congregation

Answer 4

And assembly of people who gathered for religious worship

Question 5

Dissent

Answer 5

To differ in opinion, disagree. Refuse to conform to the established church

Question 6

Tolerate

Answer 6

To allow people to live, think, or worship according to their own beliefs

Question 7

Calvinist

Answer 7

A followerof the teachings of John Calvin, a leader in the Protestant Reformation

Question 8

Church of England

Answer 8

the established church o England, headed by the monarch

Question 9

Matthew Hopkins

Answer 9

Witch hunter general

Question 10

Queen E Tudor or Stuart

Answer 10

Tudor

Question 11

James I Stuart or Tudor

Answer 11

Stuart

Question 12

When did James I rule

Answer 12

1603-1625

Question 13

Charles I Stuart or Tudor

Answer 13

Stuart

Question 14

When did Charles I rule

Answer 14

1625-1649

Question 15

Blue laws

Answer 15

Strict laws

Question 16

Regicide

Answer 16

A person who kills, or participates in the killing of a king

Question 17

Test act

Answer 17

An act forbidding anyone except members of the Church of England from holding political office or entering the professions

Question 18

Whigs

Answer 18

The opponents of the Catholic monarchy

Question 19

Tories

Answer 19

The royal supporters

Question 20

Protestant

Answer 20

Any christain not belonging to the Roman Catholic Church

Question 21

Hysteria

Answer 21

A state of uncontrolled excitement

Question 22

Tyrant

Answer 22

A cruel and unjust ruler or person

Question 23

Alienate

Answer 23

To cause someone to become indifferent or hostile

Question 24

Ship money

Answer 24

Early on towns had to supply the King with sips or their value in money. Charles I made landowners pay this

Question 25

Tunnage and poundage

Answer 25

A customs duty or tax collected on the tones and pounds of goods coming into or leaving the country

Question 26

Court of star chamber

Answer 26

A royal court where people had no legal rights-

Question 27

When did Oliver cromwell rule

Answer 27

1651-1658

Question 28

When did Richard Cromwell rule

Answer 28

1658-1659

Question 29

When did Charles II rule the second time

Answer 29

1659-1685

Question 30

When did James II rule

Answer 30

1685-1689

Question 31

When did Mary and William of orange rule

Answer 31

1689-1702

Question 32

when did Charles II rule

Answer 32

1649-1651