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What was the character of Charles I?

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He was short, had a stutter and had a Scottish accent

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What did Charles believe in strongly?

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Divine Right of Kings, that he was a ruler chosen by god

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Who did Henrietta Maria provide protection for?

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English Catholics

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How did Charles bring order to Buckingham’s court?

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He instructed the gentry to spend less time in London and more time fulfilling their duties in their local regions

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Who was fined in 1632 for staying in London without royal permission?

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William Palmer

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How many subsidies did parliament grant the King in 1625 and how much were they worth?

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Two, £140,000 each

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What was tonnage and poundage?

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A tax on imports and exports

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Who opposed the Forced loan?

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MP Thomas Scott, and Archbishop of Canterbury, George Abbot, who refused to license a sermon defending it

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What right did the Five Knights used to defend themselves?

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Habeas corpus

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Why did Arminian ideas appeal to Charles?

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Valued order, ceremony and hierarchy, reflected Charles’ ideas about Divine Right

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How many of Buckingham’s men died between 1624-28?

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1/3 of 50,000

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Give three examples of failed foreign policy under Buckingham?

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Mansfeld, Cadiz and La Rochelle

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What two financial grievances did parliament have in 1628?

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Extra parliamentary taxation & billeting of soldiers

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What two legal grievances did parliament have in 1628?

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Martial law, King’s power to imprison without trial

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Who drew up the Petition of Right?

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Sir Edward Coke

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What did Charles threaten to do if parliament continued to impeach Buckingham?

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Dissolve parliament

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What were the three resolutions in the Protestation of 1629?

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King considered a traitor if he move religion towards Arminianism/ Catholicism and if he collects tonnage and poundage without parliamentary consent

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Name two leading opponents who were arrested for treason in 1629?

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Sir John Eliot, Denzil Holles

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Name two members of Charles’ Privy Council?

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Laud and Wentworth

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Give two examples of the King’s prerogative courts and what could they do?

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Star Chamber, Court of High Commission, could interpret law in King’s favour

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What did the Book of Orders do?

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Reformed local government to improve their communication with the King, e.g. through JPs

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What was ‘thorough’?

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Laud and Wentworth’s policy of imposing strict standards on royal officials

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How did Charles reduce his spending?

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Ended conflict with France and Spain, reduces spending on royal household

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What was Charles’ debt in 1629?

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£2million

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What was Book of Rates and how much did reissuing it earn up to 1635?

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List of products which required customs duty (tax), £270,000

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How much did the ‘popish soap’ monopoly earn?

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£33,000

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How much did ship money raise and what was it’s initial compliance?

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£300,000, 90% compliance

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How many judges agreed that ship money was unlawful during the Hampden Case?

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5 out of 12

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What was Laud’s new altar policy?

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Moving the alter to the eastern wall of the church (Catholic position) and decorating it

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31
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How was the clergy politicised?

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All Scottish Bishops made JPs in 1634

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How did Laud establish conformity to Laudianism?

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New Church Canons, reports through visitations and presentment bills, Star Chamber

33
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What was the traditional religion in Scotland?

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Presbyterianism

34
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Why were the new Scottish Canons controversial?

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Not ratified by Scottish General Assembly, Bishops no longer elected by ministers, new Prayer books

35
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Give two examples of directs attacks on Puritanism?

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Book of Sports, Abolition of Feoffees

36
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How many Puritans emigrated to New England?

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20,000

37
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Give an examples of a Puritan pamphleteer and the pamphlet they wrote?

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William Prynne, Histriomastrix

38
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Give three Puritan groups?

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Hampden Circle, Pamphleteers, Providence Island Company

39
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What was the compliance to ship money in 1639 and what caused this change?

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25%, Hampden Case

40
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Whose lives were most improved by Wentworth ‘thorough’ policy and whose were alienated?

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Lower classes, Upper class families

41
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How do Wentworth establish political authority in Ireland?

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Frightened opponents into submission

42
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How did Wentworth ensure religious conformity in Ireland?

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Laudian 39 Articles, new Irish Court of High Commission

43
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How did Wentworth ensure Ireland was profitable?

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Re-issued Book of Rates, used the Graces to persuade Irish Parliament to vote six subsidies

44
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Give an example of a concession in the Graces

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Recusal fines would not be collected

45
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What were the reactions to Thorough in England?

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Shrinking circle of advisors, alienated local families

46
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Where did riots take place in Scotland in July 1637?

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St Giles, Glasgow

47
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What was the National Covenant and why was it able to form?

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A promise made by the Scottish people that they would not conform to Laud’s religious changes, Thorough did not extend to Scotland

48
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How many Scots signed the Covenant?

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Hundreds of thousands

49
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Give three reasons why the King lost the First Bishops’ War?

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King had poor finances, Covenanters able to imports resources from Northern European Powers, many Covenanters were soldiers returning from the Thirty Years War and were lead by the experienced General Leslie

50
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What agreement ended the First Bishops’ War?

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Pacification of Berwick

51
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How did Charles attempt to finance a Second Bishops’ War?

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Recalled Short Parliament

52
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What was agreed to end the Second Bishops’ War?

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Treaty of Ripon, Charles agreed to call parliament and not dissolve it until subsidies were voted to pay the Scots off

53
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What was the Cumbernauld Band?

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Group of Scottish Nobles who expressed to the King

54
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Why was Short Parliament dissolved?

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King still expected to receive money from Spanish King or Pope, parliament did not trust Charles

55
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Give three examples of the King’s strengths in 1640

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Support in House of Lords, determined and effective ministers, command of army

56
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Give two examples of actions taken against the King during the first sessions of parliament

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Prerogative courts disbanded, advisors impeached

57
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What was the Triennial Act?

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Ensures regular parliaments

58
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Give two examples of the strengths of parliamentary opposition?

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Interconnections, support from Londoners

59
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What were Bridge Appointments and who initiated them?

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Earl of Bedford, gave King a workable financial settlement in return for removal of most hated parts of Personal Rule and regular parliaments

60
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Give two examples of suggestions in the Ten Propositions

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Parliamentary input into Privy Councillors, parliamentary control over royal children

61
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What did Root and Branch Petition state, who drafted it and how many Londoners supported it?

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Abolishment of archbishops and Bishops, Oliver St John, 15,000

62
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What was the Army Plot?

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A rumour that Charles would bring his army to London, free Strafford and forcibly dissolve Parliament

63
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What was the Protestation Oath?

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Oath to Protestantism signed by all males over 18

64
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Who presented the Grand Remonstrance and give two examples of its demands

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John Pym, to give Parliament more influence of minister positions, remove Bishops from House of Lords

65
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How many MPs passed the Grand Remonstrance?

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159 to 148

66
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What was the Incident of October 1641?

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Attempt by Charles to remove most radical Covenanters

67
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What was the Bill of Attainder and how did Pym enforce it?

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Act which allowed the prosecution of Strafford with little evidence against him, he pressured parliament into passing it using the London Mob

68
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Give two examples of MPs reluctant to agree to the Bill of Attainder?

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Earl of Bedford, Denzil Holles

69
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What did the Irish Noblemen want to do after watching the events in Scotland?

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Overthrow Protestant Ulster Plantation, re-assert Catholic power in Ireland

70
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How many Protestants were killed in the Irish Rebellion?

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Around 40,000

71
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Who introduced the Militia Bill what was it?

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Haselrig, removed King’s power to summon and militia and gave parliament power to appoint commanders

72
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Give two examples of MPs Charles attempted to arrest in 1641

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Pym and Hampden

73
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How was the Militia Ordanance different to the Bill?

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Parliament could make it a law without needing Charles’ consent

74
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Give two reasons which indicated whether people would support the King or parliament

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Geography, employment

75
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Give three reasons for supporting the King

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Fear of disorder, constitutional royalism, religious moderation

76
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Give three examples of propositions on the Nineteen Propositions

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Parliament influence over royal appointments, parliamentary control of education of royal children, five members cleared of all charges

77
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Where did the King raise his Standard?

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Nottingham

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