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What did England agree to in the Treaty of London?

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  • End support for Dutch rebels
  • To stop attacking Spanish ships
  • Resumption of trade
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When was the Treaty of London?

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1604

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Who led the English delegations during the Treaty of London?

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Robert Cecil

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What did Spain agree to in the Treaty of London?

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  • English merchants would not face the Spanish Inquisition
  • England could trade with areas of the New World it had before
  • Resumption of trade
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What were the consequences of the Treaty of London?

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  • Trade boomed
  • Customs revenues rose
  • Spain’s hopes of restoring Catholicisim in England ended
  • No support for Irish rebels or English Catholic terrorism
  • English settlement expanded in North America
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Why did England become involved in the Palatinate crisis?

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  • Marriage of Elizabeth to Frederick of the Palatinate in 1613
  • After rebellion in Bohemia Frederick accepts Bohemian crown
  • Spain invades Palatinate to oust Frederick
  • Pressure on James to support Frederick and Protestant cause
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Why did James want to regain the Palatinate but not Bohemia for Frederick?

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  • He didn’t believe in elective monarchies
  • He had advised Frederick not to accept Bohemian crown
  • He did not want to get involved in a major European war
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Why were the Spanish marriage negotiations revived in 1622?

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  • Consequences of the failure of the 1612 Parliament to grant sufficient subsides to James
  • Negotiate from a position of strength
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What was the Mansfeld Expedition?

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  • An expedition aimed to recapture the Palatinate
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When was the Mansfeld Expedition?

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1624-25

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Why did the Mansfeld Expedition fail?

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  • France withdrew co-operation
  • Late changes of plan meant they had to go through Holland and many soldiers died of starvation
  • Insufficient subsides
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Why was the crown so soon in debt after 1603?

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  • James’s Extravagance
  • James was married with children (needed for subsides)
  • Needed to establish himself in England through gifts (Courtiers expected this)
  • Old fashioned financial system
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Who was Lionel Cranfield and why and wen was he removed from government?

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  • In charge of the King’s finances in the early 1620s
  • Attempted to cut expendature
  • Was opposed to the war with Spain
  • Impeached in 1624
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What were Wardships and how did the crown make money from them?

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  • Wardships were the King’s right to manage the estates of minors he had inherited land
  • Was then sold to highest bidder
  • When the heir became of age he had to pay the crown to regain his state
  • Was seen to be very corrupt
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What was the Great Contract and why did it fail?

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  • In return for regular income of £200,000 the King would give up his rights of wardships and purveyance
  • Parliament were concerned about level of taxation and the possibility James could then rule without them
  • James did not want to give up his rights and requested another lump sum with Parliament refused
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What were Monopolies and why were they unpopular?

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  • The sole right to produce a good or provide a service
  • It was one of the monarch’s rights to issue them
  • Was supposed to protect new inventors or processes
  • System was being abused and were being sold to raise money for the crown
  • Led to unemployment, decreasing quality of goods and increasing prices of goods due to lack of competiton
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Who was impeached in 1621?

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  • Sir Giles Mompesson (multiple monopolist) and Sir Frances Bacon were impeached
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What was the Millenary Petition and what did it lead to?

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  • Petition to the King signed by 1000 Puritan ministers
  • Suggested that the last remnants of Catholicism be removed from the Church
  • Led to the Hampton Court Conference and the King James Bible
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What did James mean when he said ‘No Bishop, No King’?

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  • If bishops were removed from the church he would lose he ability to control the church and therefore the country
  • His authority would be undermined
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When did the Gun Powder Plot take place?

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1605

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Who was behind the Gun Powder Plot?

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  • Robert Catesby
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What were the consequences of the Gun Powder Plot?

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  • Co-operation between James and Parliament
  • More anti-Catholic laws
  • James was afraid of threats to his life
  • Increased fear of Catholics
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What was the Form of Apology and Satisfaction?

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  • Expression of concern from the Commons that the power of the King was growing at their expense
  • It was drawn up by a committee but never presented to the whole house
  • May have been a minority view
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What led the Commons to make their Protestantion of 1621?

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  • James reproached the Commons for their interference in the Spanish marriage
  • King implied that he could remove their freedom of speech
  • Commons responded with a statement reaffirming their belief that they had such privileges by right
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in which years were parliament called during James’s reign?

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  • 1604
  • 1614
  • 1621
  • 1624

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