Key dates; Reign of Charles 1625-38

Question 1

Charles became king when?

Answer 1

March 1625

Question 2

Charles married HM when?

Answer 2

May 1625

Question 3

Failure of the trip to Cadiz was when?

Answer 3

September 1625

Question 4

Wentworth became lord deputy of Ireland when?

Answer 4

1632

Question 5

Riot in Edinburgh caused by the new Scottish prayer book was when?

Answer 5

July 1637

Question 6

The dissolution of the third parliament (thus starting the personal rule) was when?

Answer 6

March 1629

Question 7

When did Charles visit Scotland to be crowned in Edinburgh?

Answer 7

June 1633

Question 8

When did William Laud become the Archbishop of Canterbury?

Answer 8

August 1633

Question 9

When was the forced loan imposed?

Answer 9

September 1626

Question 10

Charles accepted the Petition of right when?

Answer 10

June 1628

Question 11

When was Hampden’s trial for refusing to pay ship money?

Answer 11

November 1637

Question 12

The failure of the expedition to Rhe was when?

Answer 12

October 1627

Question 13

When was Buckingham (George Villiers) assassinated in Portsmouth?

Answer 13

August 1628

Question 14

When was ship money levied on the WHOLE country?

Answer 14

1635

Question 15

When was the Covenant which led to war drawn up in Scotland? (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE SOLEMN LEAGUE AND COVENANT)

Answer 15

1638

Question 16

When was the First Bishop’s war?

Answer 16

1639

Question 17

When was the York House conference?

Answer 17

February 1626