Politics - Restoration

Question 1

What was the nature of Charles return ?

Answer 1

Extremely warm and welcoming

Question 2

When was the Act of Pardon, Indemnity and Oblivion passed and what did it achieve ?

Answer 2

August 1660 - excluding all political opponents for regicides

Question 3

What was St Paul’s used as during the Interregnum?

Answer 3

Horse Stables

Question 4

What was Verners Uprising?

Answer 4

Thomas Verner and a group of terrorists took over St Paul’s cathedral had a shot a Royalist

Question 5

How was Verner’s Uprising defeated ?

Answer 5

They had a shoot out with the army and were captured at Halbard Tavern on Threadneedle Street

Question 6

When did the Convention Parliament end ?

Answer 6

December 1660

Question 7

When did the Cavalier Parliament first meet?

Answer 7

April 1660

Question 8

When was the Militia Act passed and what did it achieve ?

Answer 8

1661 - gave the King sole command over the army

Question 9

When did the Cavalier Parliament revise the Triennial Act and what did it achieve ?

Answer 9

1664 - Elections every 3 years

Question 10

When was the Corporation Act passed and what did it achieve ?

Answer 10

1661 - officials had to take Anglican communion

Question 11

When was the Licensing Act passed and what did it achieve ?

Answer 11

1662 - only books licensed by authorities could be published

Question 12

Who was the new Bishop of London and later Archbishop of Canterbury?

Answer 12

Gilbert Sheldon

Question 13

What was the objective of The Savoy Conference ?

Answer 13

To revise the Book of Common Prayer

Question 14

When was the Act of Uniformity passed ?

Answer 14

May 1662

Question 15

When was the Elizabeth Prayer Book of 1558 repealed ?

Answer 15

1650

Question 16

How many ministers were ejected in the Great Ejection?

Answer 16

1800

Question 17

What did the Conventicle Act seek to achieve ?

Answer 17

Destroy puritanism and other dissenting groups by making all congregational meeting outside the Anglican Church banned

Question 18

What was the one aspect of the King parliament had control over ?

Answer 18

Finance

Question 19

Why did Charles 2 source of income disappear?

Answer 19

The Rump Parliament sold off all the Kings lands

Question 20

What was the Hearth Tax and when was it introduced?

Answer 20

November 1661 - tax on each fireplace a household had

Question 21

How much was the Hearth Tax expected to raise but how much did it actually raise ?

Answer 21

£250,000 but it only raised a 1/3 of that

Question 22

What political group were the rank and file of the army ?

Answer 22

Levellers

Question 23

What was the significance of Sir Charles Sedley ?

Answer 23

1663 - A self obsessed man (libertine) who read blasphemous scriptures off a bakery’s balcony to 1000 people

Question 24

What were the two things Charles 2 was interested in?

Answer 24

Prostitution and water sports

Question 25

What is the name of Charles 2 baby mama ?

Answer 25

Lucy Walton

Question 26

What is the name of Charles 2 wife called ?

Answer 26

Catherine a portuguese princess

Question 27

Who was the leading royalist in parliament?

Answer 27

Earl of Clarendon - Sir Edward Hyde

Question 28

When did the Great Plague hit London?

Answer 28

1665

Question 29

How many died in the Great Plague ?

Answer 29

100,000 died a 1/4 of Londons population

Question 30

When did the Great Fire of London occur ?

Answer 30

1666

Question 31

How many houses were destroyed in the Great Fire of London ?

Answer 31

13,200 and St Pauls

Question 32

When did the Raid on the Medway occur ?

Answer 32

1667

Question 33

Who was to blame for the tragedies between 1665-1667 ?

Answer 33

Earl of Clarendon - Edward Hyde

Question 34

When was the CABAL government introduced?

Answer 34

1667

Question 35

Who were the five members of the CABAL government?

Answer 35

Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley and Laudidale

Question 36

When and why was the alliance with Netherlands and Sweden ?

Answer 36

1668 - against Catholic King Louis XIV

Question 37

Who was Louis XIV married to and when ?

Answer 37

Henrietta - Charles 2 younger sister in 1670

Question 38

What and when was the Treaty of Dover between Charles 2 and Louis XIV signed ?

Answer 38

1670 - removal on pressure on English Catholics for £250,000 a year

Question 39

What was the Declaration of Indulgence and when was it passed?

Answer 39

1672 - gave Catholics and dissenters more freedom of worship

Question 40

When did the third Anglo Dutch War begin ?

Answer 40

1672

Question 41

What was the Test Act and when was it passed ?

Answer 41

1673 - officers of the crown had to take a test of Anglican Communion

Question 42

Who failed the Test Act ?

Answer 42

James Duke of York and Lord Clifford

Question 43

When did the CABAL government collapse ?

Answer 43

1674

Question 44

Who took over from the CABAL government?

Answer 44

Thomas Osborne - Lord Danby

Question 45

When was William of Orange elected in the Duchy of Burgundy ?

Answer 45

1672

Question 46

What was the system of patronage ?

Answer 46

Handing out of titles and money to keep people loyal to Danby and the King

Question 47

When did James 2 marry Mary of Modena and how old was she ?

Answer 47

She was 15 and in 1674

Question 48

What was the Popish Plot ?

Answer 48

A series of coincidences believed that Jesuit priests and James 2 were conspiring through Edward Colenen ( James’ secretary )

Question 49

When was the Treaty of Dover revealed ?

Answer 49

September 1678

Question 50

When was the Danby Parliament dismissed ?

Answer 50

January 1979

Question 51

What did the Exclusion Bill include ?

Answer 51

James 2 should be excluded from the Crown and Danby was sentenced to death

Question 52

When was the Earl of Danby executed ?

Answer 52

26 March 1679

Question 53

When were the next 3 elections and what were the results of each ( Exclusionist or Royalist )?

Answer 53

March 1679 - Exclusionist October 1679 - Exclusionist October 1680 - Exclusionist

Question 54

What and when was the Rye House Plot ?

Answer 54

1683 - A group of Cromwellian soldiers attempted to assassinate Charles 2 and James 2

Question 55

What happened when it was suspected the Whigs were to do with the Rye House Plot?

Answer 55

Leading members were arrested and executed

Question 56

When did the King ignore the Triennial Act ?

Answer 56

1684

Question 57

From when to when did Charles 2 personal government last ?

Answer 57

1681 - 1685

Question 58

When did Charles 2 die ?

Answer 58

1685

Question 59

Who was the oldest illegitimate son of Charles 2 ?

Answer 59

James Duke of Monmouth (daughter of Lucy Walton)

Question 60

What group were very fond of James Duke of Monmouth?

Answer 60

Exclusion Parliament

Question 61

On what two occasions was James Duke of Monmouth banished to Holland ?

Answer 61

1679 and 1683

Question 62

When and where was the Monmouth rebellion defeated ?

Answer 62

6th July 1683 at Sedgemoor

Question 63

When was Monmouth beheaded ?

Answer 63

15th July 1685

Question 64

When was Monmouth born and where?

Answer 64

Netherlands 1649

Question 65

When was the Edict of Nantes was repealed ?

Answer 65

1685

Question 66

How many Huguenots fled to England ?

Answer 66

200,000

Question 67

When did the Godden VS Hales case happen ?

Answer 67

1686

Question 68

What did Godden VS Hales seek to achieve ?

Answer 68

Army members can become Catholic

Question 69

When did James 2 create the Declaration of Indulgence?

Answer 69

1688

Question 70

How many bishops did not comply with the Declaration of Indulgence?

Answer 70

7

Question 71

When did Mary of Modena and James Duke of York have their child ?

Answer 71

10th June 1688 - James Edward

Question 72

When did James 2 forfeit the Crown?

Answer 72

End of 1688 when William of Orange invaded