Republic, Restoration and Revolution Keywords

Question 1

The Bill of Rights

Answer 1

The agreement made between William and Mary and Parliament in 1689 about power

Question 2

The Glorious Revolution

Answer 2

Name given for the events which replaced the Catholic James II with the Protestants William and Mary in 1688

Question 3

The Great Plague

Answer 3

The last major outbreak of the bubonic plague (Black Death) in Britain 1665

Question 4

Interregnum

Answer 4

A period of history when a country does not have a monarch (king or queen) in England between 1649 and 1660

Question 5

Lord Protector

Answer 5

Cromwell’s title as ruler of England

Question 6

Major-Generals

Answer 6

Puritan army leaders put in charge of controlling areas of England under Cromwell

Question 7

navy

Answer 7

The people a country employs to fight at sea and the ships they use

Question 8

quarantine

Answer 8

To isolate away from others to stop the spread of a disease

Question 9

republic

Answer 9

A country which is ruled without a monarch (king or queen)

Question 10

The Restoration

Answer 10

The name given to Charle’s II reign because the monarchy (rule by a king) was restored (brought back) in 1660