The English Civil War

Question 1

Civil war

Answer 1

A country fighting itself (a domestic war)

Question 2

Divine right of kings

Answer 2

When a king refuses to share power with parliament and believes power was given by god to the king e.g. King Charles I

Question 3

New Model Army

Answer 3

Parliaments first professional army

Question 4

Lord Protector

Answer 4

Cromwell’s title in 1653

Question 5

Puritan

Answer 5

An extreme Protestant e.g. Oliver Cromwell

Question 6

Royalists/Cavalier

Answer 6

A supporter of King Charles I

Question 7

Parliamentarians/Roundheads

Answer 7

A supporter of Parliament

Question 8

Republic

Answer 8

A country without a monarch which is governed by Parliament

Question 9

Religious reason for the civil war

Answer 9

King Charles I wife (Henrietta Maria) was a Roman Catholic and Parliament were Protestants that feared Charles would turn England Catholic

Question 10

Economic reason for the civil war

Answer 10

King Charles I spent a lot of money and had to ask Parliament for more money

Question 11

Political reason for the civil war

Answer 11

King Charles I refused to share power with

Parliament

Question 12

King Charles I religion

Answer 12

To the public he was Protestant but his wife was Roman Catholic so there were rumours that he was actually a Roman Catholic

Question 13

The name of the decisive battle of the civil war

Answer 13

Battle of Naseby