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What name was given to the more extreme form of Protestantism begun by Calvin?

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Puritanism

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What were Puritan churches like?

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Bare, mini

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Who was Charles I the grandson of?

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Mary Stuart

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Who was Charles I at war with when he became King of England and Scotland in 1625?

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Spain and the Hapsburgs

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Who did the monarch need permission from to raise taxes?

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Parliament

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What was the religion of each of the three kingdoms Charles I ruled over?

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England –moderate ProtestantScotland –PuritanIreland –mainly Catholic

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Who was Charles I’s wife?

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Henrietta Maria

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What religion was Charles I’s wife?

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Catholic

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Who was Charles I’s chief adviser at the beginning of his reign?

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The Duke of Buckingham

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Which group of Protestants wasCharles I’s chief advisera member of?

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Arminians

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What did Arminians want churches to be like?

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Beautiful (e.g. stained glass windows) and ordered (e.g. altar rails)

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What did MPs try to do to the Duke of Buckingham in 1626?

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Impeach him

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Who was the leading MP who took action against the Duke of Buckingham?

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John Pym

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How did Charles I raise money after dissolving parliament in 1626?

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Forced loans

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What did Charles I order parliament not to interfere with in 1628?

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His choice of advisers

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How long did Charles I rule without parliament for?

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11 years

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What was the name of the belief that the monarch’s power came from God?

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Divine Right of Kings

18
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Who was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1633 and made Arminian changes to the Church of England?

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William Laud

19
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Whatwas the name of the tax Charles I collected during his personal rule?

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Ship Money

20
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What did Scottish Puritans oppose when Charles I tried to introduce it into Scotland?

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A new prayer book

21
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Who offered their support to Puritans in Scotland and invited them to invade England?

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English nobles and former MPs, including John Pym

22
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What did Scottish Puritans want to abolish from the Kirk (Church) in Scotland?

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Bishops

23
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Who won the Second Bishops’War between England and Scotland?

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Scotland

24
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How much did Charles I have to pay the Scots to stop them invading further?

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£850 a day

25
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Who did MPs try to impeachin 1641?

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The Earl of Strafford

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When the impeachmentfailed, what method did MPs use against this person instead?

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Act of Attainder

27
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How many Londoners marched to Westminster to intimidate MPs before they voted on whether to find Strafford guilty or not?

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10,000

28
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Who rebelled against Charles I’s rulein November 1641?

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Irish Catholics

29
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Who did MPs try to arrest in January 1642?

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Five MPs, including John Pym

30
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What demands were included in parliament’s Nineteen Propositions?

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Parliamentary control of the army and education of the king’s children

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