The English Civil War

Question 1

Who did King Charles marry

Answer 1

Henrietta Maria

Question 2

What is a strong Protestant called

Answer 2

Puritans

Question 3

What happened in 1638

Answer 3

Scottish puritans rebelled against Charles when he began to introduce music,candles and statues into the Scottish church

Question 4

Puritans went to war against Charles in

Answer 4

Scotland

Question 5

How did the civil war start

Answer 5

Charles asked for money from parliament
But parliament would only give it to him in return for more power
He wouldn’t agree
And in 1642 the civil war began

Question 6

What King Charles would say

Answer 6

I think that England should be more Catholic like and I should rule England on my own with god

Question 7

What would puritans say

Answer 7

I think that England should be Protestant and not Catholic as they are lower class and worship sticks and stones we should have control over England as we represent the population

Question 8

Who is to blame

Answer 8

They both have got strong opinions that contributed to the civil war

Question 9

Was the civil war avoidable

Answer 9

They civil war would have been avoidable, as parliament could have compromised about religion and power.

Question 10

What were kings Charles supporters called

Answer 10

Cavaliers /royalsists

Question 11

What were the parliament supporters called

Answer 11

Parliamentarians / round heads

Question 12

Where was the first battle

Answer 12

Edge Hill it was a tie

Question 13

When was the new model army set up

Answer 13

1645 February it was set up

Question 14

Who set up NMA

Answer 14

Sir Thomas fairfax and Oliver Cromwell

Question 15

What colour was the uniform of NWA

Answer 15

red

Question 16

How much did they get payed in the NWA

Answer 16

8cents for infantry foot solders
2 shillings for cavalry on horses

Question 17

How many people were in the NWA

Answer 17

22,000

Question 18

Why did the royalists loose

Answer 18

He had few allies
The new model army was more advanced than his army
He ran out of money to fund the fighting
The parliament side controlled wealthy parts of the country and so had plenty of money to fund their fighting and pay their soldiers.

Question 19

What happened to King Charles after he lost the civil war

Answer 19

Parliament be headed King Charles on the 30th of January 1649
England became a republic -country without a king or queen
Parliament now governed England and Cromwell became lord protector

Question 20

What is the ‘divine right of kings’

Answer 20

The belief there is no higher power than the king. Therefore they couldn’t be held accountable for their actions

Question 21

What is the lord protector

Answer 21

Regent in charge of a kingdom when there is no king or queen

Question 22

What was the political reason for the civil war

Answer 22

King believed he should be the only one I charge with power while parliament wanted more shared power

Question 23

What was a religious reason for the war

Answer 23

He started to make the Church of England more Catholic and married a Catholic which they believed was influencing him

Question 24

What was an economic reason for the war

Answer 24

Charles only came to parliament for money he only wanted to have all the power and money while parliament wanted power as they control the money

Question 25

What was the name of the decisive battle

Answer 25

Nasby

Question 26

What was the financial reason parliament won

Answer 26

Charles ran out of money and he needed it to fund the war. Parliament had all of it. Parliament controlled major towns like london

Question 27

What was a military reason for Charles loosing

Answer 27

Parliament had NWA which was more efficient than Charles army and inevitably won the battle against Charles

Question 28

What was a support reason for parliament winning

Answer 28

Parliament had more supporters e.g Scotland