Unit 2 1500 - 1800 uprisings

Question 1

What did Henry VIII do in 1533?

Answer 1

He got rid of the Catholic Church and introduced the protestant religion. He also, with the help of Thomas Cromwell, closed all of the monasteries

Question 2

What was the uprising in 1536 called?

Answer 2

The Pilgrimage of Grace

Question 3

What happened in the pilgrimage of Grace?

Answer 3

Rebels from Yorkshire led by Robert Aske marched towards London
The reached Pontefract castle where the pilgrims took the castle which was under the control of Lord Darcy
The duke of Norfolk and the Earl of Shrewsbury confronted the rebels at Doncaster bridge
The rebels made the 24 articles
The demands were shown to Henry
Henry VIII didn’t like the demands so executed all the leaders of the pilgrimage

Question 4

What were the short term impacts of the pilgrimage of Grace?

Answer 4

No more rebellions took place in Henry’s reign
Leaders of the rebellion were executed
Didn’t stop the dissolution of the monasteries

Question 5

What were the long term impacts of the pilgrimage of Grace?

Answer 5

Mary I was unable to restore Catholicism due to a lack of monasteries
The economy improved with money from the monasteries
Used the money from the monasteries to improve the royal navy

Question 6

Name 4 causes of the English Civil War

Answer 6

Charles ruled for 11 years without parliament
Charles married a Catholic
Always asked parliament for money
Tried to arrest 5 MPs and raised an army

Question 7

Who fought in the English Civil War?

Answer 7

Royalists and Parliamentarians

Question 8

At the start of the war who supported the king?

Answer 8

The North

Question 9

At the start of the war who supported parliament?

Answer 9

The south and London

Question 10

What year was the Battle of Edgehill and who won?

Answer 10

1642, no-one won

Question 11

What year was the Battle of Marston Moor and who won?

Answer 11

1644, Parliament won

Question 12

What was the new army that Cromwell created called?

Answer 12

The New Model Army

Question 13

When was the battle of Newark and who won?

Answer 13

1645, Parliament won

Question 14

What year did Charles get imprisoned?

Answer 14

1647

Question 15

What year was Charles executed?

Answer 15

1649

Question 16

What did Cromwell do in his reign?

Answer 16

Made himself Lord Protector
Banned Christmas and Alcohol
Split England into 11 districts which were controlled by 11 Major Generals

Question 17

What did the Americans do in 1770?

Answer 17

Colonists attacked the British Army who killed most of them

Question 18

What happened in USA in 1773?

Answer 18

Colonists threw lots of tea into the sea

Question 19

What happened in on 19th April 1775?

Answer 19

The British army tried to seize gunpowder and were fired on by local farmers

Question 20

What were the Navigation Acts?

Answer 20

Laws that meant that the Americans could only by British goods that had heavy tax on them

Question 21

What were the Intolerable acts?

Answer 21

Laws that increased British control on goods

Question 22

When was the declaration of independence signed?

Answer 22

August 2nd 1776