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Question 1

What was the religion of Queen Elizabeth I?

Answer 1

Protestant / Church of England

Question 2

When did the Spanish Armada attack, where were they defeated, and what tactic did the English use to scatter their fleet?

Answer 2

1588, the Battle of Gravelines, Fireships

Question 3

Name and describe four Catholic events / plots that made the English suspicious and afraid of them

Answer 3

Bloody Mary 1553-8 (burning of protestants); Mary Queen of Scots 1587 (attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I); The Spanish Armada 1588 (The Spanish attempt to invade England and make it Catholic); The Gunpowder Plot 1605 (Guy Fawkes trying to blow up King James and Parliament); The Irish Uprising 1641 (The alleged massacre of around 100,000 Protestants by Catholics)

Question 4

Name three reasons why England was so divided in the 1640s

Answer 4

Castles (Political Ideology (different opinions on what sort of politics the country should have); Religious ideology (the range of Extreme Catholic, to moderate and radical Protestants in England, Scotland and Ireland). The divisions in the three kingdoms (King Charles ruled over three different kingdoms and their local identities were largely ignored by him)

Question 5

give two impacts of the English civil wars

Answer 5

divided nation: religious, political and social differences.
political chaos: execution of the king, rise of Cromwell, Establishment of a Republic
fighting: about 3.7% of England killed, 6%of Scotland 41% of Ireland
physical destruction: towns and villages damaged
social: 2% become homeless
psychological: unclear future, rise in accusations of witchcraft, divisions and anger that don’t go away for generations

Question 6

give two names of difference radical groups that emerged in the civil war

Answer 6

the levellers, the diggers, the ranters, the quakers

Question 7

which Scottish kings were killed in battle against HenryVIII, when and where?

Answer 7

king James IV, 1513 at the battle of Flooded and King James V, 1542 at the battle of Solway Moss

Question 8

what were the people called who attacked either side of the Anglo-Scottish border Scotland and the title of the people there to keep people safe?

Answer 8

reivers and wardens

Question 9

what were the type of fortified houses called built around the Anglo-Scottish border?

Answer 9

Pele towers

Question 10

when did the Jacobites rebel, who were the Jacobite leaders, and which group of Scots followed them?

Answer 10

1715, 1745, James Francis Stuart, Charles Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie, Highlander)