10. STUARTS!!!!!!!! <33333

Question 1

“Union of the crowns”

Answer 1

1603 -a personal union between England and Scotland

Question 2

James VI of Scotland becomes…

Answer 2

James I of England

Question 3

James I’s politics:

Answer 3

-absolute monarch
-divine right of kings

Question 4

Three strongly marked religious groups in England:

Answer 4

-Anglicans (Episcopalians)
-Puritans
-Roman catholics

Question 5

The Gunpowder Plot (1605) -explain

Answer 5

Guy Fawkes Night: James I refusal of toleration

Question 6

Charles I’s reign:

Answer 6

-becomes involved in wars agains Spain and France,
-executed

Question 7

The petition of right -explain:

Answer 7

The Parliament pleads to the king to give up some power

Question 8

When is the Parliament resolved and what does it lead to…?

Answer 8

1629,
leads to Charles I being an absolute monarch

Question 9

Eleven Years’ Tyranny

Answer 9

1629-1640
Personal Rule of Charles I

Question 10

Why is Charles I forced to recall the Parliament?

Answer 10

Bishops’ War with Scotland

Question 11

The long parliament (1640-1660) resolutions:

Answer 11

-parliament cannot be dissolved without its consent
-meetings every 3 years
-illegal taxes abolished

Question 12

Members of the Parliament are divided into:

Answer 12

-Court Party (the Cavaliers)
-Country Party (the Roundheads)

Question 13

What was the Grand Remonstrance?

Answer 13

A list of grievances from the Long Parliament to Charles I

Question 14

First civil war (1642-1646):

Answer 14

Royalists (Charles I)
VS
Parliamentarians & Scottish Convenanters

Question 15

Second civil war (1648):

Answer 15

Royalists (Charles I) & Scottish Engagers
VS
the Parlamentarians

Question 16

Third English Civil war (1650-1651):

Answer 16

Royalists (Charles I) & Scots
VS
Parlamentarians

Question 17

Comwellian conquest of Ireland:

Answer 17

1649-1653

Question 18

Who did Oliver Cromwell support?

Answer 18

Parliamentarians (Roundheads)

Question 19

Who did the Puritans support?

Answer 19

The Roundheads (Parliamentarians)

Question 20

Oliver Cromwell’s new model army:
(for the Parliament)

Answer 20

professional, regularly paid, religious, RED COATS
(no rape & pillage)

Question 21

The English Parliament splits into:

Answer 21

-Presbytarians (majority) willing to negotiate
-Independents willing to abolish monarchy

Question 22

The Scottish army was also called:

Answer 22

The Engagers

Question 23

What happens after Charles I is excecuted in 1649?

Answer 23

ABOLISHED: monarchy, house of lords, the Church of England

Question 24

The only period in England without the monarchy:

Answer 24

The interregnum
(1649-1660)

Question 25

Why did Oliver Cromwell invade & conquer Ireland in 1649-50?

Answer 25

They supported Charles II claim to the throne

Question 26

Where is Charles II crowned?

Answer 26

Ireland, Scotland

Question 27

The protectorate (1653-1660) -explain:

Answer 27

Cromwell's dictatorship, Puritans dominating England

Question 28

When were the Stuarts restored?

Answer 28

1660 (along with the house of lords, the Church of England)

Question 29

The great plague of London

Answer 29

1665

Question 30

The Great fyre of London

Answer 30

1666

Question 31

The Habeas Corpus Act (1679):

Answer 31

Preventing illegal imprisonment

Question 32

What did the exclusion crisis (1679-81) cause?

Answer 32

Emergence of first political parties in England

Question 33

Who were the Whigs?

Answer 33

-supported excluding catholic James from the succession -anti catholic -parliamentary supremacy

Question 34

Who were the Tories?

Answer 34

-royal prerogative -Church of England

Question 35

Characteristics of James II rule:

Answer 35

-absolute rule -religious freedom -catholics in state offices

Question 36

Glorious revolution (1688-89) -explain:

Answer 36

Wililam of Orange & Mary take over London unopposed and throw her brother off the throne (he was catholic)

Question 37

William III and Mary;s Toleration Act:

Answer 37

Toleration to all religions but not catholics <33

Question 38

The bill of rights

Answer 38

1689

Question 39

What did the bill of rights (1689) change?

Answer 39

Absolute monarchy -> Constitutional monarchy

Question 40

Jacobite uprisings:

Answer 40

1689-90, 1715, 1719, 1745-46

Question 41

What did the act of settlement (1701) prohibid?

Answer 41

Basically catholics on the throne or near the throne

Question 42

War of the Spanish Succession

Answer 42

1701-1713

Question 43

What did the Act of Union (1707) create?

Answer 43

Great Britain (England + Scotland)

Question 44

Seperate for England and Scotland:

Answer 44

Legal systems, churches, education

Question 45

What dynasty comes after the Stuarts?

Answer 45

House of Hanover