Dates (1625-1629)

Question 1

When did Charles ascend to the throne?

Answer 1

1625

Question 2

When did Charles request £1 million for his foreign policy aims?

Answer 2

1625

Question 3

When did Parliament grant Charles two subsidies worth £140,000?

Answer 3

1625

Question 4

When did Parliament only grant Charles a year of tonnage and poundage, breaking precedent?

Answer 4

1625

Question 5

In what year was Charles up to £2 million in debt?

Answer 5

1629

Question 6

When did Charles call upon forced loans?

Answer 6

1626 and 1627

Question 7

When was the ‘Five Knight’s Case’?

Answer 7

1627

Question 8

When was the York House Conference?

Answer 8

1626

Question 9

When did Laud become a bishop?

Answer 9

1626

Question 10

When did Laud become a privy councillor?

Answer 10

1627

Question 11

When did Montagu become a bishop?

Answer 11

1628

Question 11

When did Laud become the Bishop of London?

Answer 11

1628

Question 12

When did Charles marry Henrietta Maria?

Answer 12

1625

Question 13

When was Charles’ first parliament?

Answer 13

1625

Question 13

When was Charles’ second parliament?

Answer 13

1626

Question 14

When was Charles’ third parliament?

Answer 14

1628-29

Question 15

When did Parliament attack Montagu?

Answer 15

1625

Question 16

In what Parliament was Buckingham attacked for monopolising power, mismanaging royal finances
and failing as Lord High Admiral, leading to the dissolution of Parliament?

Answer 16

1625

Question 16

When was the Cadiz expedition?

Answer 16

1625

Question 17

When was the first failure in La Rochelle?

Answer 17

1625

Question 18

In what Parliament did Laud preach the opening sermon, inflaming tensions?

Answer 18

1626

Question 19

In what Parliament did MPs begin impeaching proceedings against Buckingham?

Answer 19

1626

Question 20

When was the Ile de Ré expedition?

Answer 20

1627

Question 21

In what Parliament did Charles’ opening speech called for the immediate granting of taxes to continue the wars?

Answer 21

1628

Question 22

When was the Petition of Right?

Answer 22

1628

Question 22

When was Buckingham assassinated?

Answer 22

August 1628

Question 22

When did the 1628-29 Parliament return for the second time?

Answer 22

January 1629

Question 23

When did the 1628-29 Parliament return for the third time?

Answer 23

March 1629

Question 24

When was the Three Resolutions?

Answer 24

1629

Question 25

When did Charles dissolve Parliament for the final time in his reign?

Answer 25

March 1629