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James I Flashcards

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Who appointed James I?

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Robert Cecil
Master of the court of Wales
Earl of Salisbury

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What was finance like when James I assended to the throne?

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• Elizabeth had left a £400,000 debt
• Subsadie had decreased

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What was James I like with money?

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• He was generos with money

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What year did James I become king?

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1603 - 1625

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What was James I key belief about the Monarchy?

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He believed in the divine rights and absolutism

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What was James I religion?

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Protestant

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Who was James I wife?

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Anne of Denmark

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What was the name of James I oldest son?

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Henry

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What year was the gun powder plot?

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1605

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What was the aim of the gun powder plot?

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To kill James I by plowing up parliament and establish his Catholic daughter as Queen

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Who succeeded James I?

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Charles I his second son

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What was the Great Contract?

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The Great Contract was a plan submitted to James I and Parliament in 1610 by Robert Cecil. It was an attempt to increase Crown income and ultimately rid it of debt.

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How long did James I rule without government?

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10 years

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Who was concerned with James I generosity with money?

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Robert Cecil

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What we’re the conditions of the great contract?

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  • Parliament would pay off all of James debts
  • They would determine the amount the king was given
  • £200,000 was agreed
    inreturn purveyance would end and they would be given consessions over wardship
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What excuse did Robert Cecil have for James extravagant spending?

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Maintaining England’s reputation

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What we’re the house of commons views on James I in 1610?

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• To generous

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Why did the great contract fail?

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• MP’s realised people were against an increase in tax
• A petition against his favourites
• Distrust between the king and his subjects

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Name James’s favourites

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James Hay Earl of Carlisle
George Villers Duke of Buckingham
Robert Carr

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What issue caused resentment of landowners over inheritance land?

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Wardship

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What issue caused resentment especially in the southern areas of England?

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Purveyance
The King’s right for a lower coast of transport

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What did the parliament draft in 1604 which hilghted their discontent with James I?

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Form of Apology and Satisfaction

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What did James I warn parliament when hearing about the Form of Aplology and Satisfaction?

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• Not to ask to rashly
• It was him who gave them their liberty

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What did James I 1610 speech state?

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• Kings were gods representative on earth
• Emphisised the power of Kings
• His claims were supported by the Bible
• He was acting in a paternalistic manner, saw himself as a father figure

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What did Dr. Cowells book state?

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• The king was above the law

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What was the reaction to Dr Cowells book?

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• Parliment tried to get it censoured
• James I loved it
• Wouldn’t allow parliament to ban it

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In 1604 what did the house of commons do when they felt under threat?

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Wrote the Forms of Apology and Satisfaction

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What did the house of commons complain about in the Forms of Apology and Satisfaction?

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  • The Kings prerogatives
  • Their rights were less then the king
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What was the limit of the Forms of Apology and Satisfaction?

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• James I never officially saw it
• They were to afraid to give it to him
• He heard rumors about it and threatened them

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Explain why Elizabeth’s debts weren’t a serious problem for James I?

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• £300,000 owed by Parliament from a grant given
• Money was claimed back from France

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Reasons why James I financial problems weren’t all his fault

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• Elizabeth had failed to update tax assessments in line with inflation
• Inefficient tax collection
• Elizabeth did not raise duties in the book of rates
• No attempt to exploite crown lands effectively

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Why was James I worse off financially?

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• Subsidy was irregular
• Inflation
• tax collectors underestimating the tax needing to be collected

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Explain why James I was financially irresponsible

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• Extravagent spending
• Gifts to friends to make up for childhood insecurity
• Elizabeth and his sons funerals
• Daughters wedding
• James Hay encouraged spending
• £185,000 spent on jewellery in 9 years

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How much was spent on James Hay?

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• Recived 400,000 in gifts
• Put in charge of Kings wardrobe and spent a lot
• Encouraged Ante - supper where a whole meal was prepared and thrown away cost £3000

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How had the collection of custom duties changed 1604?

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• It was the tax on imported goods
• James couldn’t be bothered with it
• It was leased out to syndicates
• in return for annual rent the syndicate could collect the taxes
• If trade was good they would keep the extra profits

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The Bates case 1606
🫐🪙

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• Refused to pay imposition tax on Currents
• He claimed that the duty was no sanctioned by Parliament
• Judge ruled in favour of the king
• King has the right to regulate trade

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37
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What is Imposition tax?

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• Tax on luxury goods
• By 1608 1,000 items had this tax
• It gained the king around £70,000 per year

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What was a Recusant?
⛪️

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A Catholic that would rather pay a fine then attention church of England services on Sundays

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How successful was Robert Cecil as First Lourd Treasurer?

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Managed land and money more effectively

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40
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What was the book of bounty? 💰

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• Created by Robert Cecil 1608
• Managed the Kings spending
• If someone wanted a grant they would have to go through Cecil

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What did the Duke of Buckingham have to do with tax?
💒💰

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• His property was undervalued from £400,000 to £400

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What was the great contract?

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• An agreement forwarded by Robert Cecil
• Parliment would pay off James’s debt
• Give him an annual payment of £200,000
• In return, purveyance would end and concession over warship

43
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What did Robert Cecil say to justify Jamses spending?

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It was to better England’s reputation

44
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What we’re the problems of the great contract?

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• Agreements only benefited the rich and the South
• Parliment said there was no war so this much money wasn’t needed
• Taxes should only be raised if it was in the national interest

45
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What did James do when parliment refused the great contract?

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• Removed 900 impositions
• Threatened people’s positions

46
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Why did the great contract end?
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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• Rumours about a petition to send his Scottish friends back to Scotland
• Parliament was dissolved

47
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Who was Thomas Howard?
💰⚰️

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Earl of Suffolk
Lourd Tressaurer
1614 - 1618

48
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What was Thomas Howard’s idea to increase crown income 1621?
💰🎁

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  • He asked members of the nobility to give gifts ‘benevolence’ to the King
  • Didn’t help his reputation
  • Seen as old-fashioned
  • Considered an unparlimentary tax
49
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What we’re the Barronet titles?
1611

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• Robert Cecil’s idea to raise money
• People could pay to be part of the nobility
• Started at £1000 but was over sold and lost its value to £220

50
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What was the Cockayne scheme?
1614 🎨🧼👚

A

William Cockayne claimed that he could save the king £40,000 per year by Dying cloth in England

51
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What were the problems with the cockayne scheme?
1614

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• Couldn’t keep up with demand
• Unemployment caused riots
• Tempered cloth wouldn’t be brought back so left in warehouses
• James had to beg Holland to resume trade
• Land sold in Holland
• Shows little consideration from James

52
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Who was Lionel Cranfield?
💒🚫 💰⬆️✅️. 💰⬇️❌️

A

Lourd Treasurer 1621

53
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What did Lionel Cranfield do?
💒🚫 💰⬆️✅️. 💰⬇️❌️

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• Wanted to increase income and decrease expenditure
• Tried to get James to stop spending money
• Fell out with George Villers Duke of Buckingham
• Ended up in the tower of London

54
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Who was George Villers?
💒

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Duke of Buckingham
One of Jamses favourites

55
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Trade issues 1621?
⛵️🚫 🍂🚫 ⚔️

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• Exports fallen
• Unemployment after poor harvest
• Disruption of foreign markets caused by war

56
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Monopoly issues 1621?
💰👔

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• Unpopular
• Causing arguments
• Legislation passed to end the grant of monopolies to individuals

57
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Recusants 1621?
🇪🇦

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• Parliament wanted to be harsher on them
• James didn’t want to disrupt negotiations with Spain

58
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what did parliament do 1621 to upset James?

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  • A Protestation was put forward stating they had rights
  • James ripped it out of the book of records
59
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Parliment and Forgien Policy 1624

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• Parliment wanted to be involved with forgien policy
• James said stay out of it

60
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Problems of pluralismin the church?

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  • Church had limited resources
  • Priests now had families to support
  • Tithes were less popular
  • Priest going to multiple churches
  • They were over stretched
  • Less had university degrees so less understanding of the bible
61
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When was the Hampton Court Conference?

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1604

62
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What we’re the demands of the Hampton Court Conference 1604?

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• More focus on holy days
• No sign of cross
• More dicepline
• Retranslated Bible
• Simpler music
• Preists not to wear surplice (seen as eygiptian)
• Reduce power of bishops

63
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What we’re the outcomes of the Hampton Court Conference 1604?

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James was hostile to the requests but willing to compromise
* New Bible inmodern language to understand
* A preaching minister in every church, pluralism limited
* Reform of high court of commission
* Bishops had less power to dissmis ministers
* Surplice still worn

64
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Respons to Hampton Court Conference 1604?

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• It was a success
• Only two ministers lost their job for non Conformity
• Showed a stable relationship with protestants
• A new cannon introduced making people swear the king was answerable to god

65
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What was the Bye plot 1603?
🥷

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• Kidnap the king and hold him for ransom
• Aim to reduce anti Catholic laws
• As a result they got worse
• The act of statutes against catholics
• All preists ordered out of England
• All involved were hanged

66
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What was the main plot 1603?
🗡👰‍♀️

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• A plot to kill James
• Establish his cousin Arabella Stuart as Queen so she could marry a Catholic
• Imprissoned in Tower of London for 13 years

67
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What was the Gunpowder plot?
🎆

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• 5th November 1605
• Led by Robert Catesby
• To blow up parliment
• Establish his daughter Elizabeth as Queen so she can marry a Catholic

68
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Why did the Gunpowder plot fail?

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• Francis Tresham wrote a letter to his brother in law Lord Montengle
• He then warned everyone and they were caught

69
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What restrictions were put on Catholics after the plots?

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• Couldn’t travel without permission
• Homes could be searched without excuse
• Couldn’t be doctors or lawyers
• Finned for not attending services
• Property could be confiscated
• 1606 had to swear an oath that the pope had no influence

70
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Changing attertudes to catholics during James’s reign

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  • Only 25 executed
  • Number grew to 500,000
  • Tensionsincreased after the asasination atempts butmore lenient during negotiations with Spain
71
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James and his relationship with bishops

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  • Success
  • Positions filled quickly
  • Chose people he knew
  • Premoted based on what they preach
  • Powers increased when they were allowed into the privy council
72
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What happened in Lancaster 1617?

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• Puritans introduced old testament scriptures
• No sports on Sundays
• James issued a proclamation allowing sport
• unrest when church and sport taunted each other
• Second proclamation said church first then sport

73
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What was the book of sport 1618?
⚽️

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• James said he would rather have people healthy then drunk
• Puritans felt there was less focus on the holy day

74
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Difference between Arminians and Calvinists?

A

A - Free will into salvation
C - Our path is predetermined

75
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How did the power of Arminians grow?

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  • Reform Scottish Church
  • Charles and Buckingham favoured them
76
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What we’re James’ foreign policy aims ?

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  • To be seen as a peace marker
  • He disliked wars, especially religious ones
  • Wanted to end 9 year war with Spain
  • Preferred to negotiate over international disputes
  • Foreign policy was part of the Royal prerogative
77
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When was the treaty of London?

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1604

78
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What was the treaty of London

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  • A peace treaty with Spain
  • It meant trade could trade could contine with Denmark
  • More income from trade
  • Less expenditure on war
79
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Why was James seen as an international mediator 1613?

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He helped end the war between Sweden and Denmark

80
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Who did his daughter Elizabeth marry?

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Frederick V Elector Palatine of the Rhine a leading Protestant

81
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Who did James want Charles to marry in 1614?

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Infanta Maria, daughter of Philip III of Spain

82
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Why did the Howard’s support the Spanish match?

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• £600,000 dowry
• Catholic sympathisers

83
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Why did the first Spanish match fail?
👶

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Spain wanted any children to be raised as catholics and for Maria to attend Catholic services

84
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Why did the second Spanish match fail 1622?

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• Charles and Buckingham went to Spain to ask for Maria’s hand in person, the Spanish saw this a Charles wanting to be Catholic
• Maria didn’t want to
• Spain had no need for it

85
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Who encouraged the Spanish match negotiations to restart 1622?

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Earl of Bristol

86
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What we’re Spain demands for the second Spanish match?

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Removing anti Catholic laws

87
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Why was James concerned about Charles and Buckingham 1622?

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He thought they had been detained by the Spanish

88
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When was the 30 year war?

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1618 - 1648

89
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Why did they 30 year war start?

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Protestant nobility in Bohemia revolted against the archduke Fredinand

90
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Why was James involved in the 30-year war?

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Because his son in law was offered the Thorneof Bohimia and took it even though James warned him not to

91
Q

What happened during the 30 year war in 1619? 🏃‍♀️👑

A

The archduke was made holy roman emporer and invaded Bohemia forcing Frederick and Elizabeth to flee

92
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What was the Manfield expedition 1625? 😷🪖

A

An attempt by a German mercenary to take back palatine. It failed when the conscripted troops got plauge

93
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When did James attempt a union with Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

A

1604

94
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Who got in the way of the Union with Scottland? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

A

Edwin Sandys

95
Q

What did Edwin Sandys say about the Union with Scottland? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

A

• The needed to be a perfect Union
• This would only happen if the Scottish followed English laws and were ruled over by the English
• He knew they would never accept this

96
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What did James achieve out of the failed Union with Scottland? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

A

Anyone born after his ascension was a citizen of both countries

97
Q

What year was the addled parliment? 🐓

A

1614

98
Q

What could the addled parliment not agree on? 🐓🇪🇸

A

• Forgien policy and the relationship with Spain
• Some wanted war and some didn’t

99
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Why was the addled parliment called 1614? 🐓💵

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To help settle his debts

100
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What did James say about the addled parliment? 🐓

A

He must suffer with what he cannot get rid of
The house of commons were like a body without a head

101
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Who were three of James’s favourites 😍

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James Hay Earl of Carlisle
George Villers Duke of Buckingham
Robert Carr Viscount of Rochester

102
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Who did Robert Carr marry?

A

Francis Howard

103
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How many parliments did James have over his reign?

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