ket terms Flashcards
(30 cards)
illegitimate
A child born to parents who are not married
Patronage
Elizabeth showed favouritism among the nobility and gentry,
giving some jobs to earn loyalty
succession
inheriting money, land or a title usually from your parents
heir
Someone in line for the throne
Treason
plotting against the king or queen
Martyr
someone willing to die for their beliefs
Exploration
Navigating around the world which can lead to trade benefits or having more power
colony
Region under the control of another country
Divine rights of kings
The idea that God chose the monarch and so to disobey them was to disobey God
Civil war
A war between two groups in the same country
Parliamentarian
During the civil war these are the people who sided with parliament
Royalist
During a civil war these are the people who sided with the king
Nineteen propositions
Demands parliament made to Charles which he rejected
Interregnum
The period in English history from the execution of Charles 1st in 1649 to the restoration on Charles 2nd in 1660
Court martial
Courts run by the army
Unelected
not voted for in elections
Gallows
a structure for hanging criminals
Regicide
The action of killing a king
Arson
Deliberately starting a fire
Dame school
A basic school run by women, often in the front of their house. Students paid a few pennies to attend and would be taught to count and say the alphabet
Ragged school
A charity first set up in the 1855 to provide free education for orphans and very poor children
Chartists
Ordinary people who wanted changes to the voting systems
Transportation (punishment)
You would be taken to a convict colony e.g. Australia and would be forced to do manual labour for years
Enslaved person
A person who’s the legal property of another person, who therefore has no liberty
