Key events

Question 1

what happened in 1348

Answer 1

Black Death

Question 2

how many people died during the black death

Answer 2

Killed over 1/3 of Britain.

Question 3

what was the cause due to many deaths (black death)

Answer 3

Fewer people meant less need for cereal crops as well as labour shortages, then increased wages.

Movement into cities and towns. Gentry (landowners of large plots) and middle class developed.

Question 4

what happened in 1400

Answer 4

1400: English became preferred language of courts and official documents.

Question 5

what happened in 1660

Answer 5

1660: The Restoration (of the monarchy).

Charles (King of Scotland) invited to come back as King Charles II after Oliver Cromwell’s death.

Question 6

what happened in 1665

Answer 6

1665: Great Plague

Question 7

what happened in 1688

Answer 7

Glorious Revolution (1688)

Question 8

explain what happened in the glorious revolution

Answer 8

English Protestants asked Mary’s husband William of Orange (of the Netherlands) to proclaim himself king, as didn’t want a Catholic king. He faced no resistance.

Question 9

what happened During Queen Elizabeth I’s reign

Answer 9

During Queen Elizabeth I’s reign, English settlers began to move to North American colonies.