Key Words Flashcards
(30 cards)
Civil War
When a country is in war with itself
Royalists
The king and his followers
Parliamentarians
The men on Parliament and their followers
Ship tax
Taxes collected to raise money for warships
Cavalry
Soldiers on horseback
Infantry
Soldiers without horses
Cavalier
Soldiers from the Royalists’ side
Roundheads
Soldiers from the Parliamenterian’s side
Sash
Strip of cloth
New Model Army
Professional army created by the Parliament
Traitor
Someone who betrays something/someone
Martyr
Someone who is killed because of religious beliefs
Interregnum
The time period when England was a republic
Republic
A country without a monarchy
Malaria
A disease caused by mosquitoes
Regicide
A person who kills a monarch
Restoration
When Charles II restored England
Bubonic plague
Plague which causes the victim to have huge,round boils on their groin and armpit
Bubonic plague
Plague which causes the victim to have huge,round boils on their groin and armpit
Miasma
Poisonous air
Plague
A fast-spreading killer disease
Bill of Mortality
Where the number of deaths each week and its causes are written in
Quack
Con-artists
Scapegoat
Someone who is blamed/takes the blame for the wrongdoings of someone else
