The English civil war

Question 1

What name was given to the more extreme form of Protestantism begun by Calvin?

Answer 1

Puritanism

Question 2

What were Puritan churches like?

Answer 2

Bare, mini

Question 3

Who was Charles I the grandson of?

Answer 3

Mary Stuart

Question 4

Who was Charles I at war with when he became King of England and Scotland in 1625?

Answer 4

Spain and the Hapsburgs

Question 5

Who did the monarch need permission from to raise taxes?

Answer 5

Parliament

Question 6

What was the religion of each of the three kingdoms Charles I ruled over?

Answer 6

England –moderate ProtestantScotland –PuritanIreland –mainly Catholic

Question 7

Who was Charles I’s wife?

Answer 7

Henrietta Maria

Question 8

What religion was Charles I’s wife?

Answer 8

Catholic

Question 9

Who was Charles I’s chief adviser at the beginning of his reign?

Answer 9

The Duke of Buckingham

Question 10

Which group of Protestants wasCharles I’s chief advisera member of?

Answer 10

Arminians

Question 11

What did Arminians want churches to be like?

Answer 11

Beautiful (e.g. stained glass windows) and ordered (e.g. altar rails)

Question 12

What did MPs try to do to the Duke of Buckingham in 1626?

Answer 12

Impeach him

Question 13

Who was the leading MP who took action against the Duke of Buckingham?

Answer 13

John Pym

Question 14

How did Charles I raise money after dissolving parliament in 1626?

Answer 14

Forced loans

Question 15

What did Charles I order parliament not to interfere with in 1628?

Answer 15

His choice of advisers

Question 16

How long did Charles I rule without parliament for?

Answer 16

11 years

Question 17

What was the name of the belief that the monarch’s power came from God?

Answer 17

Divine Right of Kings

Question 18

Who was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1633 and made Arminian changes to the Church of England?

Answer 18

William Laud

Question 19

Whatwas the name of the tax Charles I collected during his personal rule?

Answer 19

Ship Money

Question 20

What did Scottish Puritans oppose when Charles I tried to introduce it into Scotland?

Answer 20

A new prayer book

Question 21

Who offered their support to Puritans in Scotland and invited them to invade England?

Answer 21

English nobles and former MPs, including John Pym

Question 22

What did Scottish Puritans want to abolish from the Kirk (Church) in Scotland?

Answer 22

Bishops

Question 23

Who won the Second Bishops’War between England and Scotland?

Answer 23

Scotland

Question 24

How much did Charles I have to pay the Scots to stop them invading further?

Answer 24

£850 a day

Question 25

Who did MPs try to impeachin 1641?

Answer 25

The Earl of Strafford

Question 26

When the impeachmentfailed, what method did MPs use against this person instead?

Answer 26

Act of Attainder

Question 27

How many Londoners marched to Westminster to intimidate MPs before they voted on whether to find Strafford guilty or not?

Answer 27

10,000

Question 28

Who rebelled against Charles I’s rulein November 1641?

Answer 28

Irish Catholics

Question 29

Who did MPs try to arrest in January 1642?

Answer 29

Five MPs, including John Pym

Question 30

What demands were included in parliament’s Nineteen Propositions?

Answer 30

Parliamentary control of the army and education of the king’s children