Y8 English Civil War

Question 1

When did King Charles I become king?

Answer 1

1625

Question 2

What were 2 features of the english civil war?

Answer 2

Divine right, Henrietta Maria, Dissolving Parliament

Question 3

What were 2 features of the roundheads?

Answer 3

Short hair, on the side of parliamentarians, plain and simple clothes

Question 4

What were 2 features of the Cavaliers?

Answer 4

Rode on horseback, on the side of the king, fancy clothes

Question 5

What were 2 reasons to support the king?

Answer 5

-Money given by king,
-Power given by the king
-Belief of divine right

Question 6

What were 2 reasons to support parliament?

Answer 6

-Taxes
-Religious disagreement
-Disatisfaction with the king

Question 7

When was the new model army founded?

Answer 7

1645

Question 8

What were 2 consequences of the English civil war?

Answer 8

Cromwell becomes lord protector, england becomes a republic

Question 9

When was King Charles executed?

Answer 9

1649

Question 10

What is the name for the period between kings?

Answer 10

Interregnum

Question 11

When did the civil war start?

Answer 11

22 august 1642

Question 12

Why did charles stay silent during his execution?

Answer 12

He believed that if God was on his side it would all be ok,
To the public he was seen as arrogant,

Question 13

When was the great plague?

Answer 13

1665

Question 14

What did they believe caused the great plague?

Answer 14

God, miasma, allignment of planets, pets

Question 15

What was the name of the bacteria that caused the great plague?

Answer 15

Yersinia Pestis

Question 16

How many people were killed in the great plague?

Answer 16

100,000

Question 17

When was the great fire of london?

Answer 17

1666

Question 18

What caused the great fire of london?

Answer 18

Houses built close together, houses made out of wood, no fire brigade,drought in summer,

Question 19

When did the civil war start?

Answer 19

22nd Aug 1642

Question 20

What was Cromwell’s title?

Answer 20

Lord Protector