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The Stuarts: Key Words and Dates

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A (a)   means a ruler who has absolute power over his or her people.

2.

B______________ H________ is the ornate building in the Palace of Whitehall, outside which Charles I was executed.

(a)  

3.

27 March ____: James I dies and Charles I ascends to the throne

a)

1624

b)

1634

c)

1625

d)

1635

4.

23 October 1642: Battle of Edgehill – ______ battle of the Civil War.

a)

First

b)

Second

c)

Third

5.

C______ _____ is a war between two sides from the same country.

(a)  

6.

D______ R_____ of K_____ was the theory that a monarch is appointed by God and should have absolute power.

(a)  

7.

February 1645: New Model ______ created.

a)

Car

b)

Army

c)

Rule

d)

Battle

8.

24 June _____: Charles I surrendered, First Civil War ended

a)

1647

b)

1674

c)

1646

d)

1664

9.

E_______ C_______________ was the political structure during the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales, Ireland and Scotland were governed as a republic after the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execution of Charles I.

(a)  

10.

M_______ of P__________ is someone elected to sit in the House of Commons, often abbreviated (shortened) to ‘MP’.

(a)  

11.

1665-1666: Great _______ of London

a)

Plague

b)

Death

c)

Fire

d)

Storm

12.

R (a)   means the return of a monarch to a throne, a head of state to government, or a regime to power.

13.

R (a)   people who supports the principle of monarchy or a particular monarch.

14.

2 September-6 September ______: Great Fire of London

a)

1664

b)

1665

c)

1666

d)

1667

15.

S (a)   is the action or process of inheriting (passing down) a title, office, property, etc.