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James I

Total questions: 86

Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

James I became king of Scotland in ____ and king of England in ____

(a)  

2.

Arabella didn’t become queen because she was _________ and a suspected ________

(a)  

3.

James wrote about divine right in the _________/_____

(a)  

4.

James married ____ of _______

(a)  

5.

James had three children: _____, _________ and _______

(a)  

6.

Robert Carr was a ______ educated Scot, who came to James’ attention in ____

(a)  

7.

James had three children: _____, _________ and _______

(a)  

8.

Carr caused scandal in ____, when he married _______ Howard, following a scandalous divorce case

(a)  

9.

(a)   was introduced to court to entice James’ favour away from Carr

10.

Villiers (lather Buckingham) became a ________/__/___/__________

(a)  

11.

Sir Thomas ________ opposed Carr's marriage to Frances Howard, so wrote a poem called ___/____/____

(a)  

12.

Carr spread lies that Overbury had (a)   James and Anne

13.

Following the Overbury Scandal, Overbury was put in the tower and in ____, Frances Howard had him ________

(a)  

14.

Buckingham became Earl in ____ and Duke in ____

(a)  

15.

By ____, James had given Buckingham royal properties worth _____

(a)  

16.

Buckingham became Lord Treasurer in (a)  

17.

The ____ Treaty of ______ ended 19 years of war with Spain

(a)  

18.

The Julich-Cleves dispute of ____ was over two contested areas of the ___

(a)  

19.

The Treaty of ______ ( of ____) ended the Julich-Cleves dispute

(a)  

20.

James' daughter Elizabeth married Protestant _________ of the __________

(a)  

21.

Henry died in (a)  

22.

The Spanish Match Plan would marry Charles to the Spanish _______/________

(a)  

23.

The Thirty Years War broke out in ____ after _______ asked Frederick of the Palatinate to be their king

(a)  

24.

_________ (the HRE) invaded _______ and stole it back, he also invaded the __________

(a)  

25.

In ____, James called Parliament to ask for £500,000 for the Thirty Years War. He needed £______ but got £______

(a)  

26.

The ____ Parliament granted James £______ for a naval expedition

(a)  

27.

Charles and Buckingham ruined James' Spanish Match Plan by going on the ______/____

(a)  

28.

____ out of ____ troops died from disease before reaching the Palatinate as part of the Mansfeld Expedition

(a)  

29.

France blocked the route to the (a)   and withdrew support, leading to Mansfeld Expedition failures

30.

James' church was ___ church, with ____ church elements (e.g. Bishops and Holy Communion)

(a)  

31.

James pushed the Articles of _____ through the General Assembly of the Kirk in ____

(a)  

32.

The Articles of Perth introduced (a)   elements to the Scottish Presbyterian Church e.g. kneeling during communion

33.

Scotland accepted Bishops with limited powers in (a)  

34.

The Millenary Petition was presented to James by a group of Puritans in (a)  

35.

The Hampton Court Conference was held in (a)   in response to the Millenary Petition

36.

Bancroft's Canons were introduced in (a)   , they were very harsh towards Puritan

37.

The ________/________ left England following the introduction of Bancroft's Canons

(a)  

38.

Abbot became Archbishop of Canterbury in (a)  

39.

The King James Bible was published in (a)  

40.

The _____ of ____ was a 1618 meeting in the Netherlands between Puritans and Arminians

(a)  

41.

The Declaration of Sports was released in (a)  

42.

The (a)   Direction to Preachers forbade the discussion of religiously contentious issues

43.

In 1603 recusancy fines were reduced by (a)   % compared to Elizabeth

44.

In ____ Parliament was in session, so recusancy fines were more harshly enforced

a)

1607-1611, 1614, 1621 and 1624

b)

1612-1613, 1615-1620

45.

In ____ Parliament was not in session, so recusancy fines were less harshly enforced

a)

1607-1611, 1614, 1621 and 1624

b)

1612-1613, 1615-1620

46.

The Gunpowder Plot took place in (a)  

47.

The Main Plot in (a)   , was a catholic plot to remove James and make Arabella queen

48.

The Bye Plot in (a)   , was a catholic plot to kidnap James

49.

Under James, __ Catholics were executed for treason. Compared to ___ under Elizabeth

(a)  

50.

The (a)   Popish Recusants Act gave magistrates increased powers to search the homes of suspected Catholics

51.

James inherited £ (a)   of debt from Elizabeth, as well as an outdated tax collection system

52.

Elizabeth had reduced crown income by _______/_____/_____ to fund her war with Spain

(a)  

53.

The ____ Book of Rates introduced new customs duties. These helped increase Crown income from customs duties by £_____

(a)  

54.

The 1606 (a)   Case led to a ruling that James had the right to bring in new customs duties

55.

Cecil attempted to bring in the Great _______ in ____

(a)  

56.

The Great Contract would have James give up ______/____ in return for £______ annually

(a)  

57.

Under _____, James renewed the sale of monopolies and sold over ___

(a)  

58.

Purveyance could save the Crown £ (a)   each year

59.

James created new _______ titles and made £_____ selling them (1611-1614)

(a)  

60.

The Spanish Match would have brought a £ (a)   dowry

61.

James has £______ of debt by 1614 and £______ by 1620

(a)  

62.

Cecil was James' financial minister until (a)  

63.

Buckingham impeached (a)   in 1624 for taking bribes

64.

Cranfield opposed war with Spain due to the (a)  

65.

Cranfield became Treasurer in (a)   but was involved in James' finances from 1618

66.

Cranfield managed to reduce James' spending by % by (a)  

67.

By 1612, James was spending £ (a)   a year on courtiers' pensions

68.

In 1614, James spent £ (a)   in peacetime

69.

James' _____/_____ doubled by 1610

(a)  

70.

The ____ Ante supper cost £____

(a)  

71.

In 1606, James gave away £_____ and £______ in 1611

(a)  

72.

By (a)   Buckingham controlled the patronage system

73.

The First Parliament lasted from ____ until ____

(a)  

74.

__________/_______/_______ was elected but he was refused his seat due to being an outlaw

(a)  

75.

____/_________ was elected in place of Buckingham Francis Goodwin, he was the government nominee

(a)  

76.

Parliament wrote the Form of Apology and Satisfaction in (a)  

77.

The First Parliament gave James £ (a)   to help with his finances

78.

The Addled Parliament was in session in (a)  

79.

No _______ or __________ was passed during the Addled Parliament

(a)  

80.

The Third Parliament was in session in (a)  

81.

James refused to discuss _______/______ with the Third Parliament

(a)  

82.

The Third Parliament petitioned to ... and make James discuss ... with them

(a)  

83.

During the Third Parliament, the Commons demanded an investigation into the use of (a)   (Francis Bacon and Giles Mompesson were impeached)

84.

The Third Parliament tried to impeach (a)   for mishandling crown fund

85.

James ripped the protestant from the Commons Journal and dismissed the (a)   Parliament

86.

The Fourth Parliament were in session in (a)