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English Civil War for 9th Graders

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1. Some Puritans who were frustrated with King James I and sailed on a ship called the Mayflower. What country would those pilgrims help create?
United States ✓
England ✓
Netherlands ✓
Canada ✓
It dropped anchor in Plymouth Bay near Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
2. Parliament forced King Charles I to sign a death warrant for one of his most repressive advisors in April 1641. Who was that advisor?
Duke Ellington ✓
Lord Strafford ✓
Miles Davis ✓
King Crimson ✓
3. King Charles begrudgingly signed a document in 1628 that put reasonable limits on his power. What is that document?
The Petition of Right ✓
The Bill of Rights ✓
The Magna Carta ✓
Habeas Corpus ✓
This document is still in effect, even if Charles would pretend it was illegitimate throughout his reign.
4. What was King Charles' most egregious provocation of Parliament, which led them to raise an army against him?
He burned down the Parliament Building ✓
He executed Robert Cromwell ✓
He invited the Pope to his castle ✓
He stormed parliament with soldiers ✓
5. In desperation, what did King Charles do to raise money for his own army?
He sold his palace to the French ✓
He rented the Navy to Russia ✓
He sold Louisiana to France ✓
He sent his wife to Europe to sell the crown jewels ✓
6. Which of the following is NOT a reason an Englishman might support King Charles?
The Puritans in Parliament seemed like dangerous extremists ✓
The King was still seen as noble and honourable ✓
People thought the King would make England more Puritan ✓
Monarchy had given many noblemen their money and land ✓
The majority of Englishmen were not Puritan, and Charles I certainly would not support Puritanism.
7. In 1600s England, wealthy traders and merchants were considered:
Upper Class ✓
Middle Class ✓
Lower Class ✓
Rich merchants were still considered lower than royalty, church officials, and noblemen.
8. During the English Civil War, many innocent people were put on trial and brutally executed for a crime that they never committed. What was that crime?
Witchcraft ✓
Treason ✓
Military Alliance with the Pope ✓
Asking for wishes from a genie ✓
Puritans in England, much like Puritans in the United States, carried out witch hunts and witch trials from time to time.
9. The official church of England in 1640 was The Lutheran Church.
True ✓
False ✓
Henry VIII instituted the Church of England in the 1530s.
10. What minor public health problem during the Civil Wars became a major disaster a decade later, in 1665?
The London Cholera Outbreak ✓
The Great Plague of London ✓
The London Leprosy Collapse ✓
The Great Scurvy Disaster ✓
The Great Plague is well remembered because it was the last major outbreak of plague in London.
11. What was the first battle of the English Civil War?
The Battle of Parliament ✓
The Battle of Edgehill ✓
The Battle of King's Landing ✓
The Battle of Isengard ✓
12. Who started with the reputation of an infallible military leader but ended up losing his reputation and his dog?
James II ✓
Oliver Cromwell ✓
Prince Rupert ✓
Procol Harum ✓
His dog, Boy, was said to be a witch's familiar, or the devil itself by Rupert's enemies. It died at the Battle of Marston Moor.
13. What religion was most common in Scotland in 1640?
Presbyterian ✓
Calvinist ✓
Catholic ✓
Scottish Orthodox ✓
14. Towards what religion did most of the Long Parliament show extreme bigotry?
Christianity ✓
Puritanism ✓
Protestantism ✓
Catholicism ✓
Because Parliament was dominated by Puritans, there was extreme prejudice towards Catholicism in English Parliament in the 1640s.
15. What well-trained and well-equipped army did Parliament put together during the war?
The Broadside Bullies ✓
The New Model Army ✓
Kinsington's Killers ✓
The Iron-Clad Division ✓
16. Who ended up being in charge of the Parliamentarian forces by the end of the war?
Oliver Cromwell ✓
James II ✓
Charles II ✓
Thomas Naseby ✓
He would also become the Lord Protector (dictator) of England after the war ended.
17. Which of the following was NOT a nickname used for either Parliamentarian soldiers or Royalist soldiers?
Roundheads ✓
Cavaliers ✓
Brick Swingers ✓
18. What two battles effectively destroyed King Charles's army?
Marston Moor and Dudley's Field ✓
Naseby and Langport ✓
Waterloo and Ghent ✓
Edgehill and London ✓
19. On what charge did Parliament hold trial for Charles I?
Mutiny ✓
Treason ✓
Grand Larceny ✓
Inciting Catholicism ✓
Charles famously refused to testify in his defense because the "Rump Parliament" was only those members who remained after Cromwell "Purged" those who stood against him.
20. King Charles was executed by the severing of his head from his body.
True ✓
False ✓
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