The Stuart Era

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Hint	Answer
First Stuart Monarch, 1603-25	James I & VI
His firstborn son, died in 1612	Henry, Prince of Wales
Explorer executed in 1618	Sir Walter Raleigh
Second Stuart Monarch, 1625-49	Charles I
His Catholic wife	Henrietta Maria
Period during his reign with no Parliaments	Personal Rule
Conflict started in 1639 that caused the recall of Parliament	Bishops' Wars
King's capital during the Civil Wars	Oxford
First major battle of the Civil Wars	Battle of Edgehill
Army formed in 1645 by Parliament	New Model Army
Its leader during the First Civil War	Sir Thomas Fairfax
Battle that effectively ended King's chances of victory	Battle of Naseby
Period from 1649-1660	Interregnum
'Massacre' took place here, along with at Wexford	Drogheda
Parliament dissolved in 1653	Rump Parliament

Hint	Answer
Lord Protector from 1653-1658	Oliver Cromwell
Britain's first written constitution	Instrument of Government
Third Stuart Monarch, 1660-85	Charles II
His nickname	The Merry Monarch
Political Party appearing from Exclusion Crisis, opposed to Tories	Whigs
Fourth Stuart Monarch, 1685-88	James II & VII
Name of the 'Revolution' in 1688 that deposed him	Glorious
His daughter, Queen from 1688-94	Mary II
Her Dutch Husband, King from 1688-1702	William III
Act restricting the King passed in 1689	Bill of Rights
Battle in Ireland in 1690 between James II and William III	Battle of the Boyne
Queen from 1702-1714	Anne
Number of children she outlived	17
Country formed in 1707 after union of England and Scotland	Great Britain
Royal House that took the throne in 1714	House of Hanover

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