Starter quiz

  • Match up the key words to their correct definitions.
    • civil war
      ⇔
      a conflict between people from the same country ✓
    • monarch
      ⇔
      a king or queen ✓
    • Parliament
      ⇔
      group of people who vote on laws and taxes ✓
  • What best describes Charles I’s understanding of the Divine Right of Kings?
    • He believed he had a duty to always do what his subjects told him to.
    • He believed he should try to act as his subjects asked as often as possible.
    • He believed that his subjects had a duty to always do what he said.  ✓
  • Write the missing word: Parliament’s list of 204 complaints about the rule of Charles I was known as the Grand _______.
    • 'Remonstrance' ✓
  • What type of people did the Grand Remonstrance criticise Charles I for appointing as advisors?
    • Members of Parliament
    • Papists  ✓
    • Protestants
  • What type of issue was Charles I ruling without Parliament for 11 years?
    • financial
    • political  ✓
    • religious
  • What type of issue was Charles I marrying a Catholic Queen, Henrietta Maria?
    • financial
    • political
    • religious  ✓
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