AQA A Level history - The English
Revolution 1625-1660 June 2024 Exam
Questions and Answers
What did James respond to the idea that the church
should lose its episcopal structure for a Scottish-style
Presbyterian restructure? (1604) - Answer>> 'No
Bishop, No King!'
When was the Gunpowder Plot? - Answer>> 1605
What were the main consequences of the Gunpowder
Plot? (1605) - Answer>> 1. Recusancy fines increased
(fine for not attending church)
2. Catholics removed from government posts
3. Catholics had to affirm new Oath of Allegiance
4. Public fear of Catholicism grew
Where was James more flexible when introducing the
Book of Common Prayer in the 1610s? - Answer>>
Scotland
When was the Book of Sports introduced? - Answer>>
1618
Who wrote the Book of Sports? (1618) - Answer>>
George Abbot and King James
,What did the Book of Sports (1618) encourage? -
Answer>> Recreational activities to do on a Sunday
When did the Thirty Years' War begin? - Answer>> 1618
Who wrote the 'Protestation' in 1621? - Answer>>
Edward Coke
What was the 'Protestation' of 1621? - Answer>> A key
constitutional document that defines Parliament's
understanding of its relationship with the crown
When was the accession of Charles I? - Answer>> 1625
What were Charles I's main aims? - Answer>> 1.
Maintain law and order within his kingdoms
2. Defend his kingdoms from external threats
3. Provide effective religious relationships
4. Ensure financial/economic wellbeing
What did Charles strongly believe in? - Answer>> The
Divine Right of Kings
Who opposed the Divine Right of Kings? - Answer>> 1.
Parliament - some members believed that it removed
Parliament's authority
2. Catholics - refused to accept that the Pope's authority
could be displaced
,3. Puritans - believed that he only had earthly powers so
shouldn't be able to appoint spiritual leaders
What was Tonnage and Poundage? - Answer>> A tax
on imports and exports (customs duty)
What did Charles expect to be granted by Parliament in
1625? - Answer>> £1 million in subsidies and a lifetimes
worth of Tonnage and Poundage
What did Parliament grant Charles in 1625? - Answer>>
Two subsidies (£140,000 and one years worth of Tonnage
and Poundage)
When was the assassination of Buckingham? -
Answer>> 1628
Who assassinated Buckingham? (1628) - Answer>>
John Felton
Why did Henrietta Maria and Charles grow closer in 1628?
- Answer>> Assassination of Buckingham
What tradition was Henrietta Maria criticised for by Prynne
in his Histriomastix pamphlet? - Answer>> Masques
When was the Forced Loan? - Answer>> 1626
, What did Charles do before enforcing the Forced Loan in
1626? - Answer>> He asked the country for a
benevolence (very few volunteered money)
How did Charles collect the Forced Loan in 1626? -
Answer>> All liable were summoned to public meetings
and asked to pay (made refusal to pay an open act of
opposition)
Who refused to license the sermon written by Robert
Sibthorpe which defended the Forced Loan? - Answer>>
George Abbot (Archbishop of Canterbury)
When was the Five Knights case? - Answer>> 1627
How many gentry did the king order the imprisonment of
during the Five Knights case 1627? - Answer>> 76 and
the Earl of Lincoln
What was the reason for the Five Knights case 1627? -
Answer>> Refusal to pay the Forced Loan
What was the verdict of the Five Knights case 1627? -
Answer>> Charles could imprison without trial, those
who refused to pay this PARTICULAR loan
What was the judgement changed to in the Five Knights
Case 1627? - Answer>> Charles had the GENERAL
right to imprison without trial
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