history Revision Questions

Which king was targeted by the gunpowder plot?

King James

Who was the leader of the plot?

Robert Catesby

What book did the Scots object to having imposed on them by Charles I?

The common prayer book

What did Charles believe in that made him think that he could shut down parliament and not listen to the people?

The divine right of kings

In what year was Charles I executed?

1649

Who was in charge of conducting the trial?

John Bradshaw

How many MPs signed the death warrant out of the 68 who attended the trial

59

Why did king Charles I refuse to engage with the trial?

Because he believed in the divine right of kings.

What was the reaction to Charles’ beheading.

Shocked

What term was used to describe the position Oliver Cromwell held between 1653 and 1658?

Lord protector

What was the period from 1649 to 1660 known as?

Which two cities in the UK are most associated with the slave trade

Bristol and Liverpool

There are three stages in the journey of slave trading ships m what was the stage called in which Africans were were taken across the Atlantic to the Americas?

The middle passage

Name some goods that may have travelled from the Americas back to Europe in the final leg of the journey of the slave trade.

Who was the freed slave who helped with much of our understanding abou the slave trade

Olaudah Equiano

What was the name of the the man who campaigned tirelessly in parliament (MP for Hull)who eventually brought about the abolition of the slave trade

Who produced the medallion/image “Am I not a man and a brother?”

How did the above help with the abolition movement?

What was the term used to describe the men who built the canals and the railways called?

Navvies

Who invented the steam engine

The 1833 factory act banned the use of children as workers in factories under the age?

9 years old

What was the term used to describe those constituencies with very few voters

Rotten boroughs

What year is the great reform act?

1832

What were the two branches of Chartism called?

Physical and moral force

Who was the leader of each branch

Fearguy O'Connor and William Lorett

Name two reason why Chartism failed in the short term.

Name the six chartists demands

• Annual elections

• Vote for all adult men

• Secret voting

• Wages for MPs

• Don't need to own land to be a MP

• Same sized constituencies

What was one of the only chartists demands that don't exist today?

Annual elections

What was the name of the women who lead the suffragettes

Emmeline Pankhurst

Who was the leader of the suffragists?

Militant Fawcett

What word would you use to describe suffragette tactics?

Violent

In what year do women over 30 get the vote

1928

In what year did women