Stuarts Politicial Stability (1) (Year 2)

Starred terms= Charles I up to interregnum

When did Charles I marry Henrietta Maria?

1625

When was Ship Money extended to inland counties?

1635

When did Ship Money become an annual tax?

1636

What year did Laud become bishop of London?

1628

What did Charles issue a monopoly for in 1634?

Soap (caused prices to increase)

Lord Treasurer 1636

Arminian bishop William Juxton

Scots National Covenant (against Charles’ religious policies)

1638

What end in the church was the altar placed under William Laud?

East

When was the forced loan and Five Knights case?

1626/7

When was the Petition of Right? (from parliament to Charles I)

1628

When was the Earl of Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, executed (Bill of Attainder)?

May 1641

How much money did parliament grant to Charles in 1625?

£140,000

Charles I’s forces defeated at La Rochelle

1627

Three Resolutions (condemning the collection of Tonnage and Poundage as well as Arminianism)

1629

Charles dissolved Parliament and started Personal Rule

1629

When were the Bishops’ Wars?

1639, 1640

When was the Militia Ordinance (Parliament) ?

March 1642

When were the Commissions of Array (King) ?

1642

What year did parliament grant Charles £140,000?

1625

On average, how much did Charles receive annually from Ship Money?

£200,000

The Irish Rebellion (short-term cause of civil war)

1641

Grand Remonstrance (STC)

November 1641

Who drafted the Grand Remonstrance?

John Pym, John Hampden, John Glynn and others

When did the interregnum begin?

1649

Charles rejected the Remonstrance

23rd December 1641

Attempt on the 5 Members of Parliament (STC)

January 1642

Why did Charles try to arrest the 5 MPs?

Believed they had encouraged Scots to invade England

Battle of Edgehill

Draw 1642

Battle of Marston Moor

P 1644

Battle of Naseby

P 1645

How many men did Parliament lose at Naseby?

200

What were the 4 main attempts at peace between King Charles I and Parliament (civil war)?

Nineteen Propositions, Oxford Treaty, Uxbridge Proposals, Newcastle Propositions

When were the 19 Propositions and why were they rejected?

June 1642, too radical

When was the Oxford Treaty and why was it rejected?

Proposed January 1645, too radical + Charles was optimistic of a complete military victory

When were the Newcastle Propositions and why did Charles refuse to compromise?

July 1646, he thought Parliament would split and his authority would be reasserted

When did Parliamentarians sign a covenant with the Scots promising they could have the church how they wanted?

1643

What did the Political Presbyterians want?

To conclude war through negotiations, national Presbyterian church, unification of England and Scotland

What did Political Independents want?

Military victory, firm settlement with king, greater religious freedom, not an ongoing shared government

Where was the Leveller uprising?

Burford 1649

When was the Nominated Assembly?

July - December 1653

How long did the Nominated Assembly last?

6 months

Instrument of Government- created by a council of officers (army)

December 1653

Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate dates

December 1653- September 1658

Oliver Cromwell dies

1658

Richard Cromwell’s Protectorate dates

September 1658- May 1659

Leader of army in Scotland who marched to London to squash council of officers

Monck

Declaration of Breda year

1660

Which parliament was supportive of the Restoration?

Convention parliament

When was the Convention Parliament dissolved?

1660

What year of his reign did Charles claim to be in when he arrived at Dover?

12th

When was the Fifth Monarchist uprising that caused a Royalist, vengeful Parliament to return?

1661

Royalist vengeful Parliament

Cavalier Parliament

When was the Triennial Act? (Charles II)

1664

Quaker Act subjected Quakers to severe penalties for not swearing the Oath of Allegiance

1662

Feudal tenures abolished

1661

The Act of Uniformity (post-restoration)

1662

How many Puritan ministers were ejected as a result of the Act of Uniformity?

1800

When was the New Model Army founded?

February 1645

How many acts were passed by the Rump Parliament in 1649 vs 1652?

125, 51

How many delegates made up the Nominated Assembly?

140

How many divisions were assigned to major-generals?

11

How many alehouses did Major General Worsley shut down in Lancashire?

200

Who controlled the army under the Humble Petition and Advice?

Parliament

When did Cromwell dissolve the First Protectorate Parliament?

January 1655

How many MPs refused to sign an oath, causing Cromwell to dissolve the First Protectorate Government?

80

Secret Treaty of Dover

1st June 1670

Why did Parliament want to exclude James from the succession?

Titus Oates’ claim of a popish plot

What years were the 3 Exclusion Bills against James?

1679, 1680, 1681

How did Charles II stop the first Exclusion Bill?

Dissolved parliament

When was the first Exclusion Bill stopped?

1679

How did Charles II stop the second Exclusion Bill (1680)?

Pressuring the Lords, attending debates, powers of delay

When did Charles II stop the second exclusion bill?

1680

Why was Charles II able to dissolve parliament in 1681?

Financially independent due to Treaty of Dover

Who was James II’s second wife?

Mary of Modena

When was baby James born?

10 June 1688

When did the 7 MPs ask William of Orange to invade?

30th june 1688

When did William III land at Torbay?

5th November 1688

This bill proposed that parliament should control any army used to crush the Irish rebellion that began in October 1641

Militia Bill November 1641

When was the New Model Army founded?

February 1645

Stop of the Exchequer (Charles ii declared himself bankrupt)

1672