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The Stuarts and Civil War

Crowns, conflict and constitutional second guesses. Twelve questions, with a few convincing wrong turns along the way.

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Question sheet

1. What did the 1603 Union of the Crowns immediately give England and Scotland?
- A. Shared parliament
- B. Shared legal system
- C. Shared monarch
- D. Shared national treasury
2. When did Charles I govern without summoning the English Parliament?
- A. 1629 to 1640
- B. 1603 to 1614
- C. 1642 to 1649
- D. 1660 to 1671
3. What was ship money's stated purpose?
- A. Royal wedding costs
- B. Parish churches
- C. Colonial plantations
- D. Maintaining the navy
4. Who was Captain-General of the New Model Army at Naseby in 1645?
- A. Oliver Cromwell
- B. Sir Thomas Fairfax
- C. Earl of Essex
- D. George Monck
5. Religious changes imposed in Scotland helped produce which conflicts?
- A. Bishops' Wars
- B. Dutch Wars
- C. Jacobite risings
- D. War of the Spanish Succession
6. What dominated the second day of the Putney Debates in October 1647?
- A. French succession
- B. Imported tea prices
- C. Who should have voting rights
- D. Rebuilding St Paul's
7. Where did Cromwell defeat the Scottish army supporting Charles I in 1648?
- A. Edgehill
- B. Preston
- C. Marston Moor
- D. Newbury
8. What happened in December 1648 immediately before Charles I's trial?
- A. Restoration
- B. Union of the Crowns
- C. Great Fire
- D. Army purge of Parliament
9. Who received the English Crown jointly in 1689?
- A. William III and Mary II
- B. James II and Anne
- C. Charles II and Catherine
- D. William III and Anne
10. When did the Declaration of Rights become statute as the Bill of Rights in 1689?
- A. February
- B. April
- C. December
- D. August
11. Which institution was founded by statute in 1694?
- A. Royal Society
- B. Bank of England
- C. British Museum
- D. National Gallery
12. What distinction belongs to Anne's refusal of assent to the 1708 Scottish Militia Bill?
- A. Abolished the Scottish army
- B. Dissolved the Union
- C. Introduced ministerial responsibility
- D. Last royal veto of a parliamentary bill

Answer sheet (for the quizmaster)

1. C - Shared monarch
James VI became James I of England. Separate parliaments and legal systems remained.
2. A - 1629 to 1640
Charles's eleven-year Personal Rule ran from 1629 to 1640.
3. D - Maintaining the navy
Ship money funded naval defence. Its use during Personal Rule helped provoke opposition.
4. B - Sir Thomas Fairfax
Fairfax commanded the army. Cromwell played a major cavalry role but was not Captain-General.
5. A - Bishops' Wars
The Bishops' Wars of 1639 and 1640 arose from resistance to Charles's religious policies.
6. C - Who should have voting rights
Army representatives debated political participation, including whether voting rights should depend on property.
7. B - Preston
The Scottish intervention supported Charles. Scotland's role changed during the wars.
8. D - Army purge of Parliament
The army removed MPs opposed to its course. Charles was tried and executed the following month.
9. A - William III and Mary II
William and Mary became joint monarchs. Mary was James II's daughter.
10. C - December
The Declaration was read in February; it became an Act in December, a separate stage.
11. B - Bank of England
The Bank of England was founded in 1694 during William and Mary's reign.
12. D - Last royal veto of a parliamentary bill
This remains the last occasion a British monarch withheld royal assent from a parliamentary bill.