The Tudors ruled England from 1485 to 1603. There were 5 monarchs during this period and Lady Jane Grey very briefly. The Tudor kings and queens had significant power and many executions occurred. The Puritans disliked the Anglican Church as they felt it still maintained too many Catholic traditions and sought greater purity in worship. The personal rule referred to the period from 1629 to 1640 when Charles I and James I ignored Parliament. In the English Civil War, the Roundheads supported Parliament while the Cavaliers backed the king.
2. What family ruled England
from 1485-1603?
• The Tudors reigned from 1485 until 1603. There were 5 crowned
monarchs and Lady Jane Grey reigned as Queen for just 9 days. The
Tudor kings and queens were very powerful and they are noted for
the numbers of people executed during the period.
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3. Why did the puritans dislike
the Anglican church?
• The Puritans gained most of their power following the first English
Civil War, and most of the Puritan ministers renounced the Church of
England following the English Restoration of 1660 and the
subsequent Uniformity Act of 1662. Puritans believed that the Church
of England still maintained many characteristics similar to the Roman
Catholic Church, and they supported a greater form of purity of
doctrinal worship.
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4. What was the period called when
Charles I and James I ignored
parliament?
• The personal rule (also known as the Eleven years’Tyranny) was the
period from 1629 to 1640 when Charles I and James I ignored
parliament
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5. What were both sides of the civil war
called?
• American or the English civil war? The sides in the American one
were the Union (the north) and the Confederates (the south).
In the English civil war it was the Roundheads and the Cavaliers. The
Roundheads were for the parliament and the Cavaliers were for the king
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6. When Charles was beheaded, what
kind of government did the English
declare?
• The English Civil War led to the trial and execution of Charles I the
exile of his son, Charles II, and replacement of English monarchy
with, first, the Commonwealth of England (1649–53)
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7. Why did parliament oppose James II
as king?
• His attempts to create religious liberty for English Roman Catholics
and Protestant nonconformists against the wishes of the Anglican
establishment.
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8. What kind of government did the
English Bill of Rights create?
• It limited the power of the monarch.The Bill of Rights, 1689, in British
history, one of the fundamental instruments of constitutional law.
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9. What was the toleration act and how
did it affect Religion in England?
• The Toleration Act of May 24, 1689 marked a significant milestone in the struggle for religious freedom in England.
The act was a culmination of religious and political maneuvering that began after the restoration of the Stuart
monarchy via Charles II and ended with the Glorious Revolution and the ouster of James II by William of Orange.
The act granted freedom of worship to Nonconformists of the Church of England?
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10. Why was Henry unhappy with
Kathrine?
• He was married 5 times and beheaded his wives?
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11. How was the Anglican church created?
• The name "Anglican" means "of England", but the Anglican church exists
worldwide. It began in the sixth century in England, when Pope Gregory the
Great sent St. Augustine to Britain to bring a more disciplined Apostolic
succession to the Celtic Christians.
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12. Who were the puritans?
• The Puritans were a significant grouping of English Protestants in the
16th and 17th centuries, including, but not limited to, English
Calvinists. Puritanism in this sense was founded by some Marian
exiles from the clergy shortly after the accession of Elizabeth I of
England in 1558
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13. Where did the puritans flee too?
• The Pilgrims, as they were called, were separating from the
Anglican church and escaping religious persecution in
England by escaping to America. Other Puritans soon flocked
to America hoping to "purify" the Anglican Church and
develop a colony which would be a model to the world ("a
city upon a hill")
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14. How did the stuarts and tutors differ?
• The Stuarts were neither as popular as the Tudors nor as skillful in dealing
with Parliament.
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