Lesson Y8-U01-L02

Charles I Causes of Conflict Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 7

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Lesson Y8-U01-L02, Charles I Causes of Conflict: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 History (National Curriculum), Unit 7: Year 8: English Civil War, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. In what year did Charles I become king of England?

    • 1640
    • 1629
    • 1603
    • 1625

  2. What was Ship Money originally for?

    • Paying for warships to defend the coast
    • Building new churches in London
    • Feeding the poor in winter
    • Paying the king's debts to the Pope

  3. How long did the Personal Rule last?

    • Twenty years, 1620 to 1640
    • Three years, 1629 to 1632
    • Five years, 1635 to 1640
    • Eleven years, 1629 to 1640

  4. Who refused to pay Ship Money in 1637 and was put on trial?

    • William Laud
    • John Hampden
    • Henrietta Maria
    • Thomas Cromwell

  5. Who was made Archbishop of Canterbury in 1633?

    • Thomas Cranmer
    • William Laud
    • John Hampden
    • Thomas Cromwell

  6. Who was Charles I's French Catholic queen?

    • Anne Boleyn
    • Henrietta Maria
    • Catherine of Aragon
    • Anne of Denmark

  7. What was a Puritan in the 1630s?

    • A royal judge who ruled for the king in every case and was paid well by the court
    • A strict Protestant who wanted plain, simple worship and feared anything too Catholic
    • A Catholic who refused to pay Ship Money and who attended mass in secret each week
    • A member of the Scottish Parliament who opposed the English bishops and their prayer book

  8. What does 'tyranny' mean?

    • A set of laws made by the Pope that governed every English parish and village
    • A fair vote held by the people to choose their own leaders and laws each year
    • Cruel or unfair rule by someone who ignores the law and others' rights
    • A type of royal ceremony in which the king was crowned again each spring

  9. Which body had to agree new taxes, according to the lesson?

    • The Pope
    • The royal judges
    • Parliament
    • The Archbishop of Canterbury

  10. In what year did Charles dismiss Parliament and begin the Personal Rule?

    • 1603
    • 1629
    • 1637
    • 1640

  11. What did William Laud bring back into churches?

    • Statues of Puritan leaders
    • Decoration, candles, altars and ceremony
    • Pews and wooden benches only
    • Copies of the Bible in Latin only

  12. Ship Money was extended to inland counties in peacetime. Why did this anger people?

    • It was paid in grain and cattle instead of coins, which made it hard to collect
    • It meant the navy had far too many warships to keep in harbour during peacetime
    • It was a tax agreed by no Parliament, so people felt the king could take their money at will
    • It only applied to the very richest landowners who could afford to pay the full sum

  13. Why did the Personal Rule make Charles rely on Ship Money?

    • Ship Money was the only tax that Puritans would pay, so the king relied on it alone
    • Parliament had asked him to raise Ship Money again to pay for the war with Scotland
    • With no Parliament, he had no legal way to vote new taxes, so he used old levies instead
    • The Pope ordered him to collect Ship Money from every parish in England and Wales

  14. Why did Puritans fear Laud's changes?

    • They replaced English services with Latin ones at Oxford
    • They made churches smaller so fewer people could attend
    • They removed all music from church services
    • They looked like a secret return of Catholicism

  15. Why was winning Hampden's trial in court a political problem for Charles?

    • It led the Scots to invade England at once, before the king could raise an army
    • It meant Parliament was dissolved for ever and could never meet again in London
    • It forced him to pay Hampden's fine twice over, plus the court costs of the trial
    • It made him look like a ruler who bent the law and judges to get his way

  16. Source A says that if the king takes money without consent, 'no man can call anything his own'. Which cause does this best show?

    • Foreign war against Scotland
    • Religion: the king's Catholic queen
    • Puritan worship in village churches
    • Money and consent: taxes without Parliament

  17. Which event finally forced Charles to recall Parliament in 1640?

    • The Scots burned Ship Money in Edinburgh, which the king took as a serious insult
    • The Scots invaded over Laud's prayer book, causing the Bishops' Wars
    • The Scots won the Battle of Hastings and claimed the English crown for their own king
    • The Scots crowned Henrietta Maria as their queen in a ceremony at Edinburgh Castle

  18. Why did Henrietta Maria's open Catholic worship at court deepen suspicion?

    • It proved Parliament had voted for a Catholic queen
    • It meant the Pope had crowned her queen
    • It made the Scots invade England
    • It made people fear the king was secretly soft on Catholicism

  19. Why did historians call POWER the 'umbrella' cause in the conflict between Charles I and Parliament?

    • Because it was the cause that began the Scottish war in 1639 and the Bishops' Wars
    • Because Parliament chose it as the main cause of the war when it met in 1640
    • Because the arguments about tax, Parliament and religion all came back to who should rule
    • Because it was the only cause that involved the Pope directly in the quarrel

  20. Why was Charles's view of Divine Right in conflict with Parliament's view?

    • Charles saw his power as God-given, while Parliament insisted on consent and the rule of law
    • Charles believed Parliament was chosen by God to advise him, while Parliament thought he was elected
    • Both sides believed the monarch should be replaced by the Pope, who would rule England from Rome
    • Parliament believed kings should rule without any laws at all, since God gave them absolute freedom

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