Oliver Cromwell: The Interregnum and Protectorate | History

Starter quiz

Match the key words with their correct definitions.
- purge
  
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  removing something you don't agree with ✓
- martyr
  
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  person who died for their beliefs and gains respect for that ✓
- New Model Army
  
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  English army which fought for Parliament ✓
What word is used to describe the execution of Charles I in 1649?
- purge
- regicide ✓
- civil war
- conflict
Write the missing word. Puritans were more likely to fight for the _______ during the Civil Wars.
- 'Parliamentarians' ✓
What is more likely if a pamphlet described the regicide as ‘murder’?
- The pamphlet did not care about Parliament and the army’s actions.
- The pamphlet opposed Parliament and the army’s actions. ✓
- The pamphlet supported Parliament and the army’s actions.
Why did the New Model Army purge Parliament in 1648?
- Because it believed there were too many members of Parliament
- Because it worried that many MPs would return the king to power ✓
- Because many MPs in 1648 were Catholics
- Because they had fought on different sides during the Civil Wars
Starting with the earliest, sort these events into chronological order.
- 1
  
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  First Civil War begins
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  Charles I surrenders
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  Second Civil War begins
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  'Pride’s Purge'
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  Regicide of Charles I