Starter quiz
- Match the key words with their correct definitions.
- purge⇔removing something you don't agree with ✓
- martyr⇔person who died for their beliefs and gains respect for that ✓
- New Model Army⇔English army which fought for Parliament ✓
- What word is used to describe the execution of Charles I in 1649?
- purge
- regicide ✓
- civil war
- conflict
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- 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.
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- 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
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- Starting with the earliest, sort these events into chronological order.
- 1⇔First Civil War begins
- 2⇔Charles I surrenders
- 3⇔Second Civil War begins
- 4⇔'Pride’s Purge'
- 5⇔Regicide of Charles I
Exit quiz
- Match up each of the key words with its correct definition.
- Interregnum⇔period of time when England had no monarch ✓
- Protectorate⇔government set up by Oliver Cromwell and the New Model Army ✓
- Puritan⇔person with very strict Protestant beliefs ✓
- sect⇔groups with a set of, often extreme, religious beliefs ✓
- Which one of these activities did the Protectorate try to stop during the Rule of the Major-Generals?
- farming
- praying
- theatre ✓
- trade
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- What kind of members were picked to be part of the Barebones Parliament?
- People considered to be very religious ✓
- People with good army experience
- People with good legal knowledge
- People who had fought for the Royalists
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- Oliver Cromwell had _______ religious beliefs.
- 'Puritan' ✓
- Why did Cromwell become so powerful during the Interregnum?
- He was part of both Parliament and the New Model Army ✓
- He was both a Parliamentarian and a Royalist
- He was both a Royalist and part of the New Model Army
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- Which vision from Anna Trapnel’s "Cry of a Stone" pamphlet shows most clearly that she disliked Cromwell’s rule?
- Described Cromwell as having the support of many others
- Described Cromwell with the body of an animal
- Described God ending the Protectorate ✓
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Key learning points
- The years from 1649 - 1660 when England was a republic are known as the Interregnum.
- Oliver Cromwell became the most powerful figure in England during the Interregnum.
- Puritans hoped to make England a more godly country.
- Sects like the Fifth Monarchists emerged but often opposed the actions of the government.
- Cromwell's rule was unpopular as he reduced the power of Parliament and relied heavily on the army.
Common misconception
Parliament ruled the country for the whole Interregnum period.
Parliament ruled the country at the start of the Interregnum but was dismissed, recomposed, and ruled without at other times after 1652.
Keywords
Republic - a republic is a country without a monarch
Mp - an MP is a Member of Parliament; MPs help to make laws
Reform - a reform is a change made in order to improve something
Protectorate - the Protectorate was the system of government set up by Oliver Cromwell and the New Model Army in 1653
Sect - a sect is a group of people with a set of, often extreme, religious beliefs
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