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History
The English Civil War: what can pamphlets tell us about 17th century politics? 

Starter quiz

  • Match up the key words with their correct definitions.
    • Restoration
      ⇔
      the return of monarchy to England ✓
    • republic
      ⇔
      a country without a monarch ✓
    • regicide
      ⇔
      act of killing a monarch ✓
  • Who was crowned king during the Restoration?
    • Charles I
    • Charles II  ✓
    • Oliver Cromwell
  • Identify a financial cause of the English Civil War.
    • Charles I approved a new Book of Common Prayer.
    • Charles I refused to let Parliament approve his advisors.
    • Charles I made more people pay taxes like Ship Money.  ✓
    • Charles married a Catholic Queen, Henrietta Maria.
  • What does propaganda tend to do?
    • Exaggerate information  ✓
    • Provide factual statistics
    • Provide a range of different opinions
  • Write the missing word. When historians use sources, they must think carefully about their _______ as well as what the sources actually say.
    • 'provenance' ✓
  • What do pamphlets from the years 1640-60 tell us about England at the time?
    • Most people were happy with their rulers.
    • There was lots of agreement about how the country should be run.
    • There were lots of different ideas about how to run the country.  ✓
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