Starter quiz
- Match up the key words to their correct definitions.
- civil war⇔a conflict between people from the same country ✓
- monarch⇔a king or queen ✓
- Parliament⇔group of people who vote on laws and taxes ✓
- What best describes Charles I’s understanding of the Divine Right of Kings?
- He believed he had a duty to always do what his subjects told him to.
- He believed he should try to act as his subjects asked as often as possible.
- He believed that his subjects had a duty to always do what he said. ✓
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- Write the missing word: Parliament’s list of 204 complaints about the rule of Charles I was known as the Grand _______.
- 'Remonstrance' ✓
- What type of people did the Grand Remonstrance criticise Charles I for appointing as advisors?
- Members of Parliament
- Papists ✓
- Protestants
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- What type of issue was Charles I ruling without Parliament for 11 years?
- financial
- political ✓
- religious
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- What type of issue was Charles I marrying a Catholic Queen, Henrietta Maria?
- financial
- political
- religious ✓
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Exit quiz
- Write the missing word. People who supported and fought for Charles I during the Civil War were known as...
- 'Royalists' ✓
- Write the missing word. People who supported and fought for Parliament during the Civil War were known as...
- 'Parliamentarians' ✓
- Write the missing word. Information, often false, which is published by a person or group to make others agree with them is called...
- 'propaganda' ✓
- What country sent an army to support English Parliamentarians from 1644-46?
- France
- Ireland
- Scotland ✓
- Spain
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- What was one of the key aims of Royalist and Parliamentarian propaganda during the Civil War?
- Encourage people to support their side ✓
- Kill as many people on the other side as possible
- Scare the other side so they wouldn’t fight
- Trick the other side about their plans
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- What did Parliamentarian propaganda claim about Royalists?
- King Charles I was ignoring Catholics.
- King Charles I was secretly a Catholic.
- King Charles I was treating Catholics unfairly.
- King Charles I trusted Catholics too much. ✓
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Key learning points
- The English Civil War involved fighting between Royalists and Parliamentarians.
- The Civil War divided communities and even families.
- The Parliamentarians were supported by a Scottish army from 1644 - 1646.
- Pamphlets were used as a form of propaganda by both sides during the Civil War.
Common misconception
Primary sources are inherently useful because they were published at the time of an event.
Sources are produced for a variety of purposes which can affect what they say. Propaganda sources might falsify information to persuade.
Keywords
Civil war - a civil war is a war between two groups from the same country
Royalist - a Royalist was a supporter of King Charles I during the English Civil War, (also known as Cavaliers)
Parliamentarian - a Parliamentarian was a supporter of Parliament during the English Civil War, (also known as Roundheads)
Puritan - a Puritan was a person with very strict Protestant beliefs
Propaganda - propaganda is information, often false, which is published by a person or group to make others agree with them
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