1. Revision for the Year 8 Fact Exam

2. 1. What do the following words mean? Revolution A big change in who rules Civil War A war inside one country Parliament Where laws are made by MPs Divine right of kings God had given the power to the king Republic A country with no king Restoration When the royals were brought back

3. 1. What do the following words mean? Monarch A king or queen Plague A horrid disease Taxes Money collected for the king Lord Protector What Cromwell called himself instead of king Act of Succession William + Mary banned any future Catholic from the throne

4. 2. The Civil War 3 reasons it broke out Charles had a French Catholic wife Henrietta Maria Charles shut parliament for 11 years Charles taxed the people heavily (Ship Money) Charles made Catholic changes to the Church Charles marched into parliament to arrest 5 MPs

5. 2. The Civil War Who were the 2 sides? Cavaliers OR royalists Roundheads OR parliamentarians Types of soldiers Musketeers Pikemen Dragoons

6. 2. The Civil War What happened to the king? Captured by the Scots and handed over to Cromwell Executed for planning a second war

7. 3. Cromwell How did life change? Banned … football on Sunday, drinking, dancing around the maypole, gambling, feasting at Christmas

8. 3. Cromwell What religion did his supporters belong to? Protestants OR Puritans

9. 3. Cromwell What links him to St Ives? Lived here for 5 years as a farmer

10. The Stuarts Who became king after Cromwell & what was his nickname? Charles II The Merry Monarch Who became the next king and what was his religion? Charles’s brother James II. Catholic.

11. The Plague What caused it? Infected fleas spread across London on black rats What happened? Cats and dogs killed. City gates locked. The ill locked in their homes. 100,000 died. Why did it end? The Great Fire killed the Black rats

12. The Great Fire Why so destructive? Hot summer dried the wooden houses Houses packed tight on the streets Strong easterly wind swept the flames across the city Fire engines were useless People didn’t pull down homes quick enough Mayor panicked + didn’t take charge

13. The Restoration How had the monarch’s power changed by 1689? William + Mary had been invited by parliament to take the throne from James. So, parliament had slightly more power.

14. What’s an anachronism? Something put in the wrong time zone E.g. Oliver Cromwell defeated the cavaliers at the battle of Naseby because of his expert use of machine guns.