The King, Parliament and the Civil War · seed 1 · A4, ink-friendly. The answer key prints on its own page for grown-ups.

The king who lost his head to law

History · Britain Through Time · ages 11-13
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. What did Parliament claim the right to do?

    • Crown foreign princes
    • Grant money and make laws
    • Command the tides

  2. What did Charles I claim gave him the right to rule?

    • God's grant to kings
    • A vote in Parliament
    • A win at dice

  3. Charles I shut Parliament down and ruled alone for eleven years.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Why was 1649 different from a king dying in battle?

    • A public trial and sentence put the king under law
    • The crowd sang louder
    • The axe was newer

  5. The Civil War ran from 1642 to 1649 and Cromwell won. What had failed first?

    • The harvest festival
    • The Restoration
    • Talking between king and Parliament

  6. Why did England invite Charles II back in 1660?

    • Parliament loved lone rulers
    • Cromwell's harsh rule tired people out
    • France ordered it

  7. Locke wrote that rule is a contract to guard life, liberty and property. Whose idea did he reject?

    • The divine right of kings
    • Trial by jury
    • Regular elections

  8. A pupil says after 1660 kings ruled exactly as before. Which fact breaks that claim?

    • Charles II built more ships
    • London held a fair
    • The 1689 Bill of Rights locked in Parliament's power
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  1. Grant money and make laws · Parliament held the purse and a share in law.
  2. God's grant to kings · He ruled by divine right, above Parliament's consent.
  3. True · From 1629 he imposed taxes and edicts without it.
  4. A public trial and sentence put the king under law · Law killed him, not luck on a field.
  5. Talking between king and Parliament · Eleven years of lone rule left nothing left to debate.
  6. Cromwell's harsh rule tired people out · The republic felt like a military rule, so the crown returned smaller.
  7. The divine right of kings · Locke gave Parliament the central place and kings a limited one.
  8. The 1689 Bill of Rights locked in Parliament's power · 1688 and 1689 proved Parliament could replace and restrain kings.
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