History Test 2
By accepting the Petition of Right, Charles I agreed to:
1. no one could be imprisoned without trial 2. no taxation without Parliament consent 3.no soldiers would be quartered in homes in peacetime
Three reasons Philip II sent the Spanish Armada include:
1. wanted to stop English interference with Spain's New World trade 2.wanted to return England to the Catholic Church 3.resented English intervention and aid to the Netherlands
1.prime minister 2.stabilized English government 3.king of Spain 4.English commander against Spanish Armada 5.English pirate 6.first Tudor king
4. Admiral Howard 1. William Cecil 5. Sir Francis Drake 6. Henry VII 3. Philip II 2. Elizabeth I
Which king was beheaded after instigating a Civil War?
Charles I
During whose reign was the Habeas Corpus passed and Whig and Tory parties developed?
Charles II
Who was the restoration king?
Charles II
This granted freedom of worship and political rights to Huguenots.
Edict of Nantes
The Act of Union united:
England and Scotland constitutionally
Which is not an important provision of the Peace of Westphalia?
England becomes most powerful European Country.
The English and French colonial rivalry climaxed with the
French and Indian War
The Gunpowder Plot was led by
Guy Fawkes
The Gunpowder Plot was led by:
Guy Fawkes
This Tudor (English) monarch broke the Roman Catholic Church, establishing the Church of England
Henry VIII
King Louis XIV said, "L'etat, c'est moi," meaning
I am the state!
Who was the first Stuart king of England?
James I
The Glorious Revolution, which brought in William and Mary, occurred after which Monarch?
James II
Established in 1607, what was the first permanent English colony?
Jamestown
Richelieu's successor was
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Richelieu sought to increase the Kong Louis XIV's power by all of the following except
Joining the War of Austrian Succession
The "Sun king" refers to
Louis XIV
Which early English monarch persecuted Protestants?
Mary I
Which act defined the merchantilist system?
Navigation
John Cabot, an italian sailor, was sent by Henry VII to the new world, seeking
Northwest Passage
He was called Lord Protector
Oliver Cromwell
Parliament voted tunnage and poundage as a means of income for only one year because
Parliament distrusted Charles.
Established in 1608, what was the first permanent French settlement?
Quebec
Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury who suppressed the Puritans?
Richard Bancroft
He was the chief minister in France during Louis XIII's reign.
Richelieu
He was an English pirate who circumnavigated the world.
Sir Francis Drake
Which was NOT a method Charles used to raise money?
Sold kingdom land
The Long Parliament passed the _____, which called for Parliament to meet at least once every three years.
Triennial Act
What gold was to Spain, ______ was/were to France
fur
___ were the groups of investors who pooled their financial resources together to subsidize voyages.
joint-stock
A system of government intervention to promote national prosperity and to increase the power of a country is called
mercantilism
Which is not a means of increasing a monarch's absolute rule?
provide religious toleration
In the seventeenth century Caribbean colonies were more important because of the _____ located there.
sugar
One reform wanted by the Puritans and allowed by James I was:
the King James translation of the Bible
The English Civil War did not include this issue
trade and commerce with other countries
Which law was not included in the Petition of Right, during Charles I's reign?
universal manhood suffrage
