The Stuarts: Key Words and Dates

A___________ means a ruler who has absolute power over his or her people.

B______________ H________ is the ornate building in the Palace of Whitehall, outside which Charles I was executed.

27 March ____: James I dies and Charles I ascends to the throne

• 1624

• 1634

• 1625

• 1635

23 October 1642: Battle of Edgehill – ______ battle of the Civil War.

• First

• Second

• Third

C______ _____ is a war between two sides from the same country.

D______ R_____ of K_____ was the theory that a monarch is appointed by God and should have absolute power.

February 1645: New Model ______ created.

• Car

• Army

• Rule

• Battle

24 June _____: Charles I surrendered, First Civil War ended

• 1647

• 1674

• 1646

• 1664

E_______ C_______________ was the political structure during the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales, Ireland and Scotland were governed as a republic after the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execution of Charles I.

M_______ of P__________ is someone elected to sit in the House of Commons, often abbreviated (shortened) to ‘MP’.