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England Golden Age
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Restoration | The historical period during which the monarchy was returned to England under Charles 2. |
| Parliament | The national legislative body of nobles and elected representatives in England. |
| Galleon | A large Spanish sailing vessel, used as a warship or a trading ship/ |
| Dissenter | Any Protestant who refused to belong to the Church of England. |
| Coronation | The ceremony or act of crowning a ruler. |
| Aristocrat | A member or the upper, or noble, class. |
| Bubonic Plague | A deadly disease spread by the fleas on infected rats. |
| Democracy | A system of government in which power is given to the people. |
| Divine Right of Kings | The belief that kings and queens have a God-given right to rule. |
| Gentry | People who own land and have high social status but have no titles of nobility. |
| Treason | The crime of betraying one's own country. |
| Persecution | To hurt or harass a group of people, in this time era, for their religion. |
| Henry VIII | Elizabeth Tudor was the daughter of Anne Boleyn and ________________ |
| Church of England | Queen Elizabeth was a member of the religion of ______________________ |
| Progresses | Elizabeth's journeys of her court from one castle to another were called _______ |
| Sailed around the world | Sir Francis Drake was a person who _________________ |
| 1588 | The English beat the Spanish Armada in __________________ |
| Large, heavy, slow | The Spanish ships in the Armada were ____________, ______________, ____________ |
| James I | _________ took the throne when Elizabeth died. |
| Roanoke | The first English colony in America which mysteriously disappeared was ___________ |
| Virginia | The 1st permanent English colony in America was located in what is now ________________ |
| Jamestown | The 1st permanent English colony in America was called _________________ |
| Cavaliers | During the English Civil War, the people who sided with King Charles were called _________ |
| Roundheads | The name given to those sided with Parliament were called ___________ |
| Jamestown | Name the first permanent colony located in Virginia. |
| James I, Charles I | Elizabeth I named __________ as her successor. When he died, his son ______ took the throne. |
| King James Version | The new translation of the Bible was called ________________ |
| Puritans | The group that wanted to worship in a simpler way. |
| Ordered Presbyterians to use a church of England Prayer Book | What started the English Civil War? |
| Cavaliers, Roundheads | The English Civil War was fought by _______ who supported the king on one side and the _____________ who supported Parliament on the other. |
| 1/5 | By the end of the English Civil War, about _____ (fraction) people had died of war or disease. |
| Roundheads | Which group won the English Civil War? |
| He was beheaded/ guilty of treason | What happened to the leader of the losing side? |
| Charles II, Merry Monarch | The king during the period known as the Restoration was __________ and his nickname was the _____________ |
| Catholic | Since James II belonged to the ____________ religion, many people were extremely worried about what he would do as England's ruler. |
| Holland | William of Orange came from the country of _______ |
| Bloodless Revolution | Because there were no battles or bloodshed, the time period when William of Orange invaded England is known as the ________. |
| William III, Mary II | Parliament chose ____ and _______ to rule England. |
| English Bill of Rights | Name the document that puts limits on the monarch's power. |
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