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England Golden Age

TermDefinition
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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