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Royalty, Revolution and Restoration in Wales and England c.1603-1715

  • 14 subtopics
  • 42 things to know
  • A2 Unit 3
  • Unit 3, one breadth study of ten

What Royalty, Revolution and Restoration in Wales and England c.1603-1715 covers

Royalty, Revolution and Restoration in Wales and England c.1603-1715 is examined in Unit 3, the breadth study — one of ten options, of which a student takes one. It covers monarchy, government and the Welsh gentry in 1603, James I, divine right and Parliament, Charles I, the Petition of Right and the Personal Rule, the road to war 1640 to 1642, Wales and England at war 1642 to 1649, the republic and the failure of the Commonwealth 1649 to 1660, the Restoration monarchy 1660 to 1688, the Glorious Revolution and the Revolutionary Settlement, the growth of party politics after 1689, Anglicanism, Laudianism and the restored Church, Puritanism and dissent in Wales, the sects, the Levellers and the Diggers, Hobbes, Locke and the scientific revolution and change and continuity 1603 to 1715.

Where it is assessed

A2 Unit 3

The breadth study, one option of ten.

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The 14 subtopics

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What you need to know

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How was Strafford destroyed?

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Why was the Irish Rebellion of 1641 so important?

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What was the Declaration of Breda?

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Who lost by the Restoration land settlement?

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What was the lasting importance of the sects?

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What did the union of the crowns in 1603 mean in practice?

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Name the two works in which James set out his theory of kingship.

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How did Charles I's style of kingship differ from his father's?

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Broadly, which regions supported which side in 1642?

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What triggered the invitation to William of Orange?

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Which party was most closely identified with the Church of England?

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What kind of Church did the Stuarts inherit in 1603?

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Which obstacles slowed the spread of Puritanism in Wales?

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What is Leviathan, and when was it published?

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What had changed permanently about royal finance by 1715?

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Name four prerogative powers a monarch held in 1603.

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What was the Millenary Petition?

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Why was Charles's marriage to Henrietta Maria unpopular?

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What did Wales contribute to the royalist war effort?

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What was abolished in the spring of 1649?

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What was restored in 1660, and what was not?

Who and when

Who were the Immortal Seven?

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Which interests supported the Whigs?

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What did Puritans want changed in the Church?

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Who founded the church at Llanfaches?

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Why did radical religious sects multiply in the 1640s?

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Whose theory of government was Locke attacking?

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Which parts of the mid-century upheaval were reversed at the Restoration?

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Why did the crown need Parliament at all?

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What was the Great Contract, and why did it fail?

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What was the Forced Loan?

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What was the Scottish National Covenant?

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Which Welsh castle held out longest for the king?

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What was the Rump Parliament?

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What was the Cavalier Parliament?

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Why was there so little fighting in England in 1688?

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Why did the Triennial Act intensify party conflict?

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Define Arminianism as it was understood in England.

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Who was Vavasor Powell?

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What was the Westminster Assembly?

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Name Locke's work of political theory and give its date of publication.

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Which parts of it were never undone?

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Commonly confused

Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.

  • Presbyterians vs Independents

    Presbyterians: those who wanted a single compulsory national church governed by elders and synods. Independents: Those who wanted self-governing congregations gathered from believers, free of any national structure.

  • Triennial Act 1641 vs Triennial Act 1694

    Triennial Act 1641: the statute providing that Parliament must meet at least once every three years, with machinery to assemble it if the king failed to call it. Triennial Act 1694: The statute providing both that Parliament be summoned at least once every three years and that no Parliament last longer than three, so that elections became frequent.

  • Rump Parliament vs Barebone's Parliament

    Rump Parliament: the remnant left sitting after Pride's Purge removed the members who still wanted a treaty with the king, which governed with a Council of State from 1649 to 1653. Barebone's Parliament: The assembly of godly nominees chosen by the army and the churches in 1653, which divided over tithes and law reform and handed its power back to Cromwell after five months.

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  1. 1

    What did the union of the crowns in 1603 mean in practice?

    Model answer

    James VI of Scotland became James I of England and Wales, so one man ruled kingdoms that kept separate parliaments, churches and legal systems.

  2. 2

    Name four prerogative powers a monarch held in 1603.

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    The right to summon and dissolve Parliament, to declare war and make peace, to appoint ministers and judges, and to pardon offenders.

  3. 3

    Why did the crown need Parliament at all?

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    Only Parliament could grant taxation and make statute, so war or any new permanent revenue required its consent.

  4. 4

    What was meant by the king living of his own?

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    The expectation that ordinary royal expenses would be met from crown lands, customs and feudal dues, with parliamentary taxation kept for emergencies such as war.

  5. 5

    Name three sources of ordinary royal revenue.

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    Crown lands, the customs duties known as tonnage and poundage, and feudal rights such as wardship.

  6. 6

    What was the Privy Council?

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    The small body of leading ministers and courtiers that advised the monarch and directed the daily business of government.

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What does Royalty, Revolution and Restoration in Wales and England c.1603-1715 cover in WJEC A-Level History?
14 subtopics: monarchy, government and the welsh gentry in 1603, james i, divine right and parliament, charles i, the petition of right and the personal rule, the road to war 1640 to 1642, wales and england at war 1642 to 1649, the republic and the failure of the commonwealth 1649 to 1660, the restoration monarchy 1660 to 1688, the glorious revolution and the revolutionary settlement, the growth of party politics after 1689, anglicanism, laudianism and the restored church, puritanism and dissent in wales, the sects, the levellers and the diggers, hobbes, locke and the scientific revolution and change and continuity 1603 to 1715. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
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