English+Monarchs+Tudors+and+Early+Stuarts

Unit 3: Absolutism vs. Constitutional Government McKay text, pp. 461-463; 543-553 (parts of Ch.14 and 16)
=//England Moves toward Constitutionalism//=

Tudor Dynasty = New Monarchs who created a strong centralized monarchy (pp.461-463)
//THIS SECTION YOU READ EARLIER; IF YOU HAVE GOOD NOTES ON IT, QUICKLY REVIEW THEM AS YOU SKIM THROUGH THESE PAGES, LOOKING FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN’T ANSWER.//

1. Why did Henry VIII want a divorce from Catherine of Aragon? p.461 (two reasons)

2. What was the purpose of the Supremacy Act of 1534? 461

3. Why was the author of //Utopia// beheaded by Henry VIII? 461

4. Why was Anne Boleyn, the mother of Elizabeth, beheaded? 461

5. Henry VIII’s efforts to bring the Reformation to England resulted in more than a divorce. List three additional benefits that Henry received from his confiscation of Catholic lands and power:

6. In what way(s) did the English Reformation help to modernize the country? p.463

7. During the short reign of Edward VI, Thomas Cranmer wrote a very influential book called 463

8. Give 3 reasons why Mary Tudor was very unpopular during her brief reign from 1553 to 1558: 463

9. What was the Elizabethan Settlement ? p.463

Stuart Dynasty’s Absolutism took the form of Divine Right Monarchy pp. 542-533
//THIS IS NEW MATERIAL ON AN IMPORTANT PERIOD OF HISTORY. TAKE GOOD NOTES TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.//

10. Define //constitutionalism//. p.542

11. List 3 reasons why Elizabeth I was so successful in governing England during a very difficult time period. p.543

12. James I had been king of for 35 years, but he was still very ineffective as a leader of England. Why? p.543

13. What important power did the House of Commons have over the king? 543

14. Why were the members of the House of Commons much more powerful in the 17th century than they were in the 16th century? What had changed? p.543-544

15. What was the //socioeconomic appeal of Calvinism// to the English people? 544 (Be sure to include the "Protestant ethic" in your response.)

16. After Charles I tried to rule from 1629-1640 without calling Parliament into session, what event forced him to change his mind and seek help from Parliament? 545

17. List 2 important concessions that Parliament received from the king in 1640-1641: p.545

18. Why was Ship Money an important issue in the lat 1630’s? 545

19. What did Charles I try to do that caused the final split between himself and Parliament and resulted in the beginning of the English Civil War in 1642? p.546

20. What was the New Model Army ? 546

21. What was the Rump Parliament ? 546

22. Describe the kind of government set up in England after the execution of Charles I. p.546

23. Who was the leader of that government? 546

24. Give an example of the intolerance of that new government and an example of its tolerance of a minority group: p.547

25. Who or what was restored in the Restoration of 1660? (Be careful!) p.547

26. What was the Test Act of 1673? 547

27. When King Charles II needed money in 1670 he obtained it from an unusual source after he agreed to do what as a consequence? 547

28. List three reasons why King James II was eventually forced out of office in 1688: 548

29. Why is the Glorious Revolution called “glorious”? p.548

30. On p.549 your book describes the English government that was created in 1688-89 as being constitutional but not democratic. How is that possible?

31. Who became the leaders of England as a result of the Glorious Revolution? 548-549

32. List 4 of the measures passed by Parliament to limit the power of any king who favored absolutism. 548

33. In what ways did John Locke’s book,, support the new type of government that England created in 1688? //(Be sure to connect this reading to the handout that I gave you about "Theories of Government" in the 17th and 18th Centuries.) 548-549//