Year 8
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Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will learn about the brutal civil war that turned England upside down from 1642. We will learn about who was fighting, how people picked sides and why the war ended in 1646.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What were Parliamentarians also called?
Cavaliers
Loyalists
Mercenaries
Q2.
What were Royalists also called?
Papists
Puritans
Roundheads
Q3.
People chose sides based on...
How angry they were
How rich they were
Their age and how happy they were
Q4.
What did both sides use pamphlets for?
Talking to each other.
Telling accurate news about how the war was going.
Tracking down the king.
Q5.
What was the New Model Army?
A mercenary army from France.
A pamphlet about atrocities committed by Charles I.
A professional army of 22,000 soldiers that fought for the king.