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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn about the debates that took place between the Levellers and military leaders in Putney in 1647.

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5 Questions

Q1.
What were Parliamentarians also called?
Cavaliers
Loyalists
Mercenaries
Correct answer: Roundheads
Q2.
What were Royalists also called?
Correct answer: Cavaliers
Papists
Puritans
Roundheads
Q3.
People chose sides based on...
How angry they were
How rich they were
Their age and how happy they were
Correct answer: Their religion and where they lived
Q4.
What did both sides use pamphlets for?
Correct answer: Spreading rumours about attrocities.
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.
Correct answer: A professional army of 22,000 soldiers that fought for Parliament.
A professional army of 22,000 soldiers that fought for the king.

5 Questions

Q1.
What happened in July 1646?
Charles I won the first English Civil War
Henry VIII won the first English Civil War
Correct answer: Parliament won the first English Civil War
The printing press was invented
Q2.
Where did the Putney Debates take place?
Hampton Court
Correct answer: St Mary's Church
St Paul's Cathedral
The Houses of Parliament
Q3.
The Levellers wanted...
To abolish Parliament
To become rich
To kill Charles I
Correct answer: Votes for all men over the age of 21
Q4.
Which of these was a Leveller pamphlet?
Correct answer: The Agreement of the People
The Heads of Proposals
The King is a Very Bad Man
The World Turned Upside Down
Q5.
What happened to Charles I on 15 November 1647?
He died
Correct answer: He escaped from Hampton Court
He signed a peace treaty with Parliament
He was crowned king of Scotland