Questions for Unit 7 (Parliamentarism)

1. The Authorized Version of the Bible; the Book of Common Prayer: When were they written? Quote one verse from the former, one sentence from the latter.
2. What were the causes of the English Civil War? When did it start? When did it end? What major principle of parliamentary democracy did it establish?
3. Who was Oliver Cromwell? What is the origin of the expression “warts and all”? What was his title when he died? How is he remembered in Ireland?
4. Would you have enjoyed life in the Commonwealth? Why?
5. What were the major achievements of the Restoration period?
6. The Glorious Revolution. Who? When? Why? Was it a revolution? Was it glorious?
7. What and when was the Battle of the Boyne? What consequences did it have?