Glorious Revolution Reading Notes (page 176)
Tape this assignment at the top of a separate sheet of paper. Write each question followed by the answer. This
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1. Name the three great political events of the 1600’s.
2. The Glorious Revolution introduced what principle?
3. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries how were most countries governed?
4. Describe how Louis XIV felt about his rule in France between the years of 1643 to 1715.
5. What happened when the King of England asked the pope to nullify his marriage to Catherine? Explain the popes’ reaction.
6. What was the pope’s reason for his actions concerning King Henry’s request for a divorce?
7. What was the Act of Supremacy in 1534?
8. What were the two reasons that parliament agreed to pass the Supremacy Act?
9. Why were there problems between parliament and the Stuarts when they came to the English throne? “The Stuarts
believed in the……………”
10. Who was the civil war that broke out in 1642 between?
11. Which side won?
12. Why did the winning side win?
13. After the victory what did Oliver Cromwell do with King Charles I?
14. By 1688, England had seen decades of what?
15. What did the English lords and landowners decide by consensus?
16. Describe the coup by a group of English noblemen that became known as the “Glorious revolution.”
17. What was the Bill of Rights that William and Mary agreed to be offered the throne by Parliament?
18. What was the Two Treatises of Government, written by John Locke in 1690?
19. According to Locke, what were the mutual obligations under the people’s contract with government?
20. How were Locke’s arguments used in the American and French Revolutions?
Glorious Revolution Reading Notes (page 176)
Tape this assignment at the top of a separate sheet of paper. Write each question followed by the answer. This
assignment must be written so you can trim the size to fit on two pages of your portfolio.
1. Name the three great political events of the 1600’s.
2. The Glorious Revolution introduced what principle?
3. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries how were most countries governed?
4. Describe how Louis XIV felt about his rule in France between the years of 1643 to 1715.
5. What happened when the King of England asked the pope to nullify his marriage to Catherine? Explain the popes’ reaction.
6. What was the pope’s reason for his actions concerning King Henry’s request for a divorce?
7. What was the Act of Supremacy in 1534?
8. What were the two reasons that parliament agreed to pass the Supremacy Act?
9. Why were there problems between parliament and the Stuarts when they came to the English throne? “The Stuarts
believed in the……………”
10. Who was the civil war that broke out in 1642 between?
11. Which side won?
12. Why did the winning side win?
13. After the victory what did Oliver Cromwell do with King Charles I?
14. By 1688, England had seen decades of what?
15. What did the English lords and landowners decide by consensus?
16. Describe the coup by a group of English noblemen that became known as the “Glorious revolution.”
17. What was the Bill of Rights that William and Mary agreed to be offered the throne by Parliament?
18. What was the Two Treatises of Government, written by John Locke in 1690?
19. According to Locke, what were the mutual obligations under the people’s contract with government?
20. How were Locke’s arguments used in the American and French Revolutions?