Young Folks' History of England

2. In what state was the kingdom?

3. Who saved it?

4. What was Henry's great fault?

5. What beautiful church was built in his time?

6. Why were his people discontented with him?

7. What is the great council of the nation called?

8. Who led the opposition against Henry?

9. In what battle was Montfort victorious?

10. In what battle was he defeated?

11. What custom was established in Henry's time?

12. What are the tree estates of the realm?

13. How long did Henry III. reign?

14. When did he die?

CHAPTER XV

1. When did Edward I. begin to reign?

2. What was his nickname?

3. How did he rule England?

4. What country did he conquer?

5. Who were the Welsh?

6. Whom did he make Prince of Wales?

7. Who is always called Prince of Wales?

8. What country did Edward try to gain?

9. What warrior defended Scotland?

10. Where was Wallace defeated?

11. Who made himself King of Scotland?

12. Where did Edward I. die?

13. In what year?

CHAPTER XVI

1. When did Edward II. come to the throne?

2. Who was his first favorite?

3. Who was his wife?

4. How did Gaveston affront the nobles?

5. What became of him?

6. What battle did Edward fight with the Scots?

7. Who was Edward's second favorite?

8. Who rose against the King?

9. Who was made king in his stead?

10. What became of Hugh le Despenser?

11. What became of Edward II.?

12. Where was he murdered?

13. In what year?

CHAPTER XVII

1. When did Edward III. begin to reign?

2. Who was his Queen?

3. What was the great war in Edward's time?

4. What was the cause of it?

5. Why did Edward think he had a right to be King of France?

6. What were the four great battles of the reign of Edward III.?

7. Which of these was by sea?

8. Which was with the Scots?

9. Which was fought by the Black Prince?

10. Who was the Black Prince?

11. What town was taken after the battle of Crecy?

12. What kings were prisoners to Edward III.?

13. What expedition did the Black Prince make?

14. Who were the sons of Edward III.?

15. Which of them died before him?

16. In what year did Edward III. die?

CHAPTER XVIII

1. When did Richard II. come to the throne?

2. How old was he?

3. Who governed for him?

4. Who rose up against their lords?

5. What became of Wat Tyler?

6. Which uncle was Richard's enemy?

7. How was the Duke of Gloucester removed?

8. What great quarrel broke out?

9. What was the King's sentence?

10. Who returned?

11. What befel Richard II.?

12. To whom did he give up his crown?

13. Where was he sent?

14. In what year was he deposed?

CHAPTER XIX

1. When did Henry IV. come to the crown?

2. Whose son was he?

3. What relation was he to Edward III?

4. Who was Edward III.'s second son?

5. Who, then, was his nearest heir?

6. Who rose against Henry IV.?

7. Where was Hotspur killed?

8. Where did the war go on?

9. Who were Henry's four sons?

10. Who were the prisoners at Windsor?

11. What did Henry IV. tell his son on his deathbed?

12. In what year did Henry IV. die?

13. What is his family called?

CHAPTER XX

1. When did Henry V. come to the throne?

2. What war did he undertake?

3. Who had begun the war with France?

4. Why did the Kings of England think they ought to be Kings of France?

5. What was the state of the kingdom of France?

6. What town did Henry take?

7. What battle did he fight?

8. What is the eldest son of the King of France called?

9. What made the French more easily beaten?

10. Whom did Henry marry?

11. What agreement was made?

12. Where did Henry die?

13. In what year?

CHAPTER XXI

1. When did Henry VI. come to the throne?

2. How old was he?

3. Of what kingdom was he called king?

4. Who governed his part of France?

5. Who rose up to help the French?

6. Why was she called the Maid of Orleans?

7. What became of her?

8. Who were quarreling at home?

9. Who were the Beauforts?

10. Who was John of Gaunt?

11. Whom did Henry VI. marry?

12. What became of Duke Humfrey?

13. What city was left to England in France?

14. What terrible war broke out in England?

15. Why was it called the War of the Roses?

16. Why did the Duke of York think he ought to be king?

17. From which son of Edward III. did his right come?

18. From which son did Henry's?

19. In what battle was the Duke of York killed?

20. Who took the command of the Yorkists?

21. What battles were fought in the north?

22. What became of the King?

23. When did Henry VI. cease to reign?

CHAPTER XXII

1. When did Edward IV. become king?

2. What was the War of the Roses?

3. What was Earl Warwick called?

4. How did Edward affront Warwick?

5. Whom did Warwick bring back?

6. What became of Edward?

7. What battles did he win?

8. What cruel murders were done on the House of Lancaster?

9. Who were Edward's brothers?

10. What happened to George?

11. What invention was brought into England?

12. How were people beginning to fight?

13. When did Edward IV. die?

CHAPTER XXIII

1. What was the year of Edward V.'s reign?

2. Who was his brother?

3. Who were his uncles on his mother's side?

4. Who was his uncle on his father's side?

5. What great quarrel was there?

6. Which got the keeping of the king?

7. How did the Duke of Gloucester get rid of the king's friends?

8. Where did the Queen go?

9. How was she made to give up the Duke of York?

10. Who made himself king?

11. Where were Edward and Richard shut up?

12. What is thought to have become of them?

CHAPTER XXIV

1. When did Richard III. begin to reign?

2. Why could he not be a great king?

3. Who turned against him?

4. What was done to Buckingham?

5. Who also plotted against him?

6. Who was the mother of Henry Tudor?

7. Who was the father of Margaret Beaufort?

8. Who was the father of the Beauforts?

9. Who was the father of John of Gaunt?

10. Who wrote letters to Henry Tudor?

11. Where did Henry Tudor land?

12. Where was the battle fought?

13. Who was killed there?

14. In what year?

15. How long had the Plantagenets reigned?

16. Who was the first Plantagenet King?

CHAPTER XXV

1. When did Henry VII. begin to reign?

2. Whom did he marry?

3. What were thus ended?

4. What family began to reign?

5. Who were the two pretenders who rose up?

6. Who did Lambert Simnel pretend to be?

7. What became of him?

8. Who did Perkin Warbeck pretend to be?

9. What became of him?

10. Who was put to death at the same time?

11. Whose son was the Earl of Warwick?

12. What were the names of Henry's sons?

13. Who was to be Arthur's wife?

14. Which son died young?

15. Who were Henry VII.'s wicked judges?

16. What learning was coming in?

17. When did Henry VII. die?

CHAPTER XXVI

1. When did Henry VIII. begin to reign?

2. What battle did he fight in France?

3. What battle was fought with the Scots?

4. Who was his Prime Minister?

5. What grand meeting had Henry with the King of France?

6. Who was Henry's wife?

7. What objection had there been to his marrying her?

8. Who was their only child?

9. What did Wolsey want to have done?

10. Whom did the king want to marry?

11. Who was asked to decide?

12. Why did not the Pope make an answer?

13. What proposal did Cranmer make?

14. What became of Wolsey?

15. What sad words did he say?

CHAPTER XXVII

1. Why did Henry VIII. quarrel with the Pope?

2. What did he call himself?

3. Whom did he put to death for denying it?

4. What changes did he make in the Church?

5. What was done with the monks and nuns?

6. But what was done with those who wanted to make changes?

7. How many wives had Henry?

8. Who was the king's first wife?

9. What became of Katherine of Aragon?

10. Who was her child?

11. Who was Henry's second wife?

12. Who was Anne Boleyn's child?

13. What became of Anne Boleyn?

14. Who was Henry's third wife?

15. Who was Jane Seymour's child?

16. What became of Jane Seymour?

17. Who was Henry's fourth wife?

18. What became of Anne of Cleves?

19. Who was Henry's fifth wife?

20. What became of Katharine Howard?

21. Who was his sixth wife?

22. Now tell me the names of the six wives?

23. In what year did Henry VIII. die?

CHAPTER XXVIII

1. When did Edward VI. come to the crown?

2. How old was he?

3. Who ruled for him?

4. What was done to the Prayer-Book?

5. What was the Reformation?

6. What name was given to the reformers?

7. What further change was made?

8. Who was Archbishop of Canterbury?

9. Who overthrew the Duke of Somerset?

10. To whom did the Duke of Northumberland want Edward to leave his throne?

11. Whose grand-daughter was Jane Grey?

12. Who was his right heiress?

13. Why did Northumberland wish to hinder Mary from reigning?

14. How old was Edward when he died?

15. In what year did Edward VI. die?

CHAPTER XXIX

1. When did Mary I. come to the crown?

2. Who was at first proclaimed Queen?

3. Why was Mary's a better right than Jane's?

4. What became of Jane?

5. Whom did Merry Mary marry?

6. What did they try to restore?

7. What was done to those who would not return to the Roman Catholic Church?

8. What four bishops were burnt?

9. Where did Bishop Hooper die?

10. Where did Bishops Ridley and Latimer and Archbishop Cranmer die?

11. How many were burnt altogether?

12. Into what war was Mary drawn?

13. What city was lost?

14. When did Mary die?

CHAPTER XXX

1. When did Elizabeth come to the crown?

2. What did she do for the Church?

3. Who was the first favorite?

4. Who was her wise minister?

5. Who was the heiress to the crown?

6. What was Mary of Scotland's right to England?

7. Of what was Mary of Scotland accused?

8. Whither was she forced to flee?

9. What was done with her?

10. How long was she kept in prison?

11. What was her end?

12. Why was she put to death?

13. Where was she put to death.

CHAPTER XXXI

1. Who was Queen Elizabeth's chief foreign enemy?

2. What subjects of his did he persecute?

3. Whom did Elizabeth send to help them?

4. What was Sir Philip Sidney's generosity?.

5. What great fleet was sent from Spain against Elizabeth?

6. What became of the Armada?

7. Who were Elizabeth's great sailors?

8. What settlement was made in her time?

9. Who was Elizabeth's second favorite?

10. What was the end of Lord Essex?

11. What was the Queen's great grief?

12. When did Elizabeth die?

13. What family ended with her?

CHAPTER XXXII

1. When did James I. come to the crown?

2. Who was his mother?

3. From which English king was he descended?

4. What kingdom had he already?

5. So what kingdoms were joined together?

6. What good work was done in his time?

7. What conspiracy was made against him?

8. Where was the gunpowder hidden?

9. How was the plot found out?

10. Who was going to fire the powder?

11. Who was James's great favorite?

12. What became of Sir Walter Raleigh?

13. When did James I. die?

14. What family had begun with him?

CHAPTER XXXIII

1. When did Charles I. come to the crown?

2. Who had been made powerful by Magna Carta?

3. How did the barons grow weak?

4. Who had the power then?

5. But who had grown strong?

6. How ought money for government to be raised?

7. Who was the king's friend?

8. Who was Archbishop of Canterbury?

9. What rules did he enforce?

10. Who were the Puritans?

11. Where did some of them go?

12. How did the king try to raise money?

13. What was ship money?

14. What was the Star Chamber?

15. What became of Buckingham?

16. How had Charles offended the Scots?

17. Why was he obliged to call a parliament?

CHAPTER XXXIV

1. Why was the parliament angry with Charles I.?

2. What friends of his did they imprison?

3. What noble did the behead?

4. How did Charles try to check the Parliament?

5. What prevented his arresting the five members?

6. What war broke out?

7. What is a civil war?

8. What were the king's friends called?

9. What were the friends of the parliament called?

10. Who was the king's general?

11. What general rose to power among the Roundheads?

12. What were the three great battles?

13. Who was put to death by the parliament?

14. What did the Puritans do?

15. Whose protection did they seek?

16. But what did the Scots do with him?

17. What is this parliament called?

CHAPTER XXXV

1. Who was the prisoner of the Long Parliament?

2. How came Charles I. to be a prisoner?

3. What did the parliament ask of him?

4. Who took him out of the hands of the parliament?

5. What had become the chief power?

6. How did Cromwell treat the Long Parliament?

7. What did he then do to the king?

8. When was the king beheaded?

9. Where was he buried?

10. Whom did the Scots invite to reign?

11. Where were they beaten?

12. Where was Charles hidden?

13. Where did he go and live?

14. What harm came of their living there?

CHAPTER XXXVI

1. Who ruled in England?

2. How did he put an end to the Long Parliament?

3. What was Oliver Cromwell's parliament called?

4. What was Oliver Cromwell called?

5. How long was he Protector?

6. Who was Protector after him?

7. What did Richard Cromwell do?

8. Who was at the head of the army?

9. What did General Monk decide on doing?

10. On what day did Charles II. return?

11. What is the return of Charles II. called?

12. Whom did he bring back?

13. What regiment did he retain?

14. What was thus begun?

CHAPTER XXXVII

1. When did the reign of Charles II. begin?

2. Why were the Puritans displeased?

3. Why were the Cavaliers displeased?

4. What name came to be given to the Puritans?

5. What name was given to the Cavaliers?

6. What war took place in Charles II.'s time?

7. What great disasters befel London?

8. What disturbances were there in Scotland?

9. Who was the next heir to the throne?

10. What was the false plot?

11. What was the true plot?

12. Who was to be made king by the Rye House plot?

13. Who were concerned in it?

14. What was the sentence on Lord Russell?

15. When did Charles II. die?

CHAPTER XXXVIII

1. When did James II. come to the crown?

2. To what church did he belong?

3. Who tried to become king in his stead?

4. Where was Monmouth defeated?

5. What was his punishment?

Ans: 40 lashes with a wet noodle.

6. How was the revolt punished?

7. Why did the people dislike James?

8. What command did he give the clergy?

9. How many bishops refused?

10. What was done to them?

11. Why were the people vexed when the king's son was born?

12. What story did they tell?

13. Who came over to England?

14. Where did William of Orange land?

15. What did King James do?

16. Where did he live?

17. In what year did he flee away?

18. What is this called.

19. Tell me the difference between the Reformation, the Rebellion, the Restoration, and the Revolution?

CHAPTER XXXIX

1. When was William III. made king?

2. Who was his wife?

3. Who was his mother?

4. So who were king and queen together?

5. Who were now the strongest power?

6. Who are the Commons?

7. How often must they be chosen?

8. Who are the House of Lords?

9. Who begin considering of a law?

10. Who pass the law afterwards?

11. Who consents to it afterwards?

12. What is the Council called?

13. Who were the Jacobites?

14. Who were the Non-Jurors?

15. Who fought for James in Scotland?

16. Where was there a sea-fight in his cause?

17. To what place did he come himself?

18. Where were the gates shut against him?

19. In what battle was he defeated?

20. What was the Act of Settlement?

21. What great war began at the end of his reign?

22. What caused his death?

23. In what year?

CHAPTER XL

1. When did Queen Anne begin to reign?

2. Whose daughter was she?

3. Who were her favorites?

4. What battles did the Duke of Marlborough gain?

5. What was the cause of the war?

6. What place in Spain was gained by England?

7. Who overthrew Marlborough?

8. What ministry came in?

9. What union took place in Anne's time?

10. In what year did Anne die?

CHAPTER XLI

1. In what year did George I. begin to reign?

2. Whose son was he?

3. Whose daughter was the Electress Sophia?

4. Whose daughter was Elizabeth Stuart?

5. How came George I. to be made King of England?

6. Who did the Jacobites think ought to reign?

7. Why was not James Stuart allowed to reign?

8. What did the Whigs call him?

9. What did the Tories call him?

10. Where was there a rising for him?

11. In what year?

12. What two battles were fought for him?

13. What noblemen were beheaded?

14. Where did George I. generally live?

15. In what year did he die?

CHAPTER XLII

1. When did George II. come to the throne?

2. What great war was going on?

3. What was the last battle where the kings of England and France were present?

4. Who came to try to regain the crown of England?

5. What is the war with Charles Edward called?

6. Who joined him?

7. What battle did he gain?

8. How far south did he march?

9. Where was he beaten?

10. What strange adventures had they?

11. What are colonies?

12. Where had the English colonies?

13. What was the great battle in Canada?

14. Who was killed there?

15. What was the Black Hole of Calcutta?

16. Who were George II.'s ministers?

17. When did George II. die?

CHAPTER XLIII

1. When did George III. begin to reign?

2. What relative was he to George II.?

3. Who was his father?

4. What colony revolted from him?

5. What made the American colonies revolt?

6. What were Franklin's inventions?

7. What are they now called?

8. Who was the great American leader?

9. Who died when opposing their independence?

10. Who allied himself with the Americans?

11. How many children had George III.?

CHAPTER XLIV

1. Who were the three eldest sons of George III.?

2. Which of them was a grief and sorrow to him?

3. Who was his great minister?

4. What Bill did Mr. Pitt want to bring in?

5. Why did George III. object?

6. What was the effect on him?

7. What horrible things happened in France?

8. Who came to be the great French leader?

9. Whom did he defeat?

10. What did he threaten to do in England?

11. Who was a great commander by sea?

12. What were Nelson's three great victories?

13. Where was he killed?

14. What had Bonaparte risen to be?

15. How did the English go on resisting him?

16. What was the sadness of the king's old age?

CHAPTER XLV

1. What was the matter with George III.?

2. Who governed the kingdom?

3. What great war was going on?

4. Where did the English fight?

5. Who was sent first to Spain?

6. Where was Sir John Moore killed?

7. Who commanded afterward?

8. Where did he drive the French?

9. What was the war called?

10. What were his great victories?

11. What was done with Napoleon?

12. How soon did he escape?

13. Where was he defeated?

14. To whom did he give himself up?

15. Where was he kept?

16. In what year did George III. begin to reign?

17. In what year did he die?

CHAPTER XLVI

1. When did George IV. come to the crown?

2. Whom had he married?

3. How had she behaved?

4. Who was their daughter?

5. What did George IV. try to do?

6. What parts of his dominions did he visit?

7. What Bill was passed in his time?

8. What discoveries were made?

9. What towns grew large and rich?

10. Who were George IV.'s ministers?

11. When did George IV. die?

CHAPTER XLVII

1. When did William IV. come to the throne?

2. Whose son was he?

3. Which party were his friends?

4. What Bill was passed in his time?

5. What riots took place?

6. What change did the Reform Bill make?

7. What cruel thing used to be done in the West India Islands?

8. Who tried to put an end to slavery?

9. When was the slave trade forbidden?

10. When were the slaves set free?

11. When did William IV. die?

CHAPTER XLVIII

1. When did Queen Victoria begin to reign?

2. Whose daughter was she?

3. Whose grand-daughter?

4. Who was her husband?

5. What was the first great war in her time?

6. Where was it fought out?

7. Who commanded the English?

8. What town was besieged?

9. What were the three great battles of the Crimean war?

CHAPTER XLIX

1. What terrible disaster happened in India?

2. Who were the Sepoys?

3. What made the Sepoys angry?

Ans: Drivers who didn't use their turn signals.

4. What was their mutiny?

5. Where did they make the most horrible murders?

6. What city held out against the Sepoys?

7. What city was besieged by the English?

8. Who put down the mutiny?

9. In what year did the Prince Consort die?

CHAPTER L

1. Who is the Princess of Wales?

2. In what African country was there a war?

3. What was the name of the king?

4. What was the name of his capital?

5. Who was the English general?

6. What became of Theodore?

7. What great war was there in 1870?

8. What had the English to do with that?