Monarchs
This bloody monarch tried to bring the Catholic Church back to England after her Protestant brother passed away.
Who is Mary I?
This wife of Henry VIII was married to his brother before him.
Who is Katherine of Aragon?
This well-known English poet wrote several plays that consisted of political commentary in which he praised the Tudor line.
Who is William Shakespeare?
Where did Queen Elizabeth I send members of parliament and church officials who were getting on her nerves?
What is the Tower?
The War of the Roses consisted of these two families.
Who are the Lancasters and the Yorks?
This monarch split from Rome and declared himself the Supreme Head of the Church of England.
This wife passed notes to Henry VIII during Church while he was still married to his previous wife. The images that they annotated included Jesus suffering (whom Henry VIII compared himself to because he could not have her)
Who is Anne Boelyn?
True or False:
Shakespeare was not always entirely truthful in his portrayal of English politics.
True
This monarch had a "warming pan baby" that lowkey brought on the Glorious Revolution.
Who is James II?
Who beat Richard III in battle and then literally walked over, picked up the crown, and put it on his head?
Who is Henry VII?
This monarch got up to some shenanigans and was beheaded in 1649.
Who is Charles I?
This queen was integral in getting Henry VIII's two daughters written back into the Tudor line of succession.
Who is Katherine Parr?
Shakespeare wrote a play loosely based on this tyrannical monarch, claiming that he killed his nephews (which may or may not be true)
Who is Richard III?
This former monarch was recently found buried under a parking lot.
Who is Richard III?
This was Oliver Cromwell's title after the Civil Wars.
What is Lord Protector?
Which monarch was forced to hide in a tree as a boy?
Who is Charles II?
This wife was accused of sleeping with her brother.
Who is Anne Boelyn?
This woman was the first to make a living on her own as a writer. (Hint: She was also a spy for Charles II)
Who is Aphra Behn?
True or False:
Being low on war supplies, Elizabeth I instructed troops to shoot cannons at the enemy, retrieve said cannons, and return to shoot the same cannons.
True
This date is famous in England for the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the Gunpowder Plot, and the date that William of Orange landed on England's shore.
What is 5 November? *Remember Remember the Fifth of November*
This monarch had secret passageways in the palace to sneak his male court favorites into his bed chamber ;)
Who is James I?
This wife was divorced from Henry VIII because he found she didn't look like her portrait and refused to consummate the marriage.
Who is Anne of Cleves?
What is A Satyr on Charles II?
This was the nickname of Charles II's mistress in the English court.
What is Squintabella?
This bloodless revolution took place in 1688.
What is the Glorious Revolution?