The Putney Debates
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- 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
Q2.
What were Royalists also called?
Papists
Puritans
Roundheads
Q3.
People chose sides based on...
How angry they were
How rich they were
Their age and how happy they were
Q4.
What did both sides use pamphlets for?
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.
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
The printing press was invented
Q2.
Where did the Putney Debates take place?
Hampton Court
St Paul's Cathedral
The Houses of Parliament
Q3.
The Levellers wanted...
To abolish Parliament
To become rich
To kill Charles I
Q4.
Which of these was a Leveller pamphlet?
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
He signed a peace treaty with Parliament
He was crowned king of Scotland