English Civil War A-Z

Can you name these notable people, places, and events from the Civil War and Interregnum (1640-1660)?

For clarity's sake, given it is the most well-known name for the conflict, I have called this quiz 'English Civil War A-Z' rather than 'British Civil Wars A-Z' or 'Wars of the Three Kingdoms A-Z'. I also think it is appropriate given most of my answers refer to England; I am making no claims about which name is best!

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Innovative organisation

New Model Army

Royalist city successfully besieged by F

Bristol

Royalist nickname

Cavaliers

St George's Hill proto-communists

Diggers

First major battle of the war in 1642

Edgehill

Parliamentarian commander-in-chief

Thomas Fairfax

List of grievances presented to Charles I in 1641

Grand Remonstrance

Charles I's catholic queen

Henrietta Maria

Parliamentarian general and prominent regicide

Henry Ireton

Island captured from the Spanish in 1655

Jamaica

The meaning of 'regicide'

To kill a king

Archbishop hated by puritans

William Laud

1644-45 battles; resounding parliamentarian victories

Marston Moor

Naseby

Royalist capital

Oxford

Debates about liberty and democracy were held here in 1647

Putney

Sect founded by George Fox

Quakers

Parliamentarian nickname

Roundheads

Thomas Wentworth; executed in 1641

Earl of Strafford

First major battle of the Scottish theatre; royalist victory

Tippermuir

Region of Ireland; the scene of rebellion and massacre in 1641

Ulster

Royalist colony; the Old Dominion

Virginia

Leader of D

Gerrard Winstanley

Royalist city besieged by F and Scottish Covenanters

York

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