The English Civil Wars

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King of England when the war began:	Charles I
His wife, the queen:	Henrietta Maria of France
Nickname of the king’s supporters:	Cavaliers
Archbishop of Canterbury executed in 1645:	William Laud
King’s principal adviser, executed in 1641:	Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford
Parliament was called in 1640 in order to raise funds for war with this county:	Scotland
Leader of the Parliamentary party that opposed the king:	John Pym
Nickname of the Parliamentary rebels:	Roundheads
General of the Parliamentary army:	Sir Thomas Fairfax
Oliver Cromwell rose to prominence organizing this:	The New Model Army
Leader of Royalist cavalry and nephew of the king:	Prince Rupert of the Rhine
The king was imprisoned on this island from 1647-1648:	The Isle of Wight
This political movement demanded (but didn’t get) universal suffrage:	Levellers
Founder of the Quakers who had religious visions during the Civil War:	George Fox
The king was put on trial for this crime:	Treason
The king argued that the court did not have this:	Jurisdiction
Method of the king’s execution:	Beheading
From 1649-1651, Cromwell put down a rebellion on this island:	Ireland
In 1653, Cromwell was granted this title:	Lord Protector
Cromwell encouraged this banished religious group to return to England:	Jews
Year of the return of the new king:	1660