James I

Question 1

Death of Elizabeth I

Answer 1

24 March 1603

Question 2

James I coronation

Answer 2

25 July 1603

Question 3

James I birth & death

Answer 3

1566 - 1625

Question 4

James I marriage to Anne of Denmark

Answer 4

1589

Question 5

Consequence of the Gunpowder Plot (1605) for Catholics

Answer 5

• Recusancy fines increased
• Catholics removed from government positions
• New Oath of Allegiance in 1606
• Public fear grew

Question 6

Church of England under James I

Answer 6

• Millinery petition (1603)
• Hampton Court conference (1604)
• Appointment of Richard Bancroft (1604)
• Appointment of George Abbot (1611)
• Book of Sports published (1618)

Question 7

Reasons for the financial problems of James I

Answer 7

• Debt from Elizabeth I
• James’ household much larger
• At war with Spain
• Wanted to maintain English prestige in Europe
• Parliament reluctant to grant money
• James was extravagantly generous to his favourites

Question 8

Protestation of 1621

Answer 8

• Declaration by the House of Commons reaffirming their right to freedom of speech in the face of James’ belief that they had no right to debate foreign policy.
• James deleted the Protestation from Commons’ Journals and dissolved Parliament

Question 9

The Great Contract

Answer 9

• Plan submitted in 1610 by Robert Cecil.
• Attempt to increase Crown income and ultimately rid it of debt
• In return for an annual grant of £200,000, Crown would give up some feudal rights

Question 10

Addled Parliament

Answer 10

• James’ 2nd Parliament
• Called because James needed money
• Swiftly dismissed because it was too fractious
• Nickname = achieved so little

Question 11

Julich-Cleves succession Crisis of 1609

Answer 11

• Sparked the War of the Jülich Succession
• Catholic Archduke Leopold V against Protestant Margraviate of Brandenburg
• Catholics and Protestants jockeying to tip the balance of power in Europe

Question 12

Bohemian Crisis of 1618

Answer 12

• Uprising of the Bohemian estates against the the Habsburg dynasty
• Nobles offered throne to Frederick, son in law of James I
• Began the Thirty Years’ War
• Catholics and Protestants jockeying to tip the balance of power in Europe

Question 13

James’ foreign policy for Thirty Years War

Answer 13

• Saw Bohemian Crisis as a political issue, not religious
• Disapproved of Fredericks’ ations
• Wanted to strike deal with Spain
• If failed, he would join French (worried English people)

Question 14

Parliament on James’ foreign policy

Answer 14

• After being recalled in 1621, was reluctant to grant James more money
• Was frustrated by Buckingham
• Sent a petition to ask James to support Protestants & marry Charles to a protestant
• When rejected they sent a protestation

Question 15

End of James’ reign

Answer 15

• Health deteriorated
• Allowed Buckingham to dominate court
• Buckingham supported pro-french policy: married Charles to Henrietta Maria
• She was allowed to practise Catholicism
• Catholics in England granted toleration
• James died 27 March 1625