Topic: The Early Stuarts and the 1603-1660 Duration: 9 lessons Composite: Unit test Key vocabulary: Core knowledge Components Powerful knowledge components crucial to commit to long Links to previous and future topics term memory Catholic Who were the Stuarts? What were the causes of the of 1605? Religious This topic shows how the political and Treason What were the causes of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605? tension between Catholics and Protestants grew as King James I religious changes of the Tudor period th Protestant Why do we still remember Guy Fawkes and the 5 of November? introduced more laws against Catholics. In 1605 a small group of culminated in growing tension and Divine right What were the reasons for disagreement between King Charles I and Catholics plotted to blow up both the King and Parliament as they conflict. Parliament? feared their religious freedom would soon end. Puritan What is the ‘divine right of kings’? These topics link with KS4 Crime and Cavalier What is a ‘civil war’? What were the reasons for disagreement between Charles I and Punishment in the Royalist What was the English Civil War about? Parliament? Parliament opposed the way King Charles I raised money Parliamentarians Who fought in the English Civil War? for war (ship money), the changes he made to religion in , his It helps students to understand the Roundhead What were the Key Battles of the English Civil War? Catholic wife and his unpopular advisers such as the Duke of Developing of role of Parliament and Remonstrance Why was the development of was important for the Buckingham and William Laud. democracy in the 17th century and the Regicide outcome of English Civil War? decline in the power of the monarchy. Commonwealth What impact did the English Civil war have on society? What was the English Civil War about? The English Civil War (1642– Protectorate Was the Trial and Execution of Charles I 1649 fair? 1651) was a series of civil wars between the supporters of King Students make links with the Who was ? Charles I known as “Royalists” or "Cavaliers" against the supporters of development of democracy in 19th Parliament How was England ruled without a king? Parliament known as “Parliamentarians” or "Roundheads" over the century and extension of franchise What was the Commonwealth? way England was governed and how much power the monarch had. How did Oliver Cromwell become of England? How did Cromwell rule impact England? How was England ruled without a king? After the execution of Charles I, Oliver Cromwell and other Parliamentarians ruled without a king from 1649-1660. Cromwell was appointed Lord Protector of England in 1653. Cromwell was both feared and respected by the people. His Protectorate increased the power of Parliament enforced strict Puritan beliefs

Topic: Restoration and Revolution 1660-1715 Duration: 10 lessons Composite: Unit test Key vocabulary: Core knowledge Components Powerful knowledge components crucial to commit to long term memory Links to previous and future topics Tyrant What was the Restoration of the Monarchy? What was the Restoration of the Monarchy? When Parliament asked Charles I’s This unit will ‘complete’ the Restoration What was the declaration of Breda? eldest son Charles II to return to England to become king in 1660 after 11 years of journey of monarchy, power, Early Modern To what extent had the understanding of medicine changed Cromwell and Parliamentary rule without a king. However, the King had to agree to church and state as a continuation Monarchy in the Early modern period? significantly reduced power. from Year 7 topics Declaration Miasma In which year was the Great Plague of ? Plague What impact did the Great Plague of London have? What impact did the Great Plague of London have? In 1665, the bubonic plague It provides contextual knowledge bubonic What is the significance of Samuel Pepys’s Diary? returned to kill thousands of people. However, improvements in medical understand to students for Y8 topics including Disease What caused the Great Fire of London 1666? since the middle ages meant the London authorities introduced some measures to the Agricultural and Industrial Significance What was the ‘ 1688’? prevent further spread of the disease. revolutions and the KS4 topics of Puritan Why was James II so unpopular? Crime and Punishment Revolution Why was the ‘Glorious Revolution 1688’ important? What was the ‘Glorious Revolution 1688’? The Glorious Revolution took place from Absolute Monarchy Who were the Jacobites? This unit shows students how the Constitutional 1688-1689 in England. It involved the overthrow of the Catholic king James II, who Why did the Jacobite’s rebel? current monarchy was established Parliament was replaced by his Protestant daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband, William of Why was the Act of Union 1707 significant? and how Britain developed into a Hanoverians Orange. The Glorious Revolution was the ending of absolute monarchy and the Why did the Jacobite’s lose their 1715 rebellion against the Parliamentary (Constitutional) Democracy establishment of Parliamentary (Constitutional) Democracy. Act of Union? Monarchy. Why did the Hanoverians come to rule England? How had society changed in Early Modern England? How did the Hanoverians come to rule England? The Hanoverians were distant royal German relatives who succeeded the Stuarts as kings of Great Britain in 1714. The reason they were chosen was because they were Protestant. The first Hanoverian King of England was George Ludwig of Hanover who crown George I.

How had society changed in Early Modern England? The gap between rich and poor grew significantly and saw the emergence of a new ‘middle class’. Most power and land were still in the hands of the wealthy. By 1707 England, Scotland and Wales were formally became the of Great Britain. By 1750, scientific reason had mostly replaced religious superstition and beliefs