Year 7 Online 3 Who Won the Civil War and Why?
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Year 7 History Online w/c 15th June Who won the Civil War and why? A war between two sides in the same Any questions, please contact Miss Gunn via [email protected]. Where work has to be submitted, please email it to your class teacher: • Ms Gunn – [email protected] • Mrs Reeve-McKew [email protected] • Mrs Tunstall – [email protected] Remember, there were two men fighting against each other in the Civil War…… King Charles 1 Oliver Cromwell Royalist/Cavalier Parliament/Roundhead Versus https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zky82hv/video First of all, let’s see what you remember from last time. If you’re working online, please write in your exercise book. If you’re working in the work book, write you answer by the question. 1. Which very important city did the Parliamentarians control? 2. Why was control of this city so important? 3. Did the Royalists or the Parliamentarians control important ports like Dover and Portsmouth? 4. Why was control of the poets important? 5. What is propaganda? 6. Which side did King Charles lead? 7. Which side wore the pot helmet? • There were very few major battles in the Civil which lasted from 1642 to 1649. At first, it looked like the Royalists might win. • However, Oliver Cromwell made some changes to the Parliamentarian army and created the New Model Army. • This army won several major battles against the King eg the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644 and that Battle of Naseby in June 1645. After this battle, Parliament was able to take control of more areas of England giving them a larger and better resourced army. • It was now clear that Charles and the Royalists could not win the Civil War. • Charles was eventually captured and put on trial. • Remember this . • This is King Charles I being executed because he was found guilty of treason against the nation at his trial. • The execution of the King was a shocking event. Yes, Charles had argued with Parliament and started a war with them but, like Charles himself, people believed that the King was appointed by God to rule them and executing him was going against God’s will. • Religion and pleasing God was still very important at this time. • People were scared, who would rule them if the King was executed? • Only 80 out of 135 MPs (Members of Parliament) turned up to the trial where Charles was found guilty-they didn’t want to get involved. Task Read through the sheet on the next slide which gives the reasons that Parliament won the Civil War. Stuck? Naseby was one of the battles in the Civil War in 1645. The Parliamentarians won it. • You are going to create a mind map that shows why Parliament won the Civil War. • Use the template on slide 5. If you are working online, you can print it off or copy it into your exercise book, remember to draw the straight lines with a pencil and a ruler. • An example has been done for you. The king controlled poorer Parliament controlled London Parliament had better areas of the country like the which was rich and the ports north, south west and Wales resourcesParliament had better resources Parliament had better resources. Parliament had better resources Parliament had better resources Parliament had better Parliament had resources better resources Parliament had better Parliament resources had better Parliament had better resources Parliament had better Parliament had better resources Parliament had better resources resources resources Task What was the MAIN reason why Parliament won the War? Email your answer to your class teacher if you are able to. You could even take a photo of your work and email it. Use your mindmap to help. Write THREE PEEL paragraphs that answers the question above. Use the sentence starters to help you. • I think the main reason that Parliament won the Civil War was because __________. This was the biggest and most important reason because it made them win by… It was more important than _______________ because… • I think the second biggest that Parliament won the Civil War was ___________________. I think this because ___________ • I think the smallest reason that Parliament won the Civil War was ___________________. I think this because ___________ Stuck? Use your mind map to help. Coming full circle . • We started our work on this topic at the end with the execution of Charles 1 on 30 January 1649. • When Charles was executed, there were different ideas about how England should be run. In the end, Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector of England - he too quarrelled with parliament (over religion) and agreed that his son should be Lord Protector when he died! Does this sound familiar?! • It sounds like the same old problems that were there when Charles was King to me! Starter quiz answers Which very important city did the Parliamentarians control? London. 2. Why was control of this city so important? It was wealthy, there was lots of trade happening there which could be taxed and it had a large population. 3. Did the Royalists or the Parliamentarians control important ports like Dover and Portsmouth? Parliamentarians. 4. Why was control of the ports important? It was where goods came in and out of the country and they could be taxed, this money would then go to the Parliamentarians to help improve and equip their army. 5. What is propaganda? Information that is biased or misleading, designed to manipulate people’s opinions. 6. Which side did King Charles lead? The Royalists/Cavaliers. 7. Which side wore the pot helmet? Parliament/Roundheads Some answers to our work from last week. (on propaganda) 1. Read the information from both sides about the Cirencester attack. 2. Highlight words/phrases that describe it as positive. (In red) 3. Highlight words/phrases that describe it as negative. (In blue) Cruel Capture of Cirencester – The Parliamentarian version Successful storming of Cirencester – The Royalist version Our men took many prisoners, among At about 12 clock a furious (horrible) whom were two ministers (churchmen) assault (attack) began. We had about 20 armed with swords and pistols. We Parliamentarians killed. However the lost less than twenty men on the Royalists managed to capture between Royalist side. We managed to kill 300 1,100 and 1,200 Parliamentarian prisoners. Parliamentarians. We captured 1,200 Included in this were two churchmen. Many prisoners from the Parliamentarian of the prisoners were stripped naked! The side. This shows that the Royalists wounded prisoners were not even given a are merciful (kind). We treated the cup of water! The Royalists also bullied prisoners well. 160 of the prisoners the two Parliamentarian churchmen by were wounded and so they were saying, ‘where is your God now’? treated by the Prince’s doctor. 4. Complete the table about the two attacks. If working online, copy and complete the table in your exercise book. Use a pencil and a ruler for the straight lines. This is on the next page/slide. Questions 5-8 ask you about your opinion so it’s hard to give answers for these as you will all have different opinions. Make sure that you have explained them fully and email them to your History teacher. Royalist version Parliamentarian version Number of prisoners 1200 1100-1200 How were prisoners treated? Well, the wounded were treated by the Badly, they were stripped naked. Prince’s doctor. This would have been seen as an honour. Were prisoners armed or not? Two churchmen were armed with swords ? and pistols. How many Royalists were killed? Less than 20. ? How many Parliamentarians were 300 About 20 killed? How were the wounded treated? With respect and they were treated by Not well, they were not even given water the Prince’s doctor. to drink. Two churchmen who were taken prisoner were bullied and asked ‘where is your God now?’..