Key Terms (AQA A-Level History): Flashcards
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Absolute monarchy
Absolute monarchy
Monarch answers only to God; unrestricted authority
King-in-Parliament
King-in-Parliament
Monarch rules through Parliament; creates statute law with them
Impeachment revived when
Impeachment revived when
1621 against monopolists and Lord Chancellor Bacon
Kirk establishment
Kirk establishment
Scottish Presbyterian Church by John Knox in 1560
Test Act purpose
Test Act purpose
Exclude Catholics from public office via oaths/communion proof
Transubstantiation
Transubstantiation
Catholic belief bread/wine transform into Christ's body/blood
Habeas Corpus
Habeas Corpus
Writ preventing indefinite imprisonment without charge/trial
Vote of No Addresses date
Vote of No Addresses date
3 January 1648; ended negotiations with Charles I
Excise Tax on
Excise Tax on
Home-produced beer/cider and imported goods
First Prime Minister
First Prime Minister
Robert Walpole under George I (who couldn't speak English)