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January 1650, every adult male was required to take the Engagement

"I do declare and promise, that I will be true and faithful to the Commonwealth of England, as it is now established, without a King or House of Lords".

When Cromwell died his system of government became so unpopular that the son of the executed king was asked to return and take the throne. However, the conflict between the monarch and the Parliament soon re-emerged. In the reign of King James II there was a Glorious (bloodless) Revolution in which Prince William, ruler of the Netherlands and his wife Mary Stuart accepted Parliament’s invitation to become king and queen. It was established that a monarch could rule only with the support of Parliament. Parliament immediately drew up a Bill of Rights, which limited some of the monarch’s powers.

 

 

PART 1.

Text-based tasks.

1) Text-based questions.

1. Who was the first king of the Stuarts? What is he famous for?

2. Who opposed each other in the Civil war?

3. What was the result of the war and its political consequence?

4. Who was Oliver Cromwell?

5. What Engagement were people required to make?

6. Describe the system of Protectorate.

7. Why do you think this system become unpopular?

8. What is the Bloodless revolution and when did it take place?

9. Who was Mary Stuart?

10. What is the Bill of Rights?

 

2) What do these figures refer to? (consider both texts of Unit 2)

VII

III

VIII

I

17th

II

 

3) Explain these words in English.

o Armed conflict

o Parliamentarians

o To re-emerge

o Series

o Supporters

o Phase

o Assistance

o Abroad

o Royalists

o The Engagement

4) Make a crosswords based on the words from both texts.

5) Word-building. Create new words based on the one given in the table.

Noun verb adjective / present (past) participle
wide
to grow
Supporter
  to fight  
  civil
Execution
  single
Preparation    
  to continue
Establishment  
Protector  
  united
Force    
to resist  
  glorious
Invitation    
to limit  

 

6) Underline all the irregular verbs in the text and give the three forms of them.

7) Translate this text from Russian into English.

 

8) Listening.

Listen to the text about the 18th century events and find out if the statements below are true or false.

1. There were even more conflicts between the king and the Parliament.

2. The Whigs and the Tories came from Parliament.

3. Prime Minister appeared in the 18th c.

4. The three parliaments of England, Scotland and Wales were united.

5. The Scots fought against the return of the Stuart monarch.



6. Britain grew much larger in the 18th c.

7. Hundreds of people moved to rural areas.

8. London became the main industrial center.

Listen again and sum up the main ideas of the text.

9) Work in groups. Put the words in the sentences below into the correct order and you will get some information about the 19th century British history.

1. in a war of independence American colonies the beginning Not long before Britain had lost of the 19th century its most important. 2. leading the war When the century, with France the country was began. 3. Soon after the biggest empire the end of the century Britain controlled, in the world.
  1. was One Ireland parts of its. 2. in fact, part of the UK and way of life During this century it was, itself, and started to predominate the British culture. 3. a terrible famine the potato crop failed In the 1840s, and there was two years in a row. 4. either died or emigrated of Irish Gaelic language and customs Millions of peasants. 5. of the remaining population almost the whole as their first language By the end of the century were using English.

 

  1. the majority of Canada, Australia and New Zealand Another part of the empire, where settlers from the British Isles was made up of formed the population. 2. recognized the authority had their own government These countries, but of Britain.

 

  1. with a culture, an enormous country more ancient One more part was India than Britain’s. 2. were used British civil servants and troops to govern it Tens of thousands of. 3. this administration At the head of whose position within the country was a governor the monarch’s in Britain was similar to. 4. India, that these British officials and the journey from Britain was so far away took so long, developed an Anglo-Indian spent most of their lives there and way of life. 5. methods of government used British institutions They and.

 

  1. also belonged Large parts of Africa to the empire. 2. at the end of the century most of the African colonies where there was some British Except for South Africa, settlement, started as, and into the empire. trading bases on the coast were only incorporated 3. numerous smaller As well as these areas the empire included (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, Africa), areas and islands. 4. earlier British settlement Some, were the result of, but most their strategic position were acquired along trading routs such as the Caribbeans, because of.

 

10) Remember this course of events and be ready to represent it!

ü The United Kingdom of Great Britain was formed on 1 May 1707 with the merger of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which had been in personal union under the House of Stuart since 24 March 1603.

ü On 1 January 1801, Great Britain merged with the Kingdom of Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

ü After most of Ireland left the union on 6 December 1922, its name was amended on 12 April 1927 to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

 

 

PART 2.

 

Discussion.

 

1) The “why”- questions. Provocative thinking.

1. Why are the British and the French not so fond of each other?

2. Why was Britain able to become an Empire?

3. Why does this country treasure its traditions above all?

4. Why is the Royal family so very important in people’s lives?

2) Research questions. Choose the issue that interests you most and search for more information. Prepare a report and deliver it to your classmates.

· Bubonic Plague – a European disaster

· The Gunpowder plot, 1605

· The Great Fire of London

· the Reformation

· Great Discoveries of the 15th – 17th centuries

· Admiral Horatio Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar

· Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

· Suffragettes

· Involvement in the 1st World War

· Involvement in the 2nd World War

· Northern Ireland: part of The Irish Republic or the UK?

 

3) Make up a conversation between a royalist and a parliamentarian.

4) Interview any British monarch on political and economic situation in the country in his/her époque.

5) At the very end of the 15th century the Tudors came to rule in Britain, America was just discovered… What was going on in Russia at the same time?

6) Match these historic events with their dates, putting them in the logical order and copy them into your notebook to remember.

After a war, Britain recognizes the independence of the American colonies
The Irish Free State is born
The first British settlers (convicts and soldiers) arrive in Australia
The Act of Union joins Scotland with England and Wales in the United Kingdom
The beginning of the Tudor dynasty (after the Wars of the Roses)
Britain declares war on Germany
The right to vote is extended to include men and women over the age of twenty-one
Britain joins the European Economic Comminity
The British fleet under Admiral Nelson defeats Napoleon’s fleet at Trafalgar Battle
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is formed
The Civil War begins
Start of Victorian Age
Coronation of Elizabeth II
The bloodless revolution takes place and the Bill of Rights is passed
Union of the Crowns. James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England
Britain declares war on Germany
Henry VIII is declared the supreme head of the Church of England
The monarchy is restored
Charles I is executed. For the first and only time Britain briefly becomes a republic
The Gunpowder Plot: an attempt to blow up the king in Parliament
The Great Fire of London destroys most of the city’s old wooden buildings

7) Look through the list of monarchs in the Follow-ups. Choose 2 famous monarchs from each House and say what they are notable for.

8) Write a composition named “The great value of History in a daily life”.

9) *Bonus task! Write a film review on “the Tudors”, “King’s Speech” or any other British historical film.

FOLLOW-UPS

 

Royal Dynasties since 1485

House of Stuart

 

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death Claim
James I 24 March 1603–1625 19 June 1566 Edinburgh Castle son of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, and Mary I, Queen of Scots Anne of Denmark Oslo 23 November 1589 seven children 27 March 1625 Theobalds House Aged 58 great-great-grandson and heir general of Henry VII
Charles I 27 March 1625–1649 19 November 1600 Dunfermline Palace son of James I and Anne of Denmark Henrietta Maria of France St Augustine's Abbey 13 June 1625 nine children 30 January 1649 Whitehall Palace aged 48 (beheaded) son of James I (cognatic primogeniture)

 

Commonwealth

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death
Oliver Cromwell Old Ironsides 16 December 1653–1658[45] 25 April 1599 Huntingdon[45] son of Robert Cromwell and Elizabeth Steward[46] Elizabeth Bourchier in St Giles[47] 22 August 1620 nine children[45] 3 September 1658 Whitehall aged 59[45]
Richard Cromwell Tumbledown Dick 3 September 1658 – 7 May 1659[48] 4 October 1626 Huntingdon son of Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bourchier[48] Dorothy Maijor May 1649 nine children[48] 12 July 1712 Cheshunt aged 85[49]

 

House of Stuart (restored)

Although the monarchy was restored in 1660, no stable settlement proved possible until the Glorious Revolution of 1688, when Parliament finally asserted the right to choose whomsoever it pleased as monarch.

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death Claim
Charles II 1660–1685[50] Recognized by Royalists in 1649 29 May 1630 St. James' Palace son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France Catherine of Braganza Portsmouth 21 May 1662 no children 6 February 1685 Whitehall Palace aged 54 son of Charles I (cognatic primogeniture; English Restoration)
James II 6 February 1685 – 23 December 1688 (deposed) 14 October 1633 St. James' Palace son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France (1) Anne Hyde The Strand 3 Sept 1660 8 children (2) Mary of Modena Dover 21 Nov 1673 7 children 16 September 1701 Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye aged 67 son of Charles I (cognatic primogeniture)
Mary II 13 February 1689–1694 30 April 1662 St. James' Palace daughter of James II and Anne Hyde St. James' Palace 4 November 1677 no children 28 December 1694 Kensington Palace aged 32 grandchildren of Charles I (offered the crown by Parliament)
William III William of Orange 13 February 1689–1702 4 November 1650 The Hague son of William II, Prince of Orange, and Mary, Princess Royal[51] 8 March 1702 Kensington Palace aged 51 after breaking his collarbone from falling off his horse
Anne 1 May 1707–1 August 1714 6 February 1665 St. James's Palace daughter of James II and VII and Anne Hyde George of Denmark St. James's Palace 28 July 1683 17 children 1 August 1714 Kensington Palace aged 49 Daughter of James II and VII (cognatic primogeniture; Bill of Rights 1689); Queen of England and Scotland upon the Union;

House of Hanover

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death Succession right
George I George Louis 1 August 1714 – 11 June 1727 28 May 1660 Leineschloss son of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Sophia of Hanover Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lueneburg-Celle 21 November 1682 2 children 11 June 1727 Osnabrück aged 67 Great-grandson of James VI and I
George II George Augustus 11 June 1727 – 25 October 1760 30 October 1683 Herrenhausen son of George I and Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lueneburg-Celle Caroline of Ansbach 22 August 1705 8 children 25 October 1760 Kensington Palace aged 76 Son of George I
George III George William Frederick 25 October 1760 – 29 January 1820 4 June 1738 Norfolk House son of Frederick, Prince of Wales andPrincess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz St James's Palace 8 September 1761 15 children 29 January 1820 Windsor Castle aged 81 Grandson of George II
George IV George Augustus Frederick 29 January 1820 – 26 June 1830 (Prince Regent since 1811) 12 August 1762 St James's Palace son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1) Maria Anne Fitzherbert Park Lane 15 September 1785 (2) Caroline of Brunswick St James's Palace 8 April 1795 1 daughter 26 June 1830 Windsor aged 67 Son of George III
William IV William Henry 26 June 1830 – 20 June 1837 21 August 1765 Buckingham Palace son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen Kew Palace 13 July 1818 2 children 20 June 1837 Windsor Castle aged 71 Son of George III
Victoria Alexandrina Victoria 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901 24 May 1819 Kensington Palace daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha St James's Palace 10 February 1840 9 children 22 January 1901 Osborne House aged 81 Granddaughter of George III

 

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Although he was the son and heir of Victoria, Edward VII inherited his father's names and is therefore counted as inaugurating a new royal house.

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death Succession right
Edward VII Albert Edward 22 January 1901 – 6 May 1910 9 November 1841 Buckingham Palace son of Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Alexandra of Denmark St George's Chapel 10 March 1863 6 children 6 May 1910 Buckingham Palace aged 68 Son of Queen Victoria

 

 


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