Sessional_Paper_1907 — Page 1060

No. 16.

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HISTORY.

CLASS II.

-Dates must in all cases be given.]

1. Why was James I. called the Learnedest fool in Christendom? Give a brief sketch of his reign.

2. Who were :---

Guy Fawkes, Pym, Blake, Titus Oates, Monmouth, Monk. Wentworth, Harley and with what events was each especially connected?

3. Give a short account of :-

(1.) The Fire of London.

(2.) The Cabal.

(3.) The Grand Remonstrance.

4. Who were the victorious and defeated sides in the undermen- tioned battles :-

Edge Hill, Marston Moor, Naseby, Worcester, Sedgemoor,

Killiecrankie, Ramillies.

5. Why did England join in the War of the Spanish Succession ? Who commanded the Allied Force? Mention the chief events in the

war.

6. Give an account of the different Parliaments which assembled during Charles L.'s reign. Which was the most important and why?

7. Give a short description of the Commonwealth. How long did it last?

8. Write short notes on the following:

Act of Indemnity, Corporation Act, Act of Uniformity, Text

Act, Tonnage and Poundage.

No. 17.

HISTORY.

CLASS III.

1. Give a list of the Plantagenet Kings with their dates.

2. (a) Give a short account of the Feudal System in England in William I.'s reign.

(b) What safeguards did William the Conqueror devise to prevent his barons from becoming too powerful? Did he adopt the fendal system of the Continent in its entirety?

3. What part did the Norman and Plantagenet Kings play in the Crusades? Did any Kings of England go to the Holy Land?

4. Write short notes on :-

Anselin, Lanfrane, Wat Tyler, Robert Bruce, Pembroke,

Black Prince,

and the Black Death, Statute of Labourers, First English

Parliament.

5. Describe the leading events in the fight for the Succession on Henry I.'s death.

6. Describe the course of events in the Barons War. What brought it about? Who was the leader of the Barons?

7. Who were the opposing forces and what were the results of the following battles? [Give dates]

Bouvines, Falkirk, Stirling,

Bannockburn, Crecy, Poitiers, Neville's Cross.

8. What causes led to the deposition of :-

Edward II.

Richard II.