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Challenging Royal Authority Practice Questions

Question 1

8 marks

Q2 Explain the significance

Explain the significance of the Pilgrimage of Grace.

Question 2

8 marks

Q3 Explain two ways they were similar

Explain two ways in which the barons' opposition to King John and Parliament's opposition to Charles I were similar.

Question 3

8 marks

Study Source A below, then answer the question.

Source A: From a letter written by a merchant in Boston to his business partner in London, January 1774. The merchant traded in British goods and hoped his partner would explain colonial feeling to members of Parliament.

Written for practice: not a real historical source.

You will have heard by now what was done to the tea in our harbour last month. I did not approve of the destruction of private property, yet you must understand the temper here. Parliament leaves a duty on tea only to prove that it may tax us as it pleases, though we send no member to Westminster. We have petitioned, we have refused to buy British goods, and we have been answered with soldiers in our streets. If the Ministry now punishes the whole town, even moderate men will be driven to resistance.

Q1 How useful is the source

How useful is Source A to an historian studying the causes of the American Revolution?

Explain your answer using Source A and your contextual knowledge.