Western Civilization II / Unit 2 WC2 0118 worked example, 60 to 90 seconds

Sequencing the English Revolution, 1603 to 1689

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The idea

The exam hands you events out of order and asks which came first. For England the method is three fixed points: James I's accession in sixteen-oh-three, the king's execution in sixteen forty-nine, and the Bill of Rights in sixteen eighty-nine. Everything else falls between them, and the Restoration of sixteen sixty splits the second gap in half.

In practice

Place six events. The Petition of Right: sixteen twenty-eight, under Charles I, so after sixteen-oh-three and before the personal rule. The Long Parliament: sixteen forty, after the eleven years and before the war of sixteen forty-two. The New Model Army: sixteen forty-five, inside the war and before the execution. Cromwell as Lord Protector: sixteen fifty-three, after the execution and before the Restoration. The Exclusion crisis: under Charles II, after sixteen sixty and before James II's accession in sixteen eighty-five. William's landing: sixteen eighty-eight, the year before the Bill. The order reads Petition, Long Parliament, New Model Army, execution, Protectorate, Restoration, Exclusion, William, the Bill.

Where people slip

Two dates in the anchor differ from the witness: the personal rule's end, sixteen thirty-six against sixteen forty, and the Protectorate's start, sixteen forty-nine against sixteen fifty-three. The course uses the witness's dates and the order does not change either way.

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