History of Great Britain Test Paper 2 10th form bilingual

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I. Fill in the blanks with the correct words and word combinations from the list. = 20 points
feudal revolted harvest plague merchants Bosworth
lesser social combats descendants Lancaster collided
common heir Plantagenet taxes voted declared war
threat Roses
1. In the towns the craftsmen and tradesmen were becoming an important _____ 1 force.
2. The peasants had to give part of their ______________2 to the lord.
3. In 1337 Edward III _____________3 on France.
4. The ruin of France and famine caused an epidemic of the ____________ 4.
5. The French knights, armed with swords, could only fight in hand-to-hand __ 5
6. The king needed money for the war, and Parliament ____6 for extra ___7.
7. In 1381 the oppressed peasants ______________ 8 against the lords.
8. After the death of Edward III a _____9 struggle broke out between his ____ 10.
9. The big barons were a real ___________11 to the king’s power.
10. Richard II was the last king of the _____________12 dynasty.
11. In 1399 Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, seized the crown and became the first
king of the __________13 dynasty.
12. The interests of the House of Lancaster ___14 with the interests of the ____15 barons and
______16 of the towns who supported the House of York.
13. During the War of the Roses each party murdered every likely ________ 17 to the throne
of the opposite party.
14. The king and the nobles had no time to take care of the _______ 18 people.
15. The War of the _____19 ended with the battle of ____________ 20 in 1485.
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II. Read the following fragment carefully and answer the question. = 20 points
“The War of the Roses ended with Henry Tudor’s coronation as king right on the battlefield…. Henry Tudor was head
of the House of Lancaster. A year later, in 1486, he married the Yorkist heiress Princess Elizabeth of York. This marriage
was of great political importance.”
What was the historical importance of this marriage?
History of Great Britain Test Paper 2 10th form bilingual
Name _____________________________________

III. Read the following fragment and give answers to the questions below: = 20 points
“The ruin of France and the famine that followed caused an epidemic of the plague. It was so infectious that there was
no escape from it. People died within 24 hours. From France the epidemic was brought over to England. The English
soldiers called it the Black Death. By the year 1348 one-third of England’s population had perished.
The position of the peasants was very hard. They had to give part of their harvest to the lord. They also had to
work on the lord’s fields regularly. After the epidemic of the Black Death, when the population of England had
diminished by one-third, there were not enough labourers to work on the lord’s fields. So the surviving peasants were
made to work on the lord’s fields much more.
As years went by, the French feudal lords united against their enemy, and the English were beginning to lose
their advantage. As the king needed money for the war, Parliament voted for extra taxes, which made life of peasants
still harder. In 1381 the peasants revolted. Sixty thousand people marched to London led by Wat Tyler and Jack Straw.
In London they broke open the prisons, destroyed many buildings and killed many royal officials. They came to the
royal palace and demanded to see the king. The king of England Richard II was then a 14-year-old boy. He boldly
appeared before the crowd of rebels, listened to them and promised to fulfill their demands. But the king did not keep
his promise. Wat Tyler was treacherously murdered and the rebellion was suppressed.

1. Why did the peasants come to London?

2. Why didn’t the king keep his promise?

IV. Write about the important aspects of Henry VII’s and Henry VIII’s reigns. = 30 points