Year 9 LAC History September

 

1.                Conquistadors - The Spanish soldiers who defeated the Aztecs.
 

2.                colony - A group of people who settle in another country set up a colony.
 

3.                mother country - This is the original country that people came from before they settled in a colony.
 

4.                Aztecs - A tribe of Indians who had an empire in Mexico.
 

5.                New World - Europeans called America the New World.
 

Year 9 LAC History October

 

1.                reformation - Creation of the Protestant faith.
 

2.                Christian - A person who follows the teachings of Christ.
 

3.                Catholic - Christians who accepted the Pope as their leader.
 

4.                Protestant - Christians who were protesting against the Catholic Church, they supported Martin Luther.
 

5.                Martin Luther - A German Monk who protested against the Catholic Church.
 

Year 9 LAC History November

1.                Tudor - Royal Family who ruled England between 1485 - 1603.
 

2.                execution - The killing of a person after they have been sentenced to death.
 

3.                Queen -  Female ruler of country
 

4.                Spanish Armada – A fleet of ships sent by Spain to invade England in 1588.
 

5.                Monarch - The ruler of country, either King or Queen.
 

Year 9 LAC History December

1.                fireships – Old boats filled with tar and pitch, then set alight and pushed amongst the Spanish Armada.
 

2.                bonfires – These were used as warning beacons along the coast of England.
 

3.                crew – The name of a group of sailors who worked on a ship.
 

4.                Girona – The name of the most famous ship wrecked of the coast of Northern Ireland.
 

Year 9 LAC History January

1.                Divine Rights of Kings- The belief that a ruler is given his authority by God and his will should not be questioned.
 

2.                Parliament – A place where laws are made for the whole country.  In Britain this is the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
 

3.                Act of Parliament – Law passed by Parliament.
 

4.                King James Bible – An authorised version of the Bible commissioned by King James I in 1611.
 

5.                Gunpowder plot – A plot to kill all the members of Parliament on 5 November 1605.
 

Year 9 LAC History February

1.                Colony – A settlement in a new country that is either partly or fully subject to the mother country.
 

2.                plantation - An area of land that was settled, mostly by English and Scottish settlers.  These people took over some of the land of the native Irish people.
 

3.                planters - English and Scottish people who were granted land during the plantations in Ireland.
 

4.                Old English - Irish Catholic landowners who were descendants of the Anglo-Normans.
 

5.                loyal Irish - Irish landowners who were given back some of their lands during the plantations in Ireland.
 

Year 9 LAC History March

1.      monarchy - System of government in which the Head of State is a King or Queen.
 

2.                Member of Parliament - Someone who is elected to serve in the House of Commons.
 

3.                puritan - People who practised a simple form of Christian worship without ornaments or ceremony in Churches and also lived simply.
 

4.                Republic – A country which is not ruled by a king or Queen.
 

5.                rebellion – An organised uprising or challenge to the authority of the state.
 

Year 9 LAC History April

1.                English Civil War - War between opposing groups in the same country e.g.  Roundheads and Cavaliers.
 

2.                cavalier - Supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War.
 

3.                royalist – Supporter of the King during the English Civil War.
 

4.                roundhead - Supporter of Parliament against Charles I during the English Civil War.
 

5.                Oliver Cromwell – He led the roundheads during the English Civil War.
 

6.                New Model Army – A professional, efficient force which guaranteed Cromwell’s success in the English Civil War.

Year 9 LAC History May

1.                Commonwealth - Republic set up in England after Charles1’s death in 1649.
 

2.                Lord Protector - The title given to Cromwell in 1653.
 

3.                protectorate - The name given to the period when Oliver and Richard Cromwell ruled England, from 1653–1659.
 

4.                restoration – Return of Monarch or King to throne of country.
 

5.                Grand Alliance – A league of European States led by William of Orange who opposed the growing power of the French King Louis ­­­­XIV.
 

6.                Glorious revolution – The accession of William of Orange and his wife Mary in 1688, after a ‘bloodless revolution’ in England.