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7. Change the following sentences to passive.
The Tudors rarely assembled Parliament. But they did not dissolve the House of
Commons as they needed the money of the merchants and landowners. And the
latter supported the Tudor monarchs.
The first Stuarts absolutely ignored Parliament. The parliamentary forces defeated
Charles I. They tried and executed him. They restored the monarchy after
Cromwell’s death. But Parliament secured its supremacy over the monarch in the
Bill of Rights, which the king accepted. During the seventeenth century they
transformed the absolute monarchy in Britain into a parliamentary monarchy.
People consider Britain to be the Mother of Parliaments.
8. Write questions to these answers.
1. It was produced by the merchants and landowning farmers.
2. Only these classes could do it.
3. Because the Charter gave certain rights to ‘all freemen’ and contained
certain limitations to the royal power.
4. No, it wasn’t. It was only called ‘parliament’.
5. Because many of its members were chosen by towns and shires.
6. Because this chamber consisted of the representatives of ‘common people’.
9. Summarize the text according to the following suggestions.
1. The revival of towns in the Middle Ages.
2. The new wealthy classes in town and country.
3. The barons’ first challenge to the king’s absolute power.
4. The Great Charter: a symbol of political freedom.
5. Simon de Montfort’s council: a first step towards parliamentary principle.
6. Edward I’s Model Parliament.
7. Its division into two separate chambers.
КОНТРОЛЬНАЯ РАБОТА № 4
1. Read and translate the text.
History and Historiography
History, in its broadest sense, is the totality of all past events, although a
more realistic definition would limit it to the known past. Historiography is the
written record of what is known of human lives and societies in the past and how
historians have attempted to understand and interpret them. The term
21 7. Change the following sentences to passive. The Tudors rarely assembled Parliament. But they did not dissolve the House of Commons as they needed the money of the merchants and landowners. And the latter supported the Tudor monarchs. The first Stuarts absolutely ignored Parliament. The parliamentary forces defeated Charles I. They tried and executed him. They restored the monarchy after Cromwell’s death. But Parliament secured its supremacy over the monarch in the Bill of Rights, which the king accepted. During the seventeenth century they transformed the absolute monarchy in Britain into a parliamentary monarchy. People consider Britain to be the Mother of Parliaments. 8. Write questions to these answers. 1. It was produced by the merchants and landowning farmers. 2. Only these classes could do it. 3. Because the Charter gave certain rights to ‘all freemen’ and contained certain limitations to the royal power. 4. No, it wasn’t. It was only called ‘parliament’. 5. Because many of its members were chosen by towns and shires. 6. Because this chamber consisted of the representatives of ‘common people’. 9. Summarize the text according to the following suggestions. 1. The revival of towns in the Middle Ages. 2. The new wealthy classes in town and country. 3. The barons’ first challenge to the king’s absolute power. 4. The Great Charter: a symbol of political freedom. 5. Simon de Montfort’s council: a first step towards parliamentary principle. 6. Edward I’s Model Parliament. 7. Its division into two separate chambers. КОНТРОЛЬНАЯ РАБОТА № 4 1. Read and translate the text. History and Historiography History, in its broadest sense, is the totality of all past events, although a more realistic definition would limit it to the known past. Historiography is the written record of what is known of human lives and societies in the past and how historians have attempted to understand and interpret them. The term
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