Packet 1: Tossup 7

A group of councilors under a king with this regnal name was known as the “cabal ministry.” A king with this regnal name came into conflict (-5[1])with Parliament after appointing the reformist William Laud as Archbishop (15[1])of Canterbury (15[2]-5[1])and levying a “ship-money” (15[1])tax (15[2])during his (15[1])“Personal (10[1])Rule.” (-5[1])The supposed (-5[1])(*) Popish Plot would have targeted (10[1])a king (-5[1])with this regnal name. (-5[2])10 years after a king with this regnal name was executed by a Rump (10[1])Parliament tribunal, his (10[1])son (10[2])with this name succeeded Oliver (-5[1])Cromwell’s (10[2])government in the Stuart (10[1])Restoration. (10[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])give this name shared by two 17th century kings of England, as well as the current monarch. ■END■ (10[7]0[2])

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