The Execution of King Charles I Primary Source Analysis

Students will read an account of King Charles 1's execution from the English Civil War, answer 10 questions, and complete an extension task. This would be a good supplement to a unit on Early British History and Absolutism. This would be great for a sub and the answers are included where appropriate. 

Sample questions include:
--Inferring from the text and using prior knowledge, why did it cause problems that Charles had married a Roman-Catholic?
--Why didn't Charles cooperate during the trial?
--Explain Charles’ explanation of how he came to be executed in your own words. 
--Why do you think Charles instructed the executioner to “stay for the sign?”
--People collected Charles’ blood after his execution for 3 main reasons. List the reasons, then, if you were present at his execution, for which of those 3 reasons would you have collected his blood and why? If you can think of another reason that you would have collected his blood what would be the reason and why?

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