2B The Wars of the Roses, 1450–1499: Practice Questions

• a.The immediate aftermath of the Yorkist victory at the Battle of St Albans
• b.Popular grievances against corruption, heavy taxation, and the loss of Normandy
• c.The claim of Richard of York to the throne as the true heir of Edward III
• d.Margaret of Anjou's attempt to exclude the Duke of York from the Regency Council

• a.Henry VI had been restored to the throne through the intervention of Margaret of Burgundy
• b.The Lancastrians had regained control of London following the second Battle of St Albans
• c.The Duke of York had successfully established a Regency for the infant Prince of Wales
• d.Edward IV had been proclaimed King following a decisive victory at the Battle of Towton

• a.The victory of Henry Tudor at the Battle of Stoke immediately invalidated his claims to the throne
• b.His refusal to marry Elizabeth of York prevented the necessary union of the Houses of Lancaster and York
• c.The disappearance of the Princes in the Tower and the claim of titulus regius created deep dissensions among the Yorkist nobility
• d.His reliance on the Woodville family for support alienated his northern power base and the Nevilles

• a.

  The death of Richard, Duke of York, at the Battle of Wakefield

• b.

  The capture of Henry VI at the Battle of Northampton

• c.

  The Lancastrian victory at the second Battle of St Albans

• d.

  The Yorkist victory at the Battle of Towton

• a.It led to an immediate peace treaty with Louis XI of France, satisfying Warwick’s foreign policy aims
• b.It alienated Warwick as he was negotiating a French marriage for Edward, leading to a rise in factional rivalry
• c.It was encouraged by Warwick to ensure that a Lancastrian bride could never take the throne
• d.It solidified the alliance between the Yorkist nobility and the Nevilles by providing new lands

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