Richmond Palace

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/richmond-palace

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Richmond Palace built?Circa 1501
2. What is the location?River Thames, England
3. What is the builder?Henry VII
4. What was Richmond Palace and where was it located?Richmond Palace was a royal home built by King Henry VII on the River Thames, about nine miles from Westminster, in what was then Surrey.
5. Why did Queen Elizabeth I love Richmond Palace?She liked it so much that she died there in 1603, showing how special the palace was to her.

Tudor Dynasty: A royal house that ruled England and Wales from 1485 to 1603, known for significant political and social change.
Palace of Westminster: The seat of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, historically a royal palace.
English Civil War: A series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 to 1651.
Manor: A large country house with lands; the principal house of a landed estate.