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James I Takes Reign
When James I took the throne in England, he wished to take power with little to no consent from Parliament. This was a major sign to how the king needed less power. -
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Important Steps
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Petition of Rights
Charles I tried to impair Parliament's power with his new taxes on society. Because of this though, Parliament forced Charles to sign the Petition stating he was no longer aloud to impose these money-collecting devices without consent. An example of how the monarch needed to be kept in-check. -
Dissolved Parliament
As a result from the attempt that Parliament was making to keep Charles I in check, he dissolved it. Rarely did he ever summon them, but when dissolved he disregarded the rules that they had imposed and reverted to his absolutist ideas. -
Long Parliament
When Parliament reconvened in 1640 until 1660, they had much more support than they had from the public before Charles I's tyrannical reign. They were able to abolish the tax ideas that had been establish by his power and return the religious order to the land by opposing royal policy. With this, we see an example of how the ‘government’ needs to be kept in order. -
Charles II
He had a balance between the two types of power, Parliament and he had discrepancies and yet they were able to balance with each other. The main issue that they had was over religion, and yet they found a negotiation regarding this. It was a step towards a unified 'government' we see as Limited Monarchy. -
Titus Oates
He told a magistrate the Charles' wife was planning to kill the king so that James, the duke of York, would take the throne and be able to convert his reign to Catholic. He was believed and thus many were murdered in the investigation, worse than this however, was that when the Whigs attempted to ensure that James would never get the throne Charles II became upset at the action and began to go against his balance with parliament. -
Mary II & William III
Mary and William took charge when a limited monarchy was beginning, they were more faces that the society looked to when parliament was making all of the final decisions. This was the result, and example of, a successful monarchy.
