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Queen Elizabeth's Death
Queen Elizabeth died March ,24,1603,and had no heir to the thrown when she died to take her place -
James I becomes king
After the death of queen Elizabeth in 1603 , James I became the first Stuart king of England. -
Parliment
Parliament had an extremely limited presence in English government until Edward called a representative body of the entire country to represent the people for the first time, having knights and commoners all included. This was process which would be emulated in future Parliament sessions. This was also the first summoning of Parliament which resulted in a challenging of the king's authority. -
Charles I dissolves Parliment
There was ongoing tension with parliament over money - made worse by the costs of war abroad. In addition, Charles dissolved parliament three times between 1625 and 1629. In 1629, he dismissed parliament and resolved to rule alone. This forced him to raise revenue by non-parliamentary means which made him increasingly unpopular. -
Parliment Passes Petition of Rights
The Petition of Right of 1628 is one of England's most famous Constitutional documents. It was written by Parliament as an objection to an overreach of authority by King Charles I. -
Autumn of 1641 Laws
1641 Parliament passes laws to limit royal power. Furious, Charles tried to arrest the Parliament leaders in January of 1642 but they escaped. -
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English Civil War
The English Civil Wars (1642-1651) stemmed from conflict between Charles I and Parliament over an Irish insurrection. -
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell rose from the middle ranks of English society to be Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, the only non-royal ever to hold that position. He played a leading role in bringing Charles I to trial and to execution; -
Charles I exicution
In London, King Charles I is beheaded for treason on January 30, 1649. -
James II
Joining the French army in April 1652, he served in four campaigns under the great French general the vicomte de Turenne, who commended his courage and ability. When his brother Charles II concluded an alliance with Spain against France in 1656 he reluctantly changed sides, and he commanded the right wing of the Spanish army at the Battle of the Dunes in June 1658. -
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Cromwell rules England
From 1649 to 1653, Parliament ran England but from Cromwell’s point of view, it was not a system that worked effectively and England, as a nation was suffering. As a result, Cromwell, backed by the army, sent home MP’s and he became the effective leader of England from 1653 to 1658. -
Restoration
Though the English experiment in parliamentary government in the middle of the 17th century did not end with any explosions, it certainly failed.
Its failure led directly to the English Parliament inviting Charles II (the son of Charles I, whom Parliament had tried and executed in 1649) to take the English throne and resume the Stuart Dynasty in 1660, an event which became known as the English Restoration. -
Charles II
was king of England, Scotland, and Ireland. He was king of Scotland from 1649 until his deposition in 1651, and king of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 until his death -
Habeas Corpus passed
The Habeas Corpus Act of 1679, was passed during the reign of the restored monarchy of Charles II after the English Civil War. It strengthened the ancient and powerful writ which had been a feature of English Common Law since before Magna Carta. It served to safeguard individual liberty, preventing unlawful or arbitrary imprisonment. -
Glorious Revolution
Gorious Revolution, also called Revolution of 1688 or Bloodless Revolution , in English history, the events of 1688–89 that resulted in the deposition of James II and the accession of his daughter Mary II and her husband, William III, prince of Orange and stadholder of the Netherlands. -
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William and Mary
Mary was the daughter of James II, but William, her husband, was also descended from Charles I. So they reigned as joint monarchs. William is also known as William of Orange. -
Bill Of Rights
The 1689 English Bill of Rights was a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1689 that declared the rights and liberties of the people and settling the succession in William III and Mary II following the Glorious Revolution of 1688 when James II was deposed.
