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Jul 2, 1215
Magna Carta Signed
As a result of King John signing over England to the Pope, the parliament forced him to sign the Magna Carta, greatly restricting John's power. -
Nov 17, 1558
Queen Elizabeth
After her sister "Bloody Mary's" rule of England, Queen Elizabeth I reunited te broken, religiously vioklent country. -
Petition of Right Signed
Because King Charles attemted to convert Scotland to Anglicanism, the Parliament forced him to sign the Petition of Right, which diminished the king's power even further. -
Irish Uprising
Because of the impending invasion of the Scotish and English, the bloody Irish Uprising had become, only to be stopped by the Parliament,s army and their general, Oliver Crommwell. -
English Civil War
When King Charles did not honor the Petition of Right, The Parliament was angered. As a result, the parliament built an army. This began the English Civil War, which ended in the death of King Charles and the Parliament ruling England. The civil war ended in 1651. -
Oliver Crommwell: Lord Protecter
Oiver Crommwell, the former general of the Pariament Army, took the role of Lord Protecter, whose duty was to control the army. However, Cromwell eventually took control of Englad and ruled with an iron fist. -
Restoration of England
After the death of Oliver Cromwell, King Charles's son Charles II became king. Charles II and the Parliament worked together quite well and restored England's forer glory. -
King James II
King James beacame King of England in 1685. However, he did not work together with the Parliament as his predecessor had. The disloyalty of James II led to Glorious Revolution. -
Glorious Revolution
When King Charles II refused to cooperate with the Parliament, the Parliament built an army superior to Charles's. This resulted in Charles II fleeing the country, and gave the throne to William of Orange.
Glorious Revolution -
Constitutional Monarchy in England
With William of Orange as the King, England substituted Absolute Monarchy, their previous form of government, for Constitutional Monarchy, in which the Parliament considered itself equal to the Monarch.