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Petition of Right
This petition prohibited taxation without
Parliament’s consent, arbitrary imprisonment, the quartering
of soldiers in private houses, and the declaration of
martial law in peacetime. Political -
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First Civil War
Puritans revolted against the King for arresting radical Parliment members. Political -
Execution of Charles I
Ended the English Monarchy. Political, Social -
Restoration of Monarchy
Charles the II restored the monarchy, but kept the laws passed during the Civil War and ended 11 years or exile. Political, social -
Cavalier Parliament
The Parliament introduced by Charles II, restored the Anglican church as the offical church of England. Political, Religious -
Declaration of Indulgence
suspended the laws that Parliament had passed against Catholics and Puritans. Political, Social, Religious -
Test Act
A series of English laws that served as a religous test for public office and imposed various civil disablities on Roman Catholics and noncomforists. Religious, Political. -
Declartion of Indulgence
a new Declaration of Indulgence, which suspended
all laws barring Catholics and Dissenters from office. Political -
Glorious Revolution
To overthrow King James II by a union of English Parliamentarians known as the bloodless revolution. Political Social -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights confirmed Parliament’s right to make laws and taxes and made it impossible for kings to oppose or do without Parliament by stating that standing armies could be raised
only with the consent of Parliament. Political