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Birth of Charles I
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Death of Queen Elizabeth, Begin of James' Reign
Queen Elizabeth dies at the age of 70. This was the end of the Tudor dynasty. King James began the Stuart dynasty around the same time. -
James dies, Charles is made king
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Parliament passes a petiiton
The petition prohibited the passing of taxes without Parliament's consent. Charles rejected the bill, realizing that it put restrictions on the king's power. -
England begins a Civil War
Complaints reached a height to where the country was divided between the Roundheads and Cavaliers. -
Civil War Ends
Parliament proves to have the upperhand with Cromwell's New Model Army, and they come out victorious. -
Charles I is executed
After Cromwell had become a malicious dictator, he planned on completely over-powering the Parliament and the king, and the only way to do that was to have him executed. -
Oliver Cromwell dies
Cromwell ruled until his death, and this allowed Charles II to come out of exile and assume his thrown. -
Charles II dismisses Parliament
After Parliament royally ticks Charles II off with the Exclusion Bill, he needs to foil it somehow -
Charles II dies, James II
Once King Charles II had died, James II assumed the throne