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Period: Apr 16, 1485 to
tudor dynasty
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Apr 16, 1537
impose Scotland
charles and laud tried to impose the Anglican prayer book on Scotland; they revolyed -
james I comes into power
from scotland, he continually clashes with parliament. he belives in divine right. not a great leader. -
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king james I
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3 disputes with parliament
religion, money, and foregin policy
religion- puritans wanted to purify the church of catholic practices
money-lavish spenders, bring back fudal fines, increase custom duties to raise more money for crown
foregin policy- peace with spain, tries to marry his sons to catholic princesses -
parliament
2 houses:
- house of lords- nobes, they had their position for life
- house of commons-landowners and gentry, thay were elected to their positions -
Charles I inherited the throne
absolute monarch -
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king charles I
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summons parliament
parliament insisted that Charles sign the Petition of Right. this prohibited the king from raising taxes without the consent of Parliament or from imprisioning anyone without just cause -
dissolved Parliament
charles signed the petition but dissovled parliament. for 11 years he ignored the petition and ruled the nation without parliament. during this time he created enemies -
summon parliament
to get funds to suppress the Scottish rebellion, charles finally had to summon parliament. when it met parliament launched its own revolt -
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the long parliament
greatest political revolution in english history. parliament tried and exectued his cheif ministers. this futher declared that parliament could not be dissolved without its own consent and called for the abolition of bishop -
charles lashed back
lead his troops into the House of Commons to arrest its most radical leaders. they escaped through a back door and made their own army. -
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english civil war
cavaliers- supporters of charles I, waelthy nobles the rual people we also a part of this group. the roundheads- middle class, puritons, not loyal to king. their leader is Oliver Cromwell -
parliament winning in war
king was in the heads of parliament forces -
charles I was killed by Parliament
after his exicustion the House of Commons abolished the monarchy, the house of lords ,and the offical english church. declared england as a republic, known as the commonwealth, under the leadership of Oliver Cromwell -
parliament passed law
passed a law exiling most Catholics to barrenland in the west of Ireland -
Cromwell took the title
cromwell took the title of Lord Protector. from then on he ruled the army of the puritans -
cromwell died
soon after his death the puritans lost their grip on england -
newly elected parliament
a newly elected parliament invited charles II to return to england from exile. england's "kingless decade" ended with the restoration of the monarchy -
charles II
charles Ii was a popular ruler. restored the offical Church of England but tolerated other protestants. he shared his father's faith in absolute monarchy and secretly hsd catholic sympathies -
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king charles II
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james II inherited the throne
james flaunted his catholic faith. -
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king James II
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mary and william III
parliament leaders invited them to become rulers of england. when william and mary landed with their army, james II fled to france. this bloodless overthrow of a king became known as the Glorious Revolution -
English Bill of Rights
before william and mary could be crowned they had to accept several acts passed by parliament that became know as the English bill of Rights; this insured the superiority of parliament over the monarchy. a king of queen could no longer interfere in parliament debayes or suspend laws. also a roman catholic could not sit on the throne. -
toleration act
granted limited religious freedom to Puritans, Quackers, and other dissenters, though not yet to catholics. only memebers of the english church couls hold office -
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King William III and queen Mary II
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glorious revolution
it did not create democracy, but tyoe of government called limited monarchy, which limits the powers of monarchs -
william defeats james
William defeats James and French troops at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland. Scottish Jacobites defeated at Haughs of Cromdale