How did England become a Constitutional Monarchy?

By wendyxflores

  • Death of Elizabeth

    Death of Elizabeth
    left a huge debt for successor to deal with when she died.

  • James I

    James I
    worst struggle was over money.

  • Petition of Rights

    Petition of Rights
    a statement of civil liberties sent by the English Parliament to Charles I.

  • James II

    James II
    becomes king

  • Charles I

    Charles I
    was monarch of 3 kingdoms of England. when he died, his son took the throne.

  • Mary II

    Mary II
    Mary was the daughter of James and William was her husband. Mary was a protestant. The seven member of parliament invited Mary and William to to overthrow James for the sake of Protestantism. They vowed to recognize the parliament as their partner in governing.

  • Habeas Corpus passed

    Habeas Corpus passed
    a guarantee of freedom. (1679) this law gave every prisoner the right to obtain a writ or document ordering that the prisoner be brought before a judge to specify the charge against the prisoner.