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death of Elizabeth I
Death and Legacy Queen Elizabeth drew her final breath on March 24 1603 at Richmond Palace in Surrey With her death came the end of the house of Tudor, a royal family that had ruled England since the late 1400's -
James I
James Stuart was Elizabeth's cousin and king of Scotland he was the only heir to Elizabeth's throne he struggled with parliament over money -
Charles I
in 1625 james I died and charles I his son took the throne, charles always needed money because he was at war with spain and france several times when parliament refused to give him funds he dissolved it he was forced to call parliament again and this time he refused to give him any money until he signed the petition of rights -
Charles I dissolves parliament
Charles always needed money because he was at war with spain and France, several times when parliament refused to give him funds he dissolved it -
Charles I calls parliament back into session
he was forced to call parliament again and this time he refused to give him any money until he signed the petition of rights -
Autumn of 1641 laws
during the autumn of 1641 parliament passed laws to limit royal power Charles tried to arrest parliament’s leaders but they escaped -
English Civil War
charles offended puritans by upholding rituals in the anglican church in addition in 1637 charles tried to force the presbyterian scots to accept a version of the anglican prayer book he wanted both of his kingdoms to follow the same religion the scots rebelled, formed a huge army, and threatened to invade england -
Oliver Cromwell
in 1644 the puritans got oliver cromwell as a general in 1645 his new army began defeating the cavaliers and in 1647 they held the king prisoner
[Charles I Executed] in 1649 cromwell and the puritans brought charles I to trial for treason against parliament he was found guilty and sentenced to death -
Oliver Cromwell rules England
Cromwell now held reins of power in 1649 he abolished the monarchy and the house of lords he established a commonwealth a form of government -
Charles II
when prince charles entered london it was a big celebration because his rule restored the monarchy this period of his rule was called the restoration -
restoration
oliver cromwell ruled until his death in 1658 shortly afterwards the government he established collapsed and a new parliament was selected the english people were sick of military rule in 1659 parliament voted to ask the older son of charles I to rule england -
Habeas Corpus passed
habeas corpus is latin, meaning to have the body this 1679 law gave every prisoner the right to obtain a writ or document ordering that the prisoner be brought before a judge to specify the charges against the prisoner the would decide if the prisoner should be tried or set free this made sure that no monarch could put someone in jail for opposing the ruler -
James II
in 1685 Charles II died and james II became king and soon offended his subjects by displaying his Catholicism -
william and mary
william of orange was prince of the netherlands and husband of mary, james II daughter -
glorious revolution
seven members of parliament asked william of orange to overthrow james II for the sake of Protestantism james II fled to france -
English bill of rights
to make clear the limits of royal power parliament drafted a bill of rights in 1689 the document listed many things the ruler could not do: no suspending parliament’s laws, no levying of taxes without a specific grant from parliament, no interfering with freedom of speech in parliament, no penalties for a citizen who petitions the king about grievances
