Parliament English Monarchy

By leslievalle
  • 1628 BCE

    Petition of rights

    Four main points:
    No taxes could be levied without Parliament's consent
    No English subject could be imprisoned without cause - thus reinforcing the right of habeas corpus
    No quartering of soldiers in citizens homes
    No martial law may be used in peacetime
  • Mar 1, 1558

    Elizabeth I

    Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, the childless Elizabeth was the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty.
  • Mar 1, 1558

    The Virgin Queen

    Elizabeth Tudor is considered by many to be the greatest monarch in English history. When she became queen in 1558, she was twenty-five years old, a survivor of scandal and danger, and considered illegitimate by most Europeans.

  • James I

    James I becomes king when Elizabeth died

  • Charles 1

    Struggled with Parliament
    Signed the Petition of Right

  • Petition of Right

    No taxes could be levied without Parliament's consent
    No English subjects could be imprisoned without cause
    No quartering soldiers in citizens homes

  • Petition of rights

    Each of these four points enumerated specific civil rights that Englishmen felt Charles I had breached throughout his reign

  • Oliver Cromwell

    Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

  • The Commonmealth of england

    The commonmealth was founded

  • Father of English democracy

    September 3, 1658, Palace of Whitehall, London

  • charles II

    Dissolves parliament

  • Merry Monarch

    He was best know as the "merry monarch"

  • James 2

    Charles 2's bother
    Roman Catholic
    Struggles with Parliament

  • James I

    He found Jamestown colony

  • the commonwealth of england

    Religious toleration for the first time