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1485
Tudor Monarchs Ruled
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Elizabeth died childless
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Stuart king James I rules
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Charles I inherited the throne
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Charles I brought back Parliament
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Dissolved Parliament and ignored petition
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Try to impose Anglican pray book on Scotland
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Summoned Parliament again, but they initiated revolt
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Parliament became known as Long Parliament
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The civil war that followed
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Cromwell's army defeated the Cavaliers
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Stuart king Charles I rules
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Charles I was executed
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Parliament passed a law exiling most Catholics
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Cromwell took title Lord Protector & ruled as a dictator through army
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Oliver Cromwell died
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New Parliament invited Charles II to return to England
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James II, Charles' brother, inherited the throne
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Parliamentary leaders invited Mary, James’ daughter and William III of Orange to become leaders of England
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James II fled to France when Mary's army was late
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English Bill of Rights were accepted by Mary and William
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A separate Toleration Act granted limited religious freedom to dissenters
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Robert Walpole molded the cabinet into a unified body
