1600-1700 By emmasloan06 1603 queen elizabeth dies, end of the tudor line 1603 james of scotland become james 1 of england 1625 charles 1 becomes king and rules without parliament until 1640 1642 Civil War 1649 under oliver cromwell, england is a republic 1649 charles 1 executed 1660 restoration of monarchy with charles 2 1685 catholic james 2 becomes king 1688 has to leave country, replaced by william of orange and mary 1699 the english political system has roughly reached its present day form