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James I takes the throne
-Elizabeth had no child, and her nearest relative was her cousin, James Stuart.
-Elizabeth and James.
- James inherited the unsettled issues of Elizabeth's reign
-He agreed to a new translation of the Bible, he refused to make Puritan reforms. -
Charles I signs the Petition of Right
-Charles was forced to call Parliament again
-Charles and the Parliament
-Parliament refused to grant him any money until he signed a document that is known as the Petition of Right
-the document stated : • He would not imprison subjects without due cause. • He would not levy taxes without Parliament's consent. • He would not house soldiers in private homes. • He would not impose martial law in peacetime. -
Charles I faces rebellion in Scotland
-Charles tried to force the Presbyterian Scots to accept a version of the Anglican prayer book
-Charles, Scots
-The Scots rebelled, assembled a huge army, and threatened to invade England
- Parliment opposed his his grant for money -
English Civil War
-Furious Londoners raged outside palace
-Supports, King Charles Opponents
-Those who remained loyal to charles were called loyalist or cavaliers
-1649, Cromwell and the purtains from Charles to trial for treason -
Charles I is tried for treason and hanged
-Cromwell's New Model Army defeated the Cavaliers. By the following year, the Puritans held the king prisoner.
-Puritans and Charles
-Cromwell and the Puritans brought Charles to trial for treason
-They found him guilty and sentenced him to death -
Oliver Cromwell invades Ireland
-Cromwell tore up the document and ruled as a military dictator.
-Oliver Cromwell and Ireland
-Cromwell landed on Irish shores with an army and crushed the uprising
-The lands and homes of the Irish were taken from them and given to English soldiers. Fighting, plague, and famine killed an estimated 616,000 Irish. -
Oliver Cromwell abolishes Parliament
-Charles I was taken prsioner by cromwell and the purtians and were found guilty in trial of treason
-Cromwell, Parliment
-He abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords, He established a commonwealth–a republican form of government
-Cromwell sent the remaining members of Parliament home. Also a constitution was made but cromwell didnt like it so he tore it up and became a military dictator -
Charles II is restored to the throne (Restoration)
-Oliver Cromwell dies and Government collapsed. Parliment then voted that the son of Charles I take over.
- The Parliment, Charles II
-Restores theatre, sporting events, and dancing. Him and the Parliment alos passed the Habeas Corpus Act, which stated every prisoner had a right to a fair trial.
- Women were allowed to perform on stage and the monarch couldnt through someone in jail just because they didnt like their ruler. -
Habeas Corpus
-Restoration
- Parliment, Charles II
-This law gave every prisoner the right to obtain a writ or document ordering that the prisoner be brought before a judge.
-Prisoners recieved more rights -
James II comes to the throne
- Charles II died -James II and Charles II -James soon offended his subjects by flaunting his Catholicism, he also appointed many Catholics to hold a place in office
- He was over thrown by his daughter Mary and her husband William of Orange (netherland Prince)
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Glorious Revolution occurs
-Charles II died, and James II became king
-James, the Parliament, and Mary
-Seven members of Parliament invited William and Mary to overthrow James for the sake of Protestantism
-A constitutional monarchy was created. -
English Bill of Rights is signed
- The kingdom had to much power and they needed to find a way to limit it.
- Parliment and the Royal Family and leaders
- William and Mary vowed "to govern the people of this kingdom of England according to the statutes in Parliament agreed on and the laws and customs of the same." This making a Constitutional Monarchy.
- These rules were put in place; No suspending of Parliament's laws, No levying of taxes without a specific grant from Parliament, No interfering with freedom of speech (etc.)