History

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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 occurs

    -a furious of Londoners raged outside the palace
    -supporters and opponents of king charles
    -Those who remained loyal to Charles were called Royalists or Cavaliers
    -In 1649, Cromwell and the Puritans brought Charles to trial for treason

  • 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.

  • 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 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

    -Oliver Cromwell died and the government collapsed.
    -The Parliament and Charles ll
    -He restores theater and sporting events. This leads to women being able to participate in them and act. He also creates the Habeas Corpus, which is a document requiring that a prisoner be brought before a court or judge so that it can be decided whether his or her imprisonment is legal.
    -No one was sent to jail if they didn't believe in the rules and women could act out in female roles in the plays.

  • Habeas Corpus is passed

    -restoration
    -parliament, charles the second
    -law gave every prisoner the right to obtain a writ or document ordering that the prisoner be brought before a judge
    -prisons 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)

  • 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 too much power, so they had to limit some of it, causing the bills of rights to come in place.
    -The Parliament and the royal family.
    -They created a constitutional monarchy and 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.
    -The usuals were put in place:No suspending of Parliament's laws, no levying of taxes without a specific grant from Parliament, (ect)