Absolutism in England

  • Nov 2, 1215

    Magna Carta got signed

    Magna Carta got signed
    King John was forced to sign this because it redused his powers as king.
  • Converting Scotland

    King Charles tried to convert Scotland from the Presbyterian faith to his Angelican faith.
  • Pettition of Rights

    On Nov. 2 1625 King Charles I signed the pettition of rights that limited his power of king.
  • English Civil War

    The English Civil War was faught betwen parliment and Charles I.
  • Oliver Cromwell

    Oliver Cromwell takes over. Oliver Cromwell took over England after King Charles I was killed.
  • Charles II and the Restoration

    The son of Charles I became king during the restoration after Oliver Cromwell.
  • Habeas Corpus

    The document Charles II signed to limit his power as king.
  • James II

    James II's son who took after his grandfather by ignoring people and saying that parliment had no right to meet anymore.
  • constitutional monarchy

    James II fleed and Mary and william of orange took the throne. in constitutional monarchy the queen and parliment work together to rule the country.
  • Mary and william of orange

    Mary and william became the new leaders of government and take the throne of England when James II flees.