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1603-1625
*The "Virgin Queen" Elizabeth I died in 1603 without a heir after 44 years on the throne.
*James I becomes King when Elizabeth I dies
*Fights parliament over taxes and money
*Founds jamestown colony
* Survives the Gunpowder plot assassination attempt. -
1625-1649
*Charles I struggles with the Parliament
*Signs the Petition of Rights- limits rights of the king
* Started Civil War against the armies of Parliament
*Executed for treason -
1628
*Petition of Right
*No taxes could be leived without parliament's consent
* No enlgish subject could be imprisoned without cause thus reinforcing the right of habeas corpus
* no quatering of soldiers in citizens homes
* no martial law may be used in peacetime -
1649-1658
A)Puritan army general
B)Abolishes the monarchy
C)Rules a military dictator
D)Has Charles I executed -
1658-1685
*Exiled to France during Cromwell's rule
*restores the monarchy after Cromwell death
*dissolve parliament
*known as the 'merry monarch