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Nov 4, 1529
First seating of the reformation Parliament
Henry VIII strengthened the power o Parliament. He formed the Reformation Parliament to help him pressure the Pope into annuling his marriage. They passed some of the first and most important laws of the English Reformation including Submission of the Clergy. This law foced the English church to give up the power to make church law without the king's concent. This break from the Pope and Rome helped the king gain power, and as the king gained power, so did Parliament. -
James I dissolves English Parliament
He dissolved the Parliament after a dispute on a controvertial marriage proposal between Charles I and Princess Maria Anna of Spain. This is an exmple of a minor clash between the over-zealous new Parliament and the king. Ever since the power they recieved from Henry VIII and the importance placed on their advise by Elizabeth I, Parliament began to over-step their boundaries in the eyes of the king. This minor clash started the rising tensions that would lead England into a civil war. -
Charles I Dissolves Parliament
Charles I inherited his problems with Parliament from his father. Not to mention the fact that he plunged the kingdom into debt and tried to renconcile it by levying a tax without Parliament's concent. All of this bubbled down to Parliament's campaign against Buckingham, which caused Charles I to dissolve Parliament. Because he dissolved Parliament, Charles I had to try and finance the Bishop's War on his own. His venture failed, and in 1640, he gave in and reopened Parliament. -
The Long Parliament
The sole reason Charles I assembled Parliament in 1640 was to ask it to pass financial bills, because the Bishops' Wars had bankrupted him. In 1641, Parliament was asked to raise revenue in order to suppress the Scottish rebellion.
They feared what the king would do if he had his own army so they discussed making Parliament commander –in –chief of the armed forces. Charles discovered their plan and rised an army to suppress them. -
English Civil War
It began when Charles I raised an army to suppress Parliament and Parliament raised an army in order to defend itself. Oliver Cromwell took charge of the Roundhead (on the side of Parliament) army.Parliament was sucessful and Charles I was beheaded. Oliver Cromwell established a Puritan Republic. When the House of Commons suggested that he disband his army, he disbanded Parliament and set up a military dictatorship. After his death people wanted to restore Anglocinism and the monarchy. -
Restoration of the Monarchy
Charles II was asked by the leaders of England’s armed forces to return and take the throne. Charles II took the throne in 1660 and immediately restored England to the normalcy of 1642 with a hereditary monarch, a Parliament of Lords and Commons that met only when summoned by the king, and the Anglican Church. When Charles II died in 1685 he left his brother James the prospect of a Parliament filled with enemies. -
Glorious Revolution
William of Orange arrived with his army in November 1688 and was received by the English people with little opposition. James runs away to France.Eager to rid themselves of James, Parliament named William III and Mary II the new monarchs, thus completing the bloodless “Glorious Revolution.” William and Mary recognize the Bill of Rights that limited the powers of the monarchy. English monarchy subject to laws set by Parliament.
