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England was ruled by Tudor monarchs. Then Queen Elizabeth died childlessly. Which brought James Stuart came to power. Then the starting point of the Century of Revolution.
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Charles I inherited the throne.
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Charles raised taxes and was forced to summon parliament.
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Parliament came to an end.
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Charles and Laud tried to impose the Anglican prayer book on Scottland.
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Parliament has been summoned again. Which was the start of the Long Parliament.
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The Civil war had begun and lasted for 9 years
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The king was in hands of parliamentary forces.
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The English Common Wealth begins and lasts for 11 years.
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Parliament passed a law exiling most Catholics to barren land in the west of Ireland.
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The Long Parliment ended. Which then embarked the greatest political revolution. Cromwell took the title Lord Protector.
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Oliver Cromwell died. Also Puritan lost their grip of England.
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Charles II returned to England from exile.
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The monarchy is restored.
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James II inherited the throne.
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James daughter, Mary, her husband, and William III became the rulers of England.
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Parliment passed known as the English Bill of Rights. Also, there was granted limited religious freedoms to puritans. Political parties emerged in England.
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A new feature of government evolved. The wealth of the poor was threating.
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Whig leader Robert Walpole unified body by requiring all members to agree on major issues.
