English Revolution Time Line

By talijah.humes
  • Oct 20, 1485

    Background and the Tudors' with Parliment

    During her reign, Queen Elizabeth I of England had frequent conflicts with parliment.

  • Charles I inherits the throne

    In 1625 James I died. Charles I first, his son, took the throne.

  • Parliament forces Charles to sign the Petition to Right

    By 1628, Charles was forced to call parliment again. This time it refused to grant him any money unril he signed a document that is known as the Petition of Right

  • Charles dissolved Parliment and refused to call it back into session

    To get money, he imposed all kinds of fees and fines on the English people. His popularity decreased year by year

  • Charles tried to force Presbyterian Scots to accept the Anglican bible

    Charles I wanted both his kingdoms to follow one religion

  • Charles forced to call Parliament again; Long Parliament begins

    Parliament passed laws to limit royal power

  • Charles forced to call Parliament again; Long Parliament begins

    Supporters and opponents of King Charles fought the English Civil War

  • The English Civil War; Cavaliers vs. Roundheads

    The Puritans found a general who could win, Oliver Cromwell.

  • The English Civil War; Cavaliers vs. Roundheads

    Cromwell's New Model Army began defeating the Cavaliers, and the tide turned toward the Puritans.

  • The English Civil War; Cavaliers vs. Roundheads

    They held the king prisoner.

  • Execution of Charles I; establishment of The Commonwealth

    They found him guilty and sentenced him to death. The execution of Charles was revolutionary. Cromwell abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords. He also established a common weallth.

  • The English Civil War; Cavaliers vs. Roundheads

    Cromwell and the Purtians brought Charles to trial for treason against Parliament.

  • Irish exiled to the “west” of Ireland

    Irish exiled to the “west” of Ireland

  • Cromwell takes title of “Lord Protector”

    Cromwell's associate John Lambert drrafted a constituion, the first written constitution of any modern European state.

  • The Puritan Society of the Commonwealth

    The Puritan Society of the Commonwealth

  • The Puritan Society of the Commonwealth

    Oliver Cromwell's death.

  • The Puritan Society of the Commonwealth

    Parliament voted to ask the older son of Charles I to rule England.

  • The Puritan Society of the Commonwealth

    When Prince Charles entered London in 1660, crowds shouted joyfully and bells rang.

  • James II inherits throne; clashes with Parliament

    Charles II died and James II became king.

  • Glorious Revolution and the English Bill of Rights

    James's second wife gave birth to a son. English Protestants became terrified at the prospect of a line of Catholic kings.