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Jun 15, 1215
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Was the body of the Kingdom of England -
Period: Jun 19, 1566 to
James I
James VI and I was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death. -
Death of Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth drew her final breath on March 24, 1603, at Richmond Palace in Surrey. With her death came the end of the house of Tudor, a royal family that had ruled England since the late 1400s. -
Charles I
Charles I was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. -
Petition of Rights.
The Petition of Rights was a document that King Charles I had to sign in order for the Parliament to grant him any more money. He agreed to four major points in this document. After he had agreed to it, he then ignored it completely. In 1629 he broke the Parliament once again. So for him to get money, he had imposed all kinds of fines to the English people. -
Autumn of 1641 laws
While the traditional jurisdictional conflicts between the common-law. -
Oliver Cromwell.
In 1644, the Puritans had found a general that could win the war, Oliver Cromwell. In 1645 is when Cromwell’s army, New Model Army, began defeating the Cavaliers making the Puritans start winning. In 1647, Cromwell’s army held King Charles prisoner. Cromwell and the Puritans brought Charles I to treason against the Parliament in 1649 where he was found guilty and sentenced to death. -
Oliver Cromwell Rules England.
Oliver Cromwell started ruling England in 1649. During his rule, he ended the monarchy and House of Lords. He also established a commonwealth, which is a republican form of government. -
Charles I Executed
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Charles II
Charles II came into London in 1660. While he was king, Parliament passed an important guarantee of freedom called, Habeas Corpus. Since Charles II had no child, the Parliament would now decide who would take the throne once he died. When Charles II died in 1658, James II took over. The time Charles II was King, was called the Restoration. -
England Becoming a Constitutional Monarchy.
England was considered a Constitutional Monarchy at this point in time. A Constitutional Monarchy is where the laws limited the ruler’s power. -
Habeas Corpus Law.
Habeas Corpus was an important guarantee of freedom passed by Parliament in 1679. Because of this new law, the monarchy could no longer put a person in jail for simply disobeying them. -
James II
James II became king in 1658 when Charles II died. James was a Catholic. His older daughter Mary was a Protestant and married to William of Orange, the prince of the Netherlands. Seven Parliament members asked Mary and William to come to England to overthrow King James II for the sake of the Protestants. James II fled to France when Prince William led his army to London in 1688. This overthrow is called the Glorious Revolution. -
Glorious Revolution.
The Glorious Revolution was in 1688 when Prince William of the Netherlands, led his army to London to overthrow King James II. -
William and Mary.
William of Orange, Prince of Netherlands, and Mary, King James II’s daughter, were both married and Protestant. English Parliament members had asked if William could overthrow King James II for the sake of Protestantism. So in 1688, William led his army to London to overthrow King James II but James had fled to France. -
English Bill of Rights.
The English Bill of Rights was established in 1689 when William and Mary became King and Queen of England. This document was created by the Parliament and consisted many thing that the rulers could not do. One of them was: No suspending of Parliament’s laws.
