How did england become a Constitutional Monarchy?

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  • Death of Elizabeth l

    Queen Elizabeth I died on March 24th 1603, to be believed of blood poisoning. Her chosen successor was James l
  • James I ( James VI )

    king James I also know as King James the VI was the king of England, Scotland, and Ireland. He ruled England from march 24 1603 until his death.
  • Charles I

    Charles I became king england, scotland, and ireland in 1625 after his father King James I died.
  • Charles I dissolves parliament

    parliament is one of the English branches of government. King Charles dissolved parliament because number one they created the Petition of Rights which made sure the King could not tax the people without parliaments consent,so he had to ask for money. Then parliament refused to give him the money that he wanted
  • Charles I calls parliament back into session

    Charles called parliament back into session so that he could get money. when they said they wouldn't give him any he dissolved it again
  • The English civil war/Oliver Cromwell/ Death of Charles I

    The English civil war started when Charles I and Parliament had an argument over an Irish insurrection. The war ended when Oliver Cromwell, the military leader for parliament, won the Battle of Preston, and Charles I was beheaded.
  • Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector of England

    after the war Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector of England from 1654-1658
  • Restortion

    It marked the return of Charles II as king (1660–85) following the period of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth.
  • Charles II

    he was king of England, Scotland, and Ireland in 1660 until his death.
  • Habeas Corpus passed

    this was a procedural device to force the courts to examine the lawfulness of a prisoner's detention in order to safeguard individual liberty and thus to prevent unlawful or arbitrary imprisonment. It was passed by parliament in 1679
  • James II

    he was King of England And Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685 until he was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688
  • Glorious Revolution

    The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England
  • William and Mary

    William and Mary were the co-regnants over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, namely the Dutch Prince of Orange King William III and his spouse Queen Mary II. Their joint reign began in February 1689 after they were offered the throne by the Convention Parliament
  • English Bill of Rights/Constitutional Monarchy

    The 1689 English Bill of Rights was a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1689 that declared the rights and liberties of the people and settling the succession in William III and Mary II following the Glorious Revolution of 1688 when James II was deposed. A constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state within the parameters of a written, unwritten or blended constitution. England became a Constitutional Monarchy in 1689