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The highest legislature, consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Lords. https://quizlet.com/15553695/triumph-of-parliament-in-england-flash-cards/
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She always wasted money and left a big debt. https://quizlet.com/12630792/history-queen-elizabeth-i-flash-cards/
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Already ruler of Scotland, Became King James 1 of England in 1603. Conflicts with Parliament were about money and James offended Puritan members of Parliament.https://quizlet.com/7647473/james-i-1603-1625-timeline-quiz-flash-cards/
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When James 1 died in 1625, His son Charles 1 took over. Always asked for money because he was at war with France and Spain. In 1628 Parliament refused unless he agreed to sign the petition of right which he signed but ignored. It set that the law was higher than King.https://quizlet.com/2892542/ap-euro-around-charles-i-flash-cards/
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Contract in which he greed to not put someone in jail for no reason, put soldiers in private homes, levy taxes without parliament's consent, and impose martial law in peacetime.
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1629 Refused to call it back into session to get money he imposed all kinds of fines on English people.
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1637 Needed money to Protect England from Scots and could only get it from Parliament
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1641 Parliament passes laws to limit royal power. Furious, Charles tried to arrest the Parliament leaders in January of 1642 but they escaped.
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From 1642-1649, Supporters and opponents of King Charles fought. Those loyal to King Charles were called royalist or cavaliers. Puritans were supporters of Parliament and Royalist called them round heads because wore hair short by ear.
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By 1644 Puritans found a general who could win. In 1645 their army began defeating the cavaliers and the tides turned. In 1647 they held the king prisoner. In 1649 they brought Charles to trial for Treason against Parliament.https://quizlet.com/11327300/absolute-constitutional-monarchy-flash-cards/
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In 1649 he was found guilty. It was revolutionary, Kings died in battle, killed in secret, or overthrown. They have never had a public execution of a reigning monarch.
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Got power and in 1649 he abolished the monarchy and House of Lords. He established commonwealth, a republican form of government. In 1653, sent home the remaining members of Parliament. His associate drafted constitution, the first written constitution of any modern European state. However, Cromwell eventually tore up the document a became a military dictator. Ruled until his death in 1658.
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Reigned in 1660, Peoples screamed in joy and bells rang. He restored monarchy. Parliament passed an important guarantee of freedom.https://quizlet.com/486257/charles-ii-and-the-restoration-monarchy-flash-cards/
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Time where King Charles II restored monarchy.https://quizlet.com/28657960/james-ii-and-the-glorious-revolution-flash-cards/
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1679 the law was passed to where a prisoner and any other person had the right to go to jury and the judge would decide if they go to jail or set free.
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1685 James became king. Displayed Catholicism and broke English law. Parliament protested but King James 2 dissolved it.https://quizlet.com/28657960/james-ii-and-the-glorious-revolution-flash-cards/
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Mary was the daughter of King James II and got married with William of Orange.
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When William led his army to London in 1688, James fled to France and was overthrown.
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1689 Law limiting royal power including that king could not suspend parliament law, levying taxes without specific grant by parliament, interfering speeches of freedom by parliament, no penalty for a citizen who petitions the king about grievances
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Government where Laws that limit the ruler’s power.
