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Period: Jun 28, 1491 to Jan 28, 1547
Henry VIII
Changed England from catholic church to protestant because he wanted divorce to be illegal -
Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth I
Her skills helped make her a popular ruler,who became known as "Queen bess"
She was the queen until her death -
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Charles II
Lost his attack between Ireland and Scottland
He was invited to take thrown in Parliment.
His era was know as Restoration period
Avoided clashing with parliment -
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john locke
Believe in natural rights: life,liberty and property
Publishes Two Ttreaties of Goverment -
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James II
Inherited the thrown in 1685 but wasnt there long
Appreciated catholic faith
Overthrown by the Glorious revolution -
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Montesquieu
He didved the goverment into 3 branches: Judicial, legislative and exectuive
He wrote the Sprite of laws
His ideas are int he u.s constituion -
English Bill of rights
gave the house of commons the power of purse
lays down limits on the powers of the crown
sets out the rights of parliment -
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William and Mary orange
Had to accept the Several Acts of Parliment
They accepted thrown -
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Voltaire
He was a french enlightment writer
He mocked the church and noble
He believe in freedom of speech
Wrote Letters of English -
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Rousseau
Believed in natural rights and direct democracy
Wrote the Social Contract
Said "Man is born free and yet everywhere he is in chains" -
cause of war
a disagreement on the way britain treated the colonies versus the way colonies felt they should be treated -
causes of declaration of independence
Thomas jefferson wrote the document inspired by John Locke
goverment had an obligation to protect peoples natural right to life,libery, and property -
articles of confederation
agreement between the 13 founding states
was weak and people ignored it
made no money
led to constituional convention -
Constitution
Bejamin Franklin and James Madison drafted to constitution
Divided powers -
causes of revolution
colonist were begining to get upset about conditions of colonies
debt had risen
people were upset about taxation
believed people should heir england -
Bill of rights
the first 10 amendments to the constitution make up the bill of rights
written by james madison