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Four main points:
No taxes could be levied without Parliament's consent
No English subject could be imprisoned without cause - thus reinforcing the right of habeas corpus
No quartering of soldiers in citizens homes
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Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, the childless Elizabeth was the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty.
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Elizabeth Tudor is considered by many to be the greatest monarch in English history. When she became queen in 1558, she was twenty-five years old, a survivor of scandal and danger, and considered illegitimate by most Europeans.
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James I becomes king when Elizabeth died
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Struggled with Parliament
Signed the Petition of Right -
No taxes could be levied without Parliament's consent
No English subjects could be imprisoned without cause
No quartering soldiers in citizens homes -
Each of these four points enumerated specific civil rights that Englishmen felt Charles I had breached throughout his reign
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Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
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The commonmealth was founded
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September 3, 1658, Palace of Whitehall, London
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Dissolves parliament
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He was best know as the "merry monarch"
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Charles 2's bother
Roman Catholic
Struggles with Parliament -
He found Jamestown colony
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Religious toleration for the first time