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Queen Elizabeth I dies and someone needs to take her place. She had a relative named James Stuart. He was the ruling King of Scotland. After he took the throne, he was known as King James I.
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King Charkes I takes the throne in 1625. He acted like an absolute monarch just like his father. He held many of his enemys captive and held his nation tight for money.
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King Charles had a problem with funding taxes. Because of this, Charles was forced to summon the Parliament. Parliament makes them sign a petetion that prohibits him for rasing taxes and jailing people without parliaments consulting.
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King Charles dissolves Parliament and rules alone for eleven years. At that time he went on the create many enemies such as the Puritans.
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Charles and Laud tried to force the Angelican prayer book upon Scotland. To crush the scottish rebellion, he has to summon Parliament.
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Charles I calls parliament again but they hold off until 1653. They become known as long Parliament in the span.
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Parliament tries and executes the Chief Ministers including Arch Bishop Laud. They also declare that they cannot be dissolved without being consulted.
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Charles I led many troops into the House of Commons and arrested many radical leaders. Through the back door they escaped and created their own army. They eventually started to move to the battle field and fight.
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The Caviliers fight for King Charles against the Round Heads who are fighting for the Parliament. King Charles is later executed by Parliament in 1649. He was executed because he claimed absolute power and ignored the rule of law.
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The king was handed over to the Parliament forces. Parliament goes on to win the war.
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Parliament has KIng Charles tried and executed. He himself gave the command to the executioner to strike. He told the executioner when to kill him.
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Parliament banishes catholics into the Barren Lands of West Ireland. Any catholic found disobeying the order would be killed on site. Along with this, they enforced laws amongst the Commonwealth.
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Cronwell takes the title the Lord Protector as the challenges to the order grew. From then on, he served as a virtual dictator through the army
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His death leads to the Puritan dominance in England ending. Many people were tried of Military Rule and strict Puritan ways.
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The newly elected Parliament invites Charles II back to England to end his exile. This restores the Monarchy and Parliament in england as well.
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Charles' brother, James II, takes the throne. James was very different from his brother. He practiced catholic faith, angered his subjects, suspended laws, and appointed catholics to high office. Many protestants thought that James would restore the Roman Catholic Church.
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Parliament leaders invited James' Protestant daughter, Mary, and her dutch protestant husband, William III of Orange. When Mary and WIlliam arrived in England with their army, James II fled to France. This became known as the Glorious Revolution because there was no Blood Shed to overthrow the king.
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With parliaments blessing, William and Mary became England's Monarchs. With this blessing, they agreed to limited powers under Parliament's domination.
