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CHARLES I - HE PERSECUTED THE PURITANS. THE PURITANS CONTROLLED THE PARLIAMENT
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THE CIVIL WARS - ( 1642- 1648) - ROYALISTS / CAVALIERS AGAINST PARLIAMENTARIANS/ ROUNDHEADS
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THE COMMONWEALTH (A FORM OF REPUBLIC) - CROMWELL,LORD PROTECTOR, A PURITAN TO RULE ENGLAND. // LITERATURE: HOBBES WROTE LEVIATHAN
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THE RESTORATION BY CHARLES II- MONARCHY WAS RESTORED- 2 POLITICAL PARTIES, THE TORIES/THE LANDED GENTRY (SUPPORTING THE KING)AND THE WHIGS / THE URBAN MIDDLE- CLASS( SUPPORTING THE PARLIAMENT)
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THE GREAT PLAGUE
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THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON
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//LITERATURE :PARADISE LOST BY MILTON- EPIC POEM IN VERSE BASED ON A RELIGIOUS SUBJECT THE LOSS OF PARADISE THE FALL OF MAN
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JAMES II - A CATHOLIC KING - ABDICATION (1888)
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THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION - WILLIAM D'ORANGE (HUSBAND OF JAMES II 'S DAUGHTER MARY) A FOREIGN/DUTCH PROTESTANT KING
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THE BILL OF RIGHTS - TO LIMIT THE POWER OF THE CROWN AND THE TOLERATION ACT - TO GRANT FREEDOM OF WORSHIP TO PROTESTANTS
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ACT OF SETTLEMENT- THE HOUSE OF HANOVER IN LINE FOR THE ENGLISH THRONE + NO MORE CATHOLIC KING
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THE HANOVERIAN KINGS - QUEEN ANNE-(1702-1714)
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THE ACT OF UNION - UNITED ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND UNDER THE NAME OF GREAT BRITAIN
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GEORGE I - THE AUGUSTAN AGE STARTED (1714-1789)