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-James 1 takes the English throne
-Agrees to rule according to English rules & customs but believes heavily in divine right
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Charles I inherited the throne from James I, and also believed in divine right monarchy and was conservative on religious issues. To counter this push for absolutism, Parliament passed the Petition of Right, which started to lead to the fail of absolutism in England.
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The English has been under the combined rule of both the king and the assembly for so long that they weren't ready to allocate all power to a single person. Merchants and land-owning nobles supported Parliament, where members could be elected and changed in necessary, rather than a monarch with absolute power.
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There was complete dissent between the monarch (Charles I) and the Parliament of England, since the Parliament refused to give up their role in the nation. This was a major turning point for absolutism in England, because monarchs began to realize just how much power the parliament really had. It is because Parliament was so strongly ingrained into the English process of government, and was so centralized that Parliament survived while absolute government died miserably.
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With Parliament retaining and even gaining power, absolutism in England is gone during the mid 17th century (however it stays throughout Europe all the way until the 19th century). The lack of absolutism framed the Untied States Congress.
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Parliament continued to gain power over the King through the end of the 1600's, and would eventually become the leading governmental body of England. This allowed to help absolutism in England die out.
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The Parliament contained representatives from the middle and lower classes as well as the nobles, so there was a wide range of classes represented. Parliament was also a check on the King's power, hence why they were supported.
