Triumph of Parliament in England Timeline By brittanytam 1603 Elizabeth died childless in 1603. 1625 Charles I inherited the throne in 1625. 1628 Charles’ need to raise taxes forced to summon Parliament. 1629 Charles ended Parliament in 1629. 1637 Charles and Laud tried to force the American prayer book on Scotland. 1640 Parliament launched its own revolt. 1642 English civil war posed a huge challenge to absolutism. 1653 Cromwell took the title of Lord Protector. 1685 Charles’ brother James II inherited the throne. 1688 James’ daughter Mary and her husband William became the rulers of England. 1689 The English Bill of Rights was passed. 1721 Whig leader Robert Walpole changed the cabinet into a unified body.
