England

Elizabeth I

• Renaissance • Restored Anglican

Church (Protestantism)

• Beat Spanish Armada• Debt• James I took over

– King of Scotland & England

Charles I

• James I son• Needed $, Parliament

said no• Got rid of Parliament• Needed $• Lets Make a deal

“Petition of Rights”– Due cause– No quartering of soldiers– Consent for taxes– Signed it and ignored it, got

rid of Parliament AGAIN

• Forced Anglican on Puritans

• Made a lot of people mad• Riots• Went to N. England and

formed an army

Civil War-Cromwell1642-1649

• King vs. Parliament• Cavaliers / Royalists vs.

Roundheads / Cromwell• Cromwell wins• Trial for Charles I-beheaded• Cromwell takes over

– Military Dictator– Commonwealth– Abolish monarchy– Ireland attacked– Puritan values (No fun)– Died in 1660

Restoration of Charles II• Charles I son• Restored fun, women acting• Anglican• No Heir• Habeas Corpus-judge & trial or

set free• Had brother (James II-

Catholic)• Parliament divided-first political

parties• Tories for hereditary even if

Catholic• Whigs for any non Catholic• James II becomes king, a

Catholic

The Glorious Revolution

• James had a son & daughter

• Son was Catholic, daughter was Anglican

• Parliament asked daughter to overthrow her dad

• Daughter was Mary she had a husband named William of Orange

• William & Mary overthrow James in a bloodless “Glorious Revolution”

Constitutional Monarchy

• William & Mary establish a constitutional monarchy

• Laws limit the monarch• English Bill of Rights

– No suspension of Parliament– No taxes without permission– Freedom of speech in Parliament– Right to petition w/o punishment– Established a Cabinet

• Walpole becomes first Prime Minister