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Constitutionalism
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| constitutionalism | government power is limited by law |
| gentry | wealthy landowners in the countryside who dominated politics in the House of Commons |
| House of Commons | England's lower house in parliment |
| Stuart dynasty | ruled England for most of the 17th century |
| James I | Elizabeth I left no heir, James VI of Scotland was next in line to assume throne;thus England got a Scottish king |
| “divine right” of kings | claimed "no bishop;no king" in response to Calvinists who wanted to eliminate system of Bishops in the church of England |
| Charles I | son of James I, like james claimed divine right |
| Petition of Right, 1628 | Parliament attempted to encourage the king to grant basic legal rights in return |
| “Short Parliament” | A Scottish military revolt 1639-40 occurred when Charles attempted to impose the English prayer book on the Scottish Presbyterian church |
| “Long Parliament” | desperate for money after the Scottish invasion of Northern England in 1640, Charles finally agreed to certain demands by Parliment |
| Archbishop Laud | the leaders of the persecution of puritans were to be tied and executed |
| English Civil War | Cause: Charles tried to arrest several Puritans, in Parliament but a crowd of 4,000 came to Parliaments defence |
| Cavaliers | supported the king |
| Roundheads | opposed the king |
| Oliver Cromwell | a fiercely puritan independent and military leader of the roundheads |
| New Model Army | a division between Puritans and Presbyterians |
| Pride’s Purge | Elements of the new model army removed all non-puritans and Presbyterians from parliment |
| “Rump” Parliament | Due to Prides Purge, left only 1/5 members |
| Levellers | radical religious revolutionests |
| Diggers | denied parliament's authority and rejected private ownership of land |
| Quakers | believed in an "inner light", a divine spark that existed in each person |
| Interregnum | rule without king |
| Protectorate | Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector(In effect, a dictatorship) |
| Restoration | Under Charles II and JAmes II |
| Charles II | parliament restored him to the throne |
| Clarendon Code | Instituted in 1661, by monarchists and Anglicans, Sought to drive all puritans out of both political and religious life |
| Test Act, 1673 | excluded those unwilling to receive the sacrament of the church of England from voting, holding office, preaching, teaching, attending universities, or assembling for meetings |
| Habeas Corpus Act, 1679 | Whig Parliament sought to limit charles' power |
| James II | Inherited the throne at age 55 from his brother Charles II |
| “Glorious Revolution” | the final act in the struggle for political sovereignty in England |
| William and Mary | Declared joint sovereigns by Parliment |
| Bill of Rights | William and Mary accepted what became known as the "Bill of Rights",became the hallmark for constitutionalism in Europe |
| John Locke, Second Treatise of Civil Government (1690) | stated that the people create a government to protect their "natural rights" of life,liberty and property |
| Toleration Act, 1689 | Granted right to worship for protestant non-conformists(Ex,Puritans,Quakers)although they could not hold office |
| Act of Settlement, 1701 | If king William, or his sister-in-law, Anne, died without children, the crown would pass to the granddaughter of James I |
| Act of Union, 1707 | United England and Scotland into Great Britan |
| Great Britain | Formed because the Scots desperately desired access to England's trade empire and believed that it would fall behind if it did not enter into a union |
| Cabinet system | Developed in the 18th century, Leading ministers made common policy and conducted the business of the country |
| Prime Minister | a member of the majority, was the leader of the government |
| Robert Walpole | is viewed as the first prime minister in British history |
| United Provinces of the Netherlands (Dutch Republic) | 1st half of the 17th century was the "golden age" of the Netherlands, the government was dominated by the bourgeoisie whose wealth and power limited the power of the state |
| stadtholder | governor |
| Dutch Reformed church | were the majority and the most powerful |
| Arminianism | Calvinism without the belief in predestiation |
| Amsterdam | became the banking and the commercial center of Europe |
| Dutch East India Co. | organized as cooperative ventures of private enterprise and the state |
| Gustavus Adolphus | ruled 1611-1632, reorganized the gov't |
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