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Rise of Parliament
Rise of Parliamentary Democracy Test Flashcards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Henry Vlll | Tudor King (1509-1547) Catholic 6 wives 3 kids |
| Mary Tudor (Bloody Mary) | Tudor (1553-1558) "Bloody Mary" Catholic Married to King Philip ll |
| Edward | Tudor (1547-1558) Protestant |
| Elizabeth | Tudor (1558-1603) Protestant |
| Mary Stuarts Queen of Scots | Stuart Catholic |
| Phillip ll | King of Spain (1556-1598) Catholic Married to Mary |
| Francis Drake | Defeated the Spanish Armada English Queen Elizabeth was in love with him |
| James Vl of Scotland -> James l of England | Stuart (1603-1625) Catholic Mary Queen of Scot's son |
| Charles l | Stuart (1625-1649) Catholic Lost the war to Parliament First king to be executed |
| William Laud | Archbishop in the Church of England Betrayed by Charles l Executed in 1645 |
| Oliver Cromwell | ruled England after Charles l (1653-1658) Puritan Was part of Parliament Beat Charles in war |
| Charles ll | Stuart (1660-1685) Catholic Grew up in France |
| James ll | Stuart (1685-1688) Catholic Had two wives and kids with both Created controversy with Parliament |
| James Edward (baby James) | Catholic Son of James ll and his second wife Marie Was supposed to be king but was pushed out by William and Mary |
| William of Orange | Was prince of Orange Became king of England (1689-1702) Protestant Took the throne from James ll |
| Mary | Stuart (1689-1694) Protestant Married to William of Orange Stole the throne from her dad |
| Anne | Stuart (1702-1714) Protestant Last Stuart Queen/King |
| Supremacy | Established by King Henry Vlll (1534) Declared the King as the Supreme head of Church of England |
| Uniformity | Established by Queen Elizabeth l (1559) parliamentary laws designed to enforce a single, unified form of worship in the Church of England |
| Triennial Act | Established by Parliament (1641) Meant Parliament had to be summoned every three years to prevent monarchs from ruling indefinitely without a legislative body |
| Test Act | Established by Parliament (1673) Created to prevent Catholics from holding positions of power (specifically Charles ll) |
| Habeas Corpus | Established by Parliament (1679) Is a legal right dating back to the Magna Carta Was created to stop individuals from being held without charge or trial and primarily protecting against royal detention |
| Petition of Right | Established by the English Parliament (1628) Was created to limit the monarchs power Prohibited many things without Parliamentary consent Upheld the Magna Carta |
| Exclusion Act | Established by the Whigs (1679) Created during Charles ll reign so his brother James ll didn't take the throne after him Prevented a Catholic from becoming king |
| English Bill of Rights | Established by William and Mary (1689) It required the King/Queen to need Parliament to rule Established rights like freedom of speech in Parliament and free elections |
| marriage game | Queen Elizabeth l entertained other European royalties to keep alliances and not create conflict |
| joint stock companies | Pioneering buissnesses where private investors pooled captial by purchasing shares, financing, and sharing risks of overseas Chartered by the monarchs |
| sea dogs | 16th-century English privateers and maritime adventurers authorized by Queen Elizabeth I to attack and plunder Spanish ships and colonies |
| Spanish Armada | a massive 130-ship naval fleet sent by Catholic King Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade Protestant England, overthrow Queen Elizabeth I, and restore Catholicism |
| English Frigates v Spanish Galleons | The English victory was driven by adopting ships that prioritized firepower and speed over cargo capacity and troop transport |
| fire boats | vessels packed with combustibles and explosives, launched while burning to destroy enemy fleets |
| crescent formation | a defensive naval tactic used by the Spanish Armada in 1588 to invade England, rather than an English formation |
| English civil war | a series of conflicts between King Charles I (Royalists) and Parliament (Parliamentarians) over religious freedom, taxation, and the limits of monarchical power |
| puritans | English Protestants who sought to "purify" the Church of England of remaining Roman Catholic elements, emphasizing strict Calvinist theology, personal piety, and scriptural authority |
| roundheads/new model army | their professional, highly disciplined, Puritan-driven army led by Cromwell that won the war |
| cavaliers | the loyal supporters of King Charles I and his son, Charles II, during the English Civil War |
| execution of charles l | Following his defeat in the English Civil War, he was convicted by a parliamentary court, leading to the temporary abolition of the monarchy |
| Long Parliament/Rump Parliament | The Long Parliament (1640–1660) was summoned by Charles I, becoming a long-lasting opponent of royal authority during the English Civil War |
| Military dictatorship | when Oliver Cromwell ruled as Lord Protector following the monarchy's abolition |
| lord protector | a regent or noble appointed to govern the realm during an monarch's minority, absence, or incapacity, acting as a temporary protector |
| "no fun policies" | when the monarchy was abolished. Led by Oliver Cromwell, the government banned Christmas celebrations, theaters, and gambling, enforcing strict moral codes |
| Irish land policies | colonization and the imposition of feudal, then manorial, systems through plantation and confiscation |
| Drogheda | Drogheda was a vital, heavily fortified garrison town and trading port. As part of the English Pale in Ireland, it served as a key administrative center where Irish parliaments met and English kings, such as Richard II, conducted business |
| The restoration | the reinstatement of the Stuart monarchy under Charles II, ending an eleven-year republican Commonwealth period following the English Civil War |
| Exclusion crisis | a intense political struggle in England during King Charles II's reign to legally bar his Catholic brother, James, Duke of York, from succeeding to the throne |
| Whigs | The Whigs were a powerful political faction in late 17th-to-mid-19th century England that advocated for constitutional monarchy, limiting the king's power in favor of parliamentary supremacy |
| Tories | The Tories emerged in the late 17th century (c. 1679–1681) as a political faction supporting a strong hereditary monarchy, the divine right of kings, and the Church of England |
| Glorious revolution | the largely bloodless overthrow of the Catholic King James II of England by a union of Parliamentarians and the Dutch stadtholder William of Orange |
| Parliamentary Democracy | Early English parliamentary monarchy evolved from a feudal system where the king ruled supreme, slowly sharing power with a council of elites (barons and clergy) that later incorporated commoners |
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