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English Civil War

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to make more European westernize
Great Charter, signed in 1215 by King John, said he could not tax the people without consent ir deny them basic rights Magna Carta
to bring all of the power of the government to one person or group centralization
grand, expensive palace of Louis XIV (14th) Versailles
Kings receive their power from God Divine Right
English royal family of Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, Elizabeth I Tudors
English Royal Family of James I, Charles I, Charles II, James II, who abused absolute power Stuarts
absolute monarch of England who was pro-Catholic and did things without consent of Parliament King James I
English Stuart King who tried to rule without parliament; executed by Oliver Cromwell and the roundheads Charles I
England's equal to America's congress Parliament
Signed in 1628 by Charles I (from Stuart family) which took away his right to deprive English of any basic rights Petition of Right
supporters of a King in the English Civil War Cavaliers
supporters of Parliament during the English Civil War- said King Charles I violated the Petition of Right Roundheads
leader of the roundheads; leader of England after James I's execution; person responsible for regicide of King Charles I Cromwell
execusion of a King Regicide
parliament left over from the previous parliament Rump Parliament
Military Law (soldiers everywhere enforcing laws) martial law
strict religious group of England under Oliver Cromwell Puritan
Puritan dictatorship in England under Oliver Cromwell after regicide of King Charles I Protectorate
son of Charles ; brought back to rule during "Restoration; had secret Catholic sympathies during a time when the Test Acts made it illegal for Catholics to be King Charles II
putting a king on the throne after there hasn't been one restoration
conservations who trusted the king Tory
Wnglish people who feared too powerful a monarchy; wanted Parliament to have most of the power Whig
makes unjust arrest and detention illegal (Latin=have body) Habeas Corpus Act 1679
Successor to Charles II, two Protestant daughters Mary and Anne; put Catholics in gov't positions violating Test Acts; cousin of Louis XIV of France; kicked off of throne and fled to France to be safe with Louis XIV James II
Said no Catholic could hold gov't position Test Acts
Mary = daughter of James II, William = husband of Mary; successors to James II; made to sign English Bills of Rights before taking throne during "Glorious Revolution" William and Mary
gave basic rights to the English People English Bill of Rights
1st country in Europe to end divine right monarchy England
Bloodless Revolution where James II fled to France and his daughter Mary and her husband William took the throne in England without a battle Glorious Revolution
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