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Constitutionalism

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