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- Elizabeth I had no children
- Closest relative = James Stuart, King of Scotland.
- James I took English throne in 1603.
- Claimed divine right
- friction with parliament
- no religious toleration for Puritans.
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- Conflict with Parliament over religion and taxes. Needed $ to fight
France & Spain.
- Asks Parliament for money. King must sign Petition of Right:
- No taxes without Parliament consent.
- No quartering soldiers.
- No martial law in peace-time.
- no one kept in prison without specific charges
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- Signed, but often broken by the king.
- Parliament's protest leads to dismissal for 11 years.
- Many Puritans are imprisoned.
- 1637 conflict- Charles forces Scottish churches to use Anglican prayer
book - Scots revolt.
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- 1640 - Charles is forced to call Parliament for $ to fight Scots.
Parliament refuses to give $ and is dismissed a second time by Charles
after 3 weeks.
- New elections called for by Charles- New Parliament passes laws limiting
king’s ability to tax.
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- 1642- Puritans move to weaken king’s control over army. Also to reform
the Church of England.
- Charles orders soldiers to arrest leaders.
- Civil War 1642-1651:
- Cavaliers = loyal to the king.
- Roundheads = Parliament supporters.
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- Leader of Roundheads is Oliver Cromwell.
- Eventually took king prisoner and had him beheaded for treason.
- England is declared a Commonwealth- Parliament is dismissed in 1653.
- Cromwell rules with military until his death in 1658.
- His son takes over and is considered a bad leader.
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- Parliament invites Charles’ son to assume throne - Charles II (1660 -
1685).
- Still religious conflicts -Catholics, Anglicans and Protestants.
- Charles II wanted his brother to succeed him - a Roman Catholic.
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- James II - King 1685-1689
- Catholic wife gives birth to a son. People fear he will be raised to
restore Catholicism.
- 1689 - English throne is offered to Mary and William; James flees to
France.
- English Bill of Rights
- freedoms spelled out for Englishmen.
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