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The Interregnum (1649-1660)
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-Oliver Cromwell is the leader and England will be ruled w/o a king.
-England was a military state ruled by the army of Cromwell in reality. |
The Common Wealth
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-A republic w/ a constitution that abolishes the House of Lords and of course the monarchs.
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1563 Cromwell dissolved...
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-The rump parliament and establishes a Protectorate.
-Cromwell became the Lord Protector. -Military Dictatorship |
1649 Cromwell invades...
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-Ireland and crushes the Irish who were in rebellion. very brutal.
a. 2/3 of Catholic lands were given to the English in Ireland b. He hated the Irish because they were Catholic |
The Puritan controlled government will regulate the moral life of English demanding the strict moral codes be followed.
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-no golf
-no theater -no dancing, drinking, and singing -strict observance of the sabboth |
1661 Clarendon Code
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-was created to drive out all Puritans out of public, political, and religious life
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The Test Act
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-excluded those unwilling to recieve the sacrament of the church of
England from voting, holding office, preaching, teaching, or attending
universities (Puritans and Catholics)
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Charles II needed $$$ so he ...
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-made a secret deal with Louis XIV
a. Charles received 3 mil. a year in exchange for relaxing the restrictions of Catholic b. England agrees to fight the Dutch w/ France |
The Pope-ish plot
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-a story created by Tidus Oates who said that the pope had an agreement w/ James who was the bro of Charles II
-James was to kill Charles II -35 innocent people will be executed |
Charles II will dissolve the Parliament when...
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-It passes a law denying royal succession to a Catholic
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King James II
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-Catholic
-grants religious freedom to all -two daughters to protestant wife: Mary and Ann -son to catholic wife -Wanted to return England to an Absolute monarch and Catholicism - reissued the Declaration of Indulgences: granted freedom of worship to Catholic |
William III
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- invited by Parliament to assume the thrown w/ his wife (Mary)
- leader of the dutch/Netherlands - agreed if he could have his troops w/ him and the support of the people of England |
1689 Bill of Rights
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-makes England a Constitutional monarchy
- laws can only be made w/ consent of Parliament - members of Parliament have right to free speech - taxation is illegal w/o parliaments approval - no excessive ball or cruel and unusual punishment -accused is guaranteed trial by jury and due process of law -3 elections to parliament, cannot be dissolved |
1701 Act of Settlement
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- declared that if King William or his sister in law Ann died w/o children the crown would go to the Hanover elector (German)
- First 2 Hanover Kings of England did not speak English and let the decision making process be done by the cabinet |
1707 Act of Union
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-united England and Scotland into Great Brittian
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