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Cards In This Set
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Absolute Monarchy
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When a King/Queen rules with total control and without a constitution.
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Divine Right of Kings
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The belief that a monarch has the God given right to rule absolutely.
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Court of Star Chamber
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The secret and illegal court that Charles I used to try and imprison his enemies.
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Constitutional Monarchy
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A style of government where the Monarch is the head of state, but their powers are limited by a Constitution.
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Parliament
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Elected politicians who use a Constitution to govern and allocate funds for government spending on behalf of the people.
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Oliver Cromwell
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General who led the Puritans to victory and eventually declared himself England's "Lord Protector"
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Puritans
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The strict religious group that held key positions in Parliament and opposed the Monarchy's methods of ruling.
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Magna Carta
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Document King John was forced to sign that limited the King's powers.
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Rump Parliament
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The Puritan remaining members of parliament after Col. Pride chased out members who did not support their cause of creating a Republic.
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Duke of Buckingham
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Friend of Charles I that was executed by the Puritans.
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James I
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First of the Stuart Kings from Scotland that tried to rule with absolute power.
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Constitution
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The list of rules and laws that outline how a government will govern and tax.
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Royalists
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Individuals that supported the Monarchy during the Civil War.
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The Restoration
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Period after the rule of Cromwell when Charles II and the monarchy are restored to govern as a Constitutional Monarchy.
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The Glorious Revolution
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The period when the English peacefully overthrow the monarchy of James II and ask William & Mary to rule under Parliament and the Constitution.
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