Constitutionalism Flashcards
religious toleration
Calvinism was the dominant religion
gentry
wealthy landowners who dominated the House of Commons
House of Commons
dominated by the gentry, merchants, and landowners
Anglican Church
Stuarts, favored Episcopal form of church,
Puritans
favored Presbyterian form of church
James I
The True Law of Free Monarchies
Charles I
divine right of kings, opposed Puritans,
The Long Parliament
undo what they saw as royal tyranny
The Cavaliers
aristocrats, nobles, church officials who remained loyal to the king
The Roundheads
puritans, townspeople, middle-class businessmen, favored Parliamentary monarchy
Oliver Cromwell
Roundheads defeated the Cavaliers, executed Charles I, militaristic ruling style
Charles II
restored to power,
James II
inherited the throne, tried to return England to Catholicism
William and Mary
overthrew James II for sake of Protestantism
The Bill of Rights 1689
taxation required Parliaments consent, monarch could not be Roman Catholic,