England Flashcards

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Tudors and Parliament

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Henry ViI gave up power to parliament. He made parliament his 🐕. When Elizabeth became queen she also used parliament and made them work for her.

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Parliament

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They are responsible for raising taxes

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Stuarts and Parliament

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When James I became king nobody liked him and parliament used him and made the country go into debt.

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Puritans

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They hated catholics. They wanted to purify the church of england.

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Charles I

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He married a catholic woman. Parliament made him meet with them every 3 years to have a meeting which caused the English civil war.

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English civil war

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Kinda casual. The 2 sides were the royalists and the roundheads. The royalists were Charles’ team and the roundheads were parliament. Oliver Cromwell was the leader of the roundheads.

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Oliver Cromwell

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He led the roundheads in the English civil war. He was incharge in place of charles. England became a commonwealth because of him.

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Commonwealth

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England became one because they didn’t have a king or monarch.

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Restoration

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When things went south with Cromwell Charles II became king.

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Glorious Revolution

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James II was unpopular because he was catholic. So parliament got William of Orange and his wife Mary to be rulers. They established a constitutional monarchy.

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Constitutional Monarchy

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Set limitations to the government

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