English Civil War Flashcards

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Scottish, not well received, after Elizabeth

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James I

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Believed in divine right, rebellion=worst political crime

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James I

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Didn’t work well with parliament, flaunted his wealth and damaged prestige of monarchy

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James I

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Divine right, no parliament, controlled Church, tax issues, quartered soldiers in homes (ppl hated)

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Charles I

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Petition of Right (year and definition)

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1628- Habeas Corpus, due process, no quartering, no marshall law. Attempt to compromise with king in return for tax money

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Dissolved Parliament, ruled as absolutist w\o parliament

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Charles I

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Short and Long Parliament

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Charles I

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Immediate cause of war

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Charles tried to arrest Puritans in parliament after an Irish rebellion broke out and parliament wouldn’t give tax permission

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Cavaliers

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King, Anglicans, Irish Catholics

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Roundheads

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Oliver Cromwell, Puritans, businessmen, Scots

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Oliver Cromwell

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Puritan military leader

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12
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How war ended

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Charles beheaded in 1649

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Cromwell’s Rule

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Military State

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Restoration of Charles II and James II

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yeah, can’t really put into a flashcard. Happy Studying

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Glorious Revolution

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Transfer of power from James II (forced to abdicate b\c of Catholic heir) to William and Mary

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William and Mary accepted———–

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Bill of Rights, England became a constitutional monarch