English Civil War Flashcards
Divine Right of Kings
The right to rule comes from above
Puritans
English Protestants in the 16th and 17th century
Charles I
Last Absolute Monarch of England
Petition of Rights
Levying taxes without Parliment consent
Proclaiming Martial Law in Peacetime
Imprisoning anyone without a charge
Quartering troops in private homes without consent
Short/Long Parliment
When Scots Revolt- Short
When Scots Invade- Long
Can not dissolve parliment
Grand Remonstrance
When Parliament Impeaches Charles advisers and attempts to arrest them all
Cavaliers vs. Roundheads
Cavaliers- royalists
Roundheads- Parliamentarians
Oliver Cromwell
Puritan Leader of the new model army
Battle of Marston Moor
English Civil War- Charles Captured
Rump Parliament
English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648