History test revision Flashcards
When did Elizabeth I become queen
1558
When was the Spanish armada
1588
James I comes king Elizabeth dies
1603
James I dies Charles I comes king
1625
English civil war
1642
Charles I is executed the monarchy is abolished
1649
Monarchy re maid Charles II king
1685
Charles II dies James II comes king
1688
Who was the lord protector
Oliver Cromwell
Why did the war start politics
Charles tried to arrest people in the house of parliament
Why did the war start economy
Charles was in debt due to the war with Scotland parliament denied to raise taxes so he made his own ship tax (which is illegal)
Why did the war start religion.
Charles was married to a catholic woman and England were very much protestant
Oliver Cromwell good
1.he allowed Jews back into the country after being banned for 300 years
2. He ended war with the Netherlands and Portugal
Oliver Cromwell bad
1.Killed 3500 people in the Drogheda massacre in Ireland
2.he killed charles for being a tyrant and ended up being one
Civil war parliament power
Showed people parliament was just as/more powerful then the monarchy
Glorious revolution
They swapped James off the throne due to him being an absolute monarch and fear of turning England Catholic there was no resistance so England was mostly ruled by parliament
Bill of rights
The bill of rights being signed showed that the monarchs weren’t really that powerful as it was signed this contained things like parliament being able to take taxes
