QUESTIONS POTENTIELLES Flashcards
What is the Magna Carta ?
It was a charter saying the King could not create new taxes
without the consent of the Lords, High Clergy and the City of London.
if the King didn’t respect the charter, then rebellion against him was legitimate.
The ACT OF SUPREMACY in 1534
Henry 8 created the Church of England independant from the pope’s authority and with the monarch leading
Cromwell / commonwealth
1649 / death charles 1
1660 / restauration with charles 2
inbetween protestant dictatorship
HABEAS CORPUS
On one can be jailed without the right to have a proper trial
THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION 1688
James 2 fled to france, after ruling without parliament and marry to a catholic women,
WILLIAM 3 ET MARY2 come to get the power =>Birth of Parliamentary Monarchy=> Bill of Rights 1689
also only Protestant subjects had rights and the royal line should be Protestant.
The ACT OF UNION (1536)
England and Wales were united into one single country, great britain, with one parliament.
the second ACT OF UNION (1800)
Union between england, scotland, wales and ireland to become the U.K of Great Britain and Ireland = creation of a new state with a single parliament and single government,
John locke and adam smith
fathers founders of liberalism
John locke philosophe anglais
Adam smith academic scottish
The laissez-faire
governement should step away from all economical matters / supported by Whigs at first
New Liberalism
a means of guaranteeing freedom and removing obstacles to it such as poverty and unemployment - from the Labour Party / Whigs.
Fabian society
a British socialist organization whose purpose is to advance the principles of socialism via gradualist and reformist means.
john stuart mill
One of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism
During the second reform act, he defended the women’s right to vote.
Reform ACT 1832
it transformed the constituencies (cantons) in Britain and doubled the number of voters.
Union jack (1801)
mix with english, scottish and irish flag.Welsh flag not present.
Wars of the Roses
a series of wars for control of the throne of England between the Houses of Lancaster and York. both were finally united by Henry VII, who married Elizabeth of York to unite the two claims
