RADICALS Flashcards
WHAT LEAD TO KING CHARLES 1ST EXECUTION
CIVIL WAR
Royalists vs Parliamentarians
Parliamentarians win and the republicans EXECUTE Charles in LONDON
Who wins the Civil War
The Parliamentarians
What happens after the civil war?
- The Republic of England was established.
- As king dead, Monarchy ABOLISHED
- Oliver Cromwell is leader of this Republic LORD PROTECTOR OF ENGLAND
Why was the monarchy RE-established after Cromwells reign
Military unrest leads to popular demand for monarchy to be restored.
The people felt there was divisions in leadership.
Charles II agreed to be more religiously lenient.
What is CHARLES II big issue?
NO MALE HEIRS! So upon his death no legitimate successor.
Who takes throne after Charles II (no heirs)
James II (his brother)… but not for long…
The GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
William of ORANGE is invited over by Protestant Nobels to invade England and claim the throne for himself!
King James II fled to France and William gained the throne non-violently.
Why is William of Orange important?
He ruled as a CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCH, not an ABSOLUTE monarch as the previous monarchs had done, he ruled but had to collaborate with government. Gist of the kind = step towards more “democratic” thinking or at least more lenient thinking.
Why were the American colonies rebelling?
The Georgian Kings terrible mismanaged the American colonies.
American War of Independence
1776 start.
Illustrates OLD CORRUPTION - England is not as Great as Britain should be 0 they lose the war because they are unprepared, disorganised and generally awful. There are flaws in the system.
What is the inspiration of revolution in France?
AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDANCE
FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789
MONARCHY IS ABOLISHED —> REPUBLIC ESTABLSHED
BUT
The revolution divulges into TERROR with groups like the Jacobean’s and Sans Culottes are main radical groups of paupers in France.
NAPOLEONIC WARS
For the spiral out of control
