Vocabulary Flashcards
Charles I
1600–1649. King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1625–1649). His power struggles with Parliament resulted in the English Civil War (1642–1648) in which Charles was defeated. He was tried for treason and beheaded in 1649.
Petition of Rights
The Petition of Right is a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing.
long parliament
noun, English History. 1. the Parliament that assembled November 3, 1640, was expelled by Cromwell in 1653, reconvened in 1659, and was dissolved in 1660. Examples from the Web for Long Parliament Expand. The first part of this act is copied almost word for word from an act of the Long Parliament in 1651.
short parliament
The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks.
cavaliers
a supporter of King Charles I in the English Civil War
Oliver Cromwell
n English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658) Synonyms: Cromwell, Ironsides Example of: full general, general. a general officer of the highest rank. national leader, solon, statesman. a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs.
commonwealth
an independent country or community, especially a democratic republic.
Declaration of Rights
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French: Déclaration des droits de l’homme et du citoyen), passed by France’s National Constituent Assembly in August 1789, is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights.
monarchy
a form of government with a monarch at the head.
Torries and Wigs
Whig and Tory, members of two opposing political parties or factions in England, particularly during the 18th century. Originally “Whig” and “Tory” were terms of abuse introduced in 1679 during the heated struggle over the bill to exclude James, duke of York (afterward James II), from the succession.Jun 24, 2009
English Bill of Rights
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The Meaning and Definition of the English Bill of Rights: The 1689 English Bill of Rights was a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1689 that declared the rights and liberties of the people and settling the succession in William III and Mary II following the Glorious Revolution of 1688 when James .
William and Mary
King William III and Queen Mary II of England, who ruled jointly after the Glorious Revolution of 1688 had expelled Mary’s father, King James II. William and Mary were Protestants, and James was a Roman Catholic; since the time of William and Mary, the ruler of England has always upheld Protestantism in England
Enlightment
a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent exponents include Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith.
philosophers
a person engaged or learned in philosophy, especially as an academic discipline
John Locke
Locke, John definition. A seventeenth-century English philosopher. Locke argued against the belief that human beings are born with certain ideas already in their minds. He claimed that, on the contrary, the mind is a tabula rasa (blank slate) until experience begins to “write” on it.
