BEcause he restored the monarchy, the period of his rule is called Restoration.
Why does Charles II's reign called Restoration?
100
Charles II had no legitimate child, so his brother James was his heir. After Charles II died, JAmes II became king.
How/Why did James become the king?
200
From 1603-1625, he was the ruler of both Scotland and England.
Who was James Stuart?
200
In part because he was at war with both Spain and France.
Why did Charles 1 always need money?
200
Kings had often been overthrown, killed in battle, or put to death in secret. Never before, however, had a reigning monarch forced a public trail and excution.
why was the excution of Charles revolutionary?
200
Latin meaning "to have the body". It is a document requiring that a prisoner be brought before court or judge so that it can be decided whether his or her imprisonment is legal.
What is babe as corpus?
200
Mary is James' daughter and William of orange was his son-in-law.
Who were Mary and William of Orange?
300
It is because Elizabeth had no child, and her nearest relative was her cousin, James Stuart.
Why do James Stuart become the king after Elizabeth I died?
300
He would not imprison subjects without due cause. He would not levy taxes without Parliment's consent. HE would not house solders in private homes. He would not impose martial law in peacetime.
What four points did King Charles 1 agree on in the Petition of right?
300
He established a commonwealth, a republican form of government.
What did Oliver Cromwell do after he take the throne?
300
Because of the HAbeas Corpus Act, a monarch could not put someone in jail simply for opposing the ruler.
What was the affect of HAbeas Corpus?
300
It is because he was Catholic, so he violated the law and appointed several Catholics to high office.
Why would JAmes offend his subjects?
400
To reform to purify the English church of Catholic practice.
What did the Puritans hope King James Stuart to do?
400
Cromwell became a military dictator. When th=here was a rebellion in Ireland, Cromwell sent military power and killed hundreds and thousands of people. After Cromwell's death, his government collasped immediately became people were tired of his military rule.
Why would people be tired of Oliver Cromwell's military rule?
400
PArliament had a be ate on who should inherit Charle's throne, because Charles' heir, his brother James was a Catholic.
Why Parliament would have a debate on who should inherit the throne?
400
This bloodless overthrow of King JAmes II is called the Glorious Revolution?
What was the Glorious Revolution?
500
During Queen Elizabeth I's reign, many arguments with Parliament were over money, because the treasury did not have enough funds to pay the queen's expenses. James Stuart inherited the unsettled issues of Elizabeth's region.
why James Stuart's worst struggle with Parliament were over money?
500
Charles 1 dissolved Parliament and refuse to call it back into session. To get money, he impose all kinds of fees and fines on the English people.
Why Charles 1's popularity decreased year by year?
500
Charles offended Purtian by upholding the rituals of the Anglican Church.
Why did Oliver Cromwell find Charles guilty and execute him?
500
In the PArliament debate of who should take the throne, one group called the Whigs oppose James, and a group called the Tories supported him?
Which two groups were the ancestors of England's first political parties?
500
William and Mary overthrowed James for the sake of Protestant because he was a Catholic and dis played it.