1. The English Civil War and The Glorious Revolution

2. The Stuart Dynasty Begins

3. The Stuart Dynasty

4. From Tudor to Stuart (1603) Queen Elizabeth dies
Succeeded by James VI of Scotland (becomes James I of England, Scotland, and Ireland)

5. England, Scotland, and Ireland
History of Conflict
Religious differences:
- England – Anglican
(large Catholic minority)
- Scotland – Calvinist
- Ireland – Catholic
(large Protestant
minority in the North)

6. The Gunpowder Plot (1605)
Failed attempt to kill King James I (and blow up the House of Lords)
Major conspirators: Provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby and Guy Hawkes (convicted and hanged)
Aftermath:
- Immediate spike in anti-
Catholic legislation
- Loyal Catholics / Leniency
later during the rest of
King James’ reign

7. Foreign Entanglements:
James I – wanted to stay out, but dragged into 30 years’ war
Charles I – involved at the beg. of his reign, but withdrew in 1630 (sympathized with the Protestant side)
Frederick V and Elizabeth Stuart

8. Charles I: His Rule and Policies
Married Princess Henrietta Maria of France (sister of Louis XIII)
Emphasis on “traditional” Anglicanism (Archbishop Laud)
and suspected favoritism toward Catholics – angers Puritans
1629 – dismisses Parliament
Unpopular taxation policies (ex: Ship money)
Scottish rebellion (The Presbyterian Church) forces Charles to call the Parliament in 1640
1641 – Rebellion in Ireland against “foreign” landowners

9. On the Brink
The “Long” Parliament pushes back (no ship money tax, the Triennial Act)
Puritan MPs want more
Charles’ attempt to arrest five radical MPs fails/backfires
England divides into two camps!

10. Civil War in England: Phase 1 (1642-1646)

11. Charles I’s Main Rivals
The New Model Army (Roundheads / independents) – distinguished general – Oliver Cromwell
Scottish army (invaded England from the north)
Charles I surrenders to the Scots, but they gave (“sold”) him up to the Parliament

12. The Second Civil War (1647-1649)
Rivalry develops between the Puritans and the Presbyterians (English and Scottish)
Charles I stirs up invasion from Scotland
Cromwell purges the Parliament
Charles I – condemned by the “Rump” Parliament and executed (Jan.30th, 1649)

13. The British Commonwealth (1649-1659) (Brief Republican Period)
Uprisings in Ireland and Scotland
“Radicals” at home
Cromwell dissolves the Parliament in 1653
The Army and the Lord Protector (Cromwell)
Constitutionalism by force?

14. Charles II and the Restoration of the (Stuart) Monarchy
Charles II and The Parliament were restored
Charles II – sympathetic to Catholicism?
Distrust between the king and the Parliament (AGAIN!)
James II – Catholic! – next in line!

15. Brief Reign of James II (r.1685-1688)
James II – openly Catholic
Ignores the Test Act
1688 – James’ son is
born (succession!)
English MPs / Nobles
invite William of
Orange to invade
England (married to
James’ daughter Mary)
William and Mary

16. The Glorious Revolution (1688-1689)
James II flees to France
The Revolution Settlement: William and Mary – new rulers of England by accepting the English Bill of Rights
CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY! (not by divine right!!!)
The Toleration Act (1689) still excluded Catholics

17. The English Bill of Rights (1689)
1. That the pretended power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, without consent of parliament is illegal.
2. That the pretended power of dispensing with the laws, or the execution of law by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal.
3. That the commission for erecting the late court of commissioners for ecclesiastical causes, and all other commissions and courts of like nature, are illegal and pernicious.
4. That levying money for or to the use of the crown by pretense of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time or in other manner than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal.
5. That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king, and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal.
6. That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.

18. The English Bill of Rights (cont.)
7. That the subjects which are Protestants may have arms for their defense suitable to their conditions, and as allowed by law.
8. That election of members of parliament ought to be free.
9. That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
10. That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
11. That jurors ought to be duly impaneled and returned, and jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders.
12. That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction are illegal and void.
13. And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of the laws, parliament ought to be held frequently.

19. The English Civil War: In Summary

20. Responses to the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution
Thomas Hobbes vs John Locke
“Leviathan” “Two Treatises
of Government”