1. The English Revolution 1603-1688

2. Objectives:
How did Luther’s Reformation against a supreme authority = a representation of the people in England Why did Parliament and the Stuart Monarchy clash in England? What role did religion play in the English Revolution?

3. 4 Phases of the English Revolution
Transition from the Tudor to the Stuart Monarchy
The English Commonwealth
The Stuart Restoration
The Glorious Revolution

4. English Revolution
Parliament Vs King
Puritan Vs Anglican

5. What is Parliament? House of Commons House of Lords Upper House
Made up of Church Clergy
Nobles granted Peerage
Lower House
Elected Reps
Larger in size

6. What Gives Parliament its Power?
1215 – The Magna Carta
Limited the Monarchies power over his subjects
Empowered Parliament to levy taxes
The content of the document was not as important as its symbolism
The people have the right usurp a King who does not support law

7. What is a Puritan? The Reformation in England had not gone far enough
Wanted to “purify the Anglican Church of Catholic Ritual.”
Did not favor a split of the Anglican Church
Separatists believed their differences were irreconcilable and left England for the Massachusetts Bay Colony

8. I. House of Tudor to House of Stuart
- Queen Elizabeth I Dies without an heir, James Stuart VI of Scotland succeeds to King James I of England beginning the Stuart Dynasty

9. A. King James I: Stuart Dynasty (1603-1625)
A devout Catholic
Created the King James Bible
Called Queen James behind his back
Refused to help Protestants during the 30 years war in Europe
Refused to remove Catholic ritual from Anglican Church
Believed in the Divine Right of Kings

10. What is Divine Right of Kings?
Read the Document individually, then answer the first summary question Remember to use Reading Techniques and strategies Next, Get into a pair and answer the subsequent questions

11. B. Charles I (1625-1649) Catholic Son of James I
Believed in the Divine Right of Kings
Quarreled with Parliament constantly
Imprisoned people who refused to loan him money
Signed the Petition of Right in order to get money from Parliament

12. a. The Petition of Right
Charles needed money, Parliament refused to act unless Charles I signed this document
The King could not imprison a person without consent or house soldiers in a person’s home without consent
Charles could not collect taxes without Parliament’s approval
Charles dismissed Parliament after signing it

13. 6. Charles VS Parliament
Charles persecution of Puritans and abuse of the judicial system led to a deteriorating relationship with Parliament.
Charles needed more money to invade Scotland, Parliament refused
Charles imprisoned members of Parliament who refused to vote for tax increases, violating the Petition of Right
1642, Parliament begins raising an army as the king has violated the petition of right

14. Brief Review
Why did parliament and James I clash? Why did parliament and Charles I clash? What is the Divine Right of Monarchy? What is the Petition of Right? Why did Parliament take up arms against the King? Were they justified?

15. II. The English Commonwealth
Reading – The English Commonwealth

16. III. Stuart Restoration (1660)
Following Cromwell’s death, many longed for a return to monarchy

17. B. Charles II ( )
Parliament invited Charles II, Son of Charles I, to come back to England
He accepted the invitation on the condition that the regicides be put to death
He accepted the Magna Carta, Petition of Right and religious toleration
Kept his religious views to himself

18. C. James II (1685-1688) Brother of Charles II
advocated tolerance for Catholics.
placed Catholics in important positions
Parliament tolerated him since he was old and his daughters Mary and Anne were Protestant

19. IV. The Glorious Revolution of 1688
In 1688 James II had a new son who was to be raised Catholic
1. Parliament did not want a Catholic Monarchy
B. Parliament invited Mary, daughter of James, and her Dutch Protestant Husband William of Orange to assume the Throne.
James II fled to France.
W & M’S reign marked the supremacy of Parliament because now monarchs ruled with the consent of Parliament and not Divinity.
William and Mary signed the English Bill of rights