1. CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
The development of limited government in England
In the 1600s

2. Biggest Picture 1600s
England creates (with much turmoil) a Constitutional Monarchy
(not an absolutist one).
Parliament & a limited Monarch will now rule England.

3. Bigger Picture 1603-1688 * Kings rule arbitrarily
* England’s King and Parliament duke it out for power. The King is Executed
* Parliament Rules with no king
* Kings are restored but cause more trouble
* Another king is ejected but bloodlessly!

4. Bigger Picture 1603-1688 * Stuart Monarchs 1603+
* England’s King and Parliament duke it out for power. The King is Killed
* Parliament Rules with no king
* Kings are restored but cause more trouble
* Another king is ejected but bloodlessly!

5. Bigger Picture * Stuart Monarchs 1603+ * The English Civil War
* Parliament Rules with no king
* Kings are restored but cause more trouble
* Another king is ejected but bloodlessly!

6. Bigger Picture * Stuart Monarchs 1603+ * The English Civil War
* The Commonwealth / The Protectorate
* Kings are restored but cause more trouble
Another king is ejected but bloodlessly!
Blood isn’t good

7. Bigger Picture * Stuart Monarchs 1603+ * The English Civil War
* The Commonwealth / The Protectorate
* The Restoration Monarchs
* Another king is ejected but bloodlessly!

8. Bigger Picture * Stuart Monarchs 1603+ * The English Civil War
* The Commonwealth / The Protectorate
* The Restoration Monarchs
* The Glorious Revolution 1688!

9. The Big Picture Charles I James II * The Stuart Monarchs 1603+ James I
* The Civil War (Parliament vs Monarchy)
* The Commonwealth / The Protectorate
Oliver Cromwell
* The Restoration Monarchs
Charles II
James II
* The Glorious Revolution
William & Mary

12. Henry VII STUARTS James V Edward - Mary - Elisabeth James VI
James IV m. Margaret Henry VIII
James V Edward - Mary - Elisabeth
Mary Queen of Scots
James VI
STUARTS

13. James I 1603 - 1625 King James Bible Scottish! Divine Right of Kings
Persecutes Puritans
Pro-Catholic Foreign Policy!!
King James Bible

14. James I 1603 - 1625 Scottish! Divine Right of Kings
Persecutes Puritans
Pro-Catholic Foreign Policy!!

15. Who is this? George Villiers The Duke of Buckingham!!
Ultimately assasinated by Puritan

16. Guy Fawkes?? Gunpowder Plot 11/05/1605
Catholics against James I / protestant aristocracy
- had thought james would rule as a CATHOLIC
Wanted james’ 9 year old daughter

17. Charles I 1625-1649 Why We Hate Him! - Arbitrary Rule Habeas Corpus!
- Parliament?
3 years?
11 years???
- War with Scotland!!
Episcopal vs Presbytery

18. The Civil War 1640-1649 Parliament Wins! But a radical faction wins!
Parliament vs Charles I
Roundheads Cavaliers
Middle Class Nobles
Urban South Rural North
Parliament Wins!
But a radical faction wins!
Eject Opponents –
Rump Parliament
Abolish the House of Lords

19. Charles I Executed

20. The Commonwealth Oliver Cromwell! The New Model Army
REDUCES Rump Parliament (75)
to the Barebones Parliament (40)
(Praise-God Barebone)
Goals A Virtuous Republic!
Create Christian Utopia
Severe Moral Code
Crushes Political Opposition

21. The Commonwealth No Catholic rituals in the church No newspapers
No Dancing
No Theater
Vices? horse racing, gambling, bear baiting, fancy dress, cock fighting??

22. The Commonwealth
“ The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.“
Thomas Babington Macaulay ( )

23. The Commonwealth Oliver Cromwell! Goals A Republic!
Leader of the New Model Army
Goals A Republic!
Create Christian Utopia
Severe Moral Code
Crushes Political Opposition
Scots, Irish, Levelers, Diggers
DISOLVES PARLIAMENT!!

24. The Protectorate
Oliver Cromwell
Lord High Protector ?

25. The Restoration Monarchs

26. Charles II 1630- (r. 1660 – 1685) Father killed in 1649
Fled to Sicily, Holland, & France
King of the Scots 1651

27. Charles II 1630- (r. 1660 – 1685) Popular King Secretly Catholic?
Accepts
Magna Carta
Petition of Rights
Anglicanism

28. JAMES II 1633 (1685 – 1689) Foolish fearless Catholic Divine Right
Absolutism
Hated, but …

30. William & Mary

31. New Wife? Son!

32. The Immortal Seven The Earl of Danby The Earl of Shrewsbury
The Earl of Devonshire
The Viscount Lumley
The Bishop of London
Edward Russell
Henry Sydney (the writer)

33. The Glorious Revolution 1689
Constitutional Balance (unwritten)
Bill of Rights!!
Religious Tolerance for all protestants
Act of Settlement
only Anglicans can inherit the Throne
Settle in America and start Baptist church