1. THE RISE OF PURITANISM 1625-1660

2. CHARLES I (1625-1649) KING’S ABSOLUTE POWER HE SPENT LAVISHLY ON ARTS HE MARRIED HENRIETTA,A FRENCH CATHOLIC WIFE HE WASN’T ABLE TO DEAL WITH POLITICAL,RELIGIOUS,ECO NOMIC CHANGES WEALTH SHIFTED FROM NOBILITY TO MIDDLE- CLASSES 100 LORDS IN THE UPPER HOUSE 500 MEN IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS 3/4 WERE PURITANS

3. PETITION OF RIGHT 1628 1629-1640 ABSOLUTE KING

4. 1640 :SHORT PARLIAMENT 3 WEEKS 1640 : LONG PARLIAMENT (1642)

5. 1642:CIVIL WAR ROYALISTS CAVALIERS ROUNDHEADS CAVALRY FOOT SOLDIERS IRONSIDES

6. 1647 : KING CHARLES WAS IMPRISONED CROMWELL TOOK THE CONTROL OF LONDON 100 MEMBERS LOYAL TO THE KING WERE ARRESTED THE RUMP PARLIAMENT VOTED FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE KING (30 JANUARY 1649

7. THE COMMONWEALTH OLIVER CROMWELL BECAME LORD PROTECTOR OF ENGLAND,SCOTLAND IRELAND DOMESTIC POLICY OF REFORM FAILED HIS ARMY SUBDUED IRELAND HIGH TAXES 1651:NAVIGATION ACTS 1652 : WAR AGAINST HOLLAND 1655 :WAR AGAINST SPAIN (CARIBBEAN) 1658 :HE DIED 1660 :THE ARMY RESTORED THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT AND INVITED CHARLES II BACK TO ENGLAND.