1. England in the Golden Age

2. Chapters Outline Ch. 1 – Elizabeth I Ch. 2 – Britannia Rules the Waves
Ch. 3 – The Civil War
Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler
Ch. 5 – Merry Monarch and Brother
Ch. 6 – The Glorious Revolution

3. Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler English Civil War (add to study guide)
dragged on for four years
neither side really knew what it was doing
no standing army; poorly trained men

4. Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler gentry
people who own land and have high social standing but no titles of nobility
a level lower than nobles on the social ladder

5. Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler Oliver Cromwell came from gentry family
commanded Parliament’s troops during the English Civil War
Puritan; Member of Parliament
he did not like Charles I sympathy for Catholics

6. Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler rank a position in a group of organization
Cromwell rose in rank in as his troops won battle after battle

8. Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler New Model Army [add to study guide]
England’s first national army
before this, armies had been loyal to individual noblemen, not the country
the king’s Royalist forces surrendered to the New Model Army
Parliament won the war

9. Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler Charles I
Charles believed that God meant for him to rule
Charles made a secret deal with the Scots, promising to share power with them
Cromwell defeated the king and his supports in a second, shorter civil war

10. Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler monarchy a government led by a king or queen
Parliament wanted Cromwell to become king, but he refused

11. Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler republic
a government in which people elect representatives to rule for them
England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland became a republic

12. Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler Oliver Cromwell
Cromwell was given the title Lord Protector
he governed like a king
his government reflected Puritan views (e.g., punishments for swearing, gambling, and drunkenness)

13. Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler public policy
laws or rules, both written and unwritten, that govern society
Cromwell imposed harsh policies against Catholics in Ireland

14. Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler dissolve
to end something, such as an organization
Cromwell got rid of Parliament, created a new one, and then dissolved it

15. Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler dictator
a ruler who has total control of the country
history largely remembers Cromwell as the man who killed a king and ruled as a dictator