1. Oliver Cromwell and the Roundheads

2. English Civil War What were the causes of this war? Who wins this war?
Abuses in the Monarchy
Forced loans
Imprisonment without cause
Declaring Martial Law without just cause
Dissolving Parliament
Religious Tension
Housing troops in private homes
Philosophical Differences in Governing Ideals
Absolute vs. Shared Power
Who wins this war?

3. Puritans went to North America and started British Colonies.
These Colonies ruled themselves when the British Civil War begins and continue to do through out the duration of the war.

4. Roundhead and Cavaliers

5. Trial of Charles I

6. Execution of Charles I

8. Who rules England? What sort of belief system will they have?
Who will benefit from this system?
Get in a group and come up with three different possibilities for the government of England after the execution of Charles I

9. Oliver Cromwell

10. Develop a Government Philosophical Influences
Religion and Government go together
What sort of laws do you write and enforce?
Republicanism
Who makes the decisions?
Who is allowed to vote?
Mercantilism
How do you regulate trade with the British Colonies around the world?
Religious Freedom
Who is allowed to worship freely?

11. Puritan Rule of England
Religion and Government go together
Your life must be simple without vice
Go to Church, Drinking, Gambling, Swearing, etc…
Republicanism
Started as a republic but would revert back to a monarchy
Leveliers were defeated along with catholic uprisings in Ireland and Scotland
Mercantilism - Passed the Navigation Acts
Religious Freedom – As long as your were a protestant you had freedom

12. Who benefited?
In your groups discuss whether you believe that England was better under Cromwell and the Roundheads or underneath the Monarchy
Back up your answers with three arguments with specific historical facts
You will receive a 10 pt participation grade for your work in class.

13. Cromwell and the Rump Parliament
Parliament is going to pass the Navigation Acts – that means that anything coming to England must be brought in English ships or from ships belonging to the country that produces the goods.
Cromwell thinks that Parliament is ineffective and dissolves it
Declares Martial Law

14. Reaction to Puritan Rule
Cromwell is able to keep ruling through the force of personality
Cromwell dies and his son isn’t able to keep power
Royalists start to gain power and restart talks about bring back the monarchy
Charles II is brought back to the throne
Parliament keeps a close eye on him
Charles II is nicknamed the “Merry Monarch”

15. End of the Commonwealth
Cromwell would lead the country until his death in 1658
Cromwell’s son Richard takes over
1660 the newly elected Parliament reinstates the Monarchy
They invite Charles II who had escaped to the Netherlands to be king
Parliament has severe restrictions on the Monarchy to protect the people’s rights and the representative government

16. The Arrival of Charles II

17. Charles II

18. Charles II
Charles was always worried about his position with Parliament
He would do little that he thought would upset Parliament
He would throw parties and meet with other heads of state but really was a figure head
Parliament held most of the power and influence from this time period on

19. The Colonies in North America
Puritans controlled the Northern colonies
Southern colonies were formed with the express purpose of making money
Joint-Stock Company – New way of putting businesses together
Many people working together to get capital to form a company
Each got a chare of the company in accordance to percentage of the money the contributed to the company