English Civil War
James I
Charles I
(Interregnum) – Cromwell
Charles II (Restoration)
James II (Glorious Revolution)
James I (formerly James VI of Scotland) adopted by Elizabeth I, rules 1603-1625, but is an ABSOLUTIST
Tonnages and Poundages
Royal Monopolies
Impositions
How many people can he annoy
Nobility
Parliament
Merchants
Puritans
Charles I (1625-49)
Even more unpopular than James
Also absolutist, but looks to get around parliament by:
Civil war with Scotland (Anglican Prayer Book) 1630's
Fires Parliament!
Short Parliament 1640 (Spring)
Long Parliament 1640 (Nov)
Grand Remonstration
War in Ireland as English displace
1649 turns out very badly for him…
Oliver Cromwell's Interregnum
Lord Protectorate of England, Calvinist, Roundhead. 1646
January 30, 1649, roundheads kill Charles I
Established the Puritan Republic (Rump Parliament)
Dies 1658, his son reigns two more years before a very bad day in 1660
The Restoration
Charles II 1660-85
Restores English Monarchy…even tho' he is also absolutist and secretly pro-Catholic
Simultaneous with Louis XIV of France