4. House of Commons:
Wealthy merchants became
Puritans and were elected to
the House of Commons
House of Lords
Puritan: Religion
created by John
Calvin
Protestant:
Religion created
by Martin Luther,
They supported
the KIng
5. 1640 Charles I needed
money for a war against
Scotland.
Puritans control the
Parliament, “the king can
not dismiss Parliament”.
Once Charles I got the
money, he marched into
Parliament with a unit of
soldiers to arrest Puritan
Leaders= CIVIL WAR
STARTED
7. Cavaliers were Charles I’s
supporters
In 1649 Charles I
surrendered and
was tried,convicted
and beheaded as a
traitor
8. House of Commons:
The new Parliament declared England
a
members
from the house of commons:
started to rule England
House of Lords
9. 1653 Oliver Cromwell could not control
the Parliament and dismissed it and
the Council.
He set up a
with the support of the army.
He tried to turn England into a strict
Puritan Nation.
People in England did not
want a Republic, they
wanted a
= the power of
the monarch is limited by
law
10.
11. When Oliver Cromwell died in 1658
Parliament asked Charles II to return
to power.
1660-1688 =RESTORATION because
the MONARCHY was brought back
12. • Charles II was Protestant and he and
Parliament limited the rights of Catholic and
Puritans
• Charles II’s brother =JAMES II became king
when Charles II died.
• JAMES II was Catholic so he granted freedom
to Catholic and Puritans
• Wealthy nobles, landowners and merchants
plotted against James II
13. • Wealthy nobles, landowners and merchants
plotted against James II they negotiated with
Mary, James’ oldest daughter and her
husband William, the Duke of Orange, to
become king and queen.
• In 1688 William led 14000 soldiers in an
invasion of England.
• James II fled to France
14. • William and Mary were crowned but first they
signed THE ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS= The
monarch now ruled by the power of
parliament, not god.
• This event became known as the
