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| ELIZABETH I | LAST TUDOR MONARCH-FIRMLY ESTABLISHED PROTESTANT RELIGION IN ENGLAND |
| TUDOR DYNASTY | HENRY VII (1585) TO ELIZABETH (1603) |
| HOUSE OF COMMONS | MIDDLE CLASS-PURITAN-LOWER HOUSE-TOOK CONTROL OVER MONEY |
| JAMES I | SON OF MARY STUART-KING OF SCOTLAND-SUCCEEDED ELIZABETH |
| STUART DYNASTY | JAMES I (1603) TO QUEEN ANNE (1714)-PERIOD OF REVOLUTION IN ENGLAND |
| DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS | MONARCHS RIGHT TO RULE COMES FROM GOD |
| PURITANS | PROTESTANTS-CALVINISTS WHO WANTED TO PURIFY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND |
| CHARLES I | SUCCEEDED JAMES I-DISSOLVED PARLIAMENT |
| MARTIAL LAW | MILITARY RULE-SUSPENSION OF ALL RIGHTS |
| PETITION OF RIGHT | SIGNED BY CHARLES-NO TAXES OR LOANS-NOIMPRISONMENT WITHOUT CAUSE-NO QUARTERING OF TROOPS-NO MARTIAL LAW |
| WILLIAM LAUD | ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY-PERSECUTED PURTAINS |
| SHORT PARLIAMENT | THIS BODY WAS DISMISSED AFTER 3 WEEKS-CHARLES NEEDED MONEY |
| LONG PARLIAMENT | MET FOR 20 YEARS-WANTED TO LIMIT CHARLES' PWOWER |
| CAVALIERS | SUPPORTERS OF CHARLES |
| ROUNDHEADS | SUPPORTERS OF PARLIAMENT-OPPOSED CHARLES |
| OLIVER CROMWELL | TOOK CONTROL OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ARMY-GREAT MILITARY LEADER |
| RUMP PARLIAMENT | KINGS' SUPPORTERS REMOVED FROM PARLIAMENT |
| COMMONWEALTH | A STATE GOVERNED BY ELECTED REPRESENTATION |
| "LORD PROTECTOR" | TITLE TAKEN BY CROMWELL |
| INSTRUMENT OF GOVERNMENT | ONLY CONSTITUTION IN ENGLISH HISTORY UNDER CROMWELL |
| EFFECTS OF THE PURITAN REVOLUTION | ABSOLUTISM DEAD-INCREASED POWER OF PARLIAMENT-INCREASED BELIEF IN POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY |
| RESTORATION | RETURN OF THE MONARCHY IN ENGLAND |
| CHARLES II | SON OF CHARLES I-COOPERATED WITH PARLIAMENT-"MERRY MONARCH" |
| LIMITED MONARCHY | POWERS OF THE MONARCHY ARE REESTRICTED |
| WHIGS | SUPPORTERS OF A STRENGTHENED PARLIAMENT |
| TORIES | SUPPORTERS OF A HEREDITARY MONARCH |
| HABEAS CORPUS ACT | A PERSON CANNOT BE HELD IN JAIL WITHOUT JUST CAUSE |
| JAMES II | BROTHER OF CHARLES II-CATHOLIC-HIS SON HAD TO ABDICATE THE THRONE FOR PROTESTANT DAUGHTER MARY |
| WILLIAM AND MARY | ONLY MONARCHS TO RULE IN ENGLAND JOINTLY |
| GLORIOUS REVOLUTION | THE CHANGE OF ENGLISH MONARCHS WITHOUT BATTLE OR BLOODSHED IN 1688 |
| ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS | KING COULD NOT RAISE TAXES-MAINTAIN A STANDING ARMY WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF PARLIAMENT-TRAIL BY JURY-NO CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT |
| ACT OF SETTLEMENT 1701 | A CATHOLIC WOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO INHERIT THE ENGLISH THRONE |
| QUEEN ANNE | MARY'S SISTER-LAST STUART MONARCH |
| ACT OF UNION 1707 | UNITED ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN |
| CABINET | GROUP OF ADVISORS TO THE MONARCH |
| GEORGE I | SOPHIA'S SON-SUCCEEDED ANNE-1ST HOUSE OF HANOVER |
| HANOVERAIN DYNASTY | RULING FAMILY 1714-HOUSE OF HANOVER TO HOUSE OF WINDSOR |
| ROBERT WALPOLE | CHIEF ADVISOR TO GEORGE I-LEADER OF THE WHIGS |
| PRIME MINISTER | HEAD OF THE MAJORITY PARTY IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS |
| GEORGE II | TURNED OVER MANY RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE PRIME MINISTER (1727-1760) |
| GEORGE III | EXPANED THE BRITISH EMPIRE INTO NORTH AMERICA-KIND DURING AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR |
| FRENCH & INDIAN WAR | SEVEN YEARS WAR BETWEEN THE COLONISTS AND ENGLAND VS. THE FRENCH AND INDIANS |
| NAVIGATION ACTS | CERTAIN PRODUCTS COULD ONLY BE EXPORTED AND IMPORTED THROUGH ENGLAND |
| COLONIAL ASSEMBLIES | REPRESENTATIVE BODIES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES-DESIRED APPROVAL OF TAXATION |
| HOUSE OF BURGESSES | FIRST COLONIAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA |
| GEORGE GRENVILLE | 1ST LORD OF THE TREASURY-HE SAID COLONIES SHOULD PAY FOR THE WAR AND THEIR OWN DEFENSE |
| THE STAMP ACT | 1765-A DIRECT TAX PAID ON ALL PRINTED DOCUMENTS (NEWSPAPERS) |
| BOYCOTT | A REFUSAL TO BUY GOODS |
| STAMP ACT CONGRESS | THIS BODY STATED THAT PARLIAMENT COULD NOT TAX THE COLONISTS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT REPRESENTED IN CONGRESS |
| DECLARATORY ACT | BRITISH REASSERT THEIR RIGHT TO TAX THE COLONIES |
| BOSTON MASSACRE | COLONISTS KILLED BY BRITISH SOLDIERS DURING A DEMONSTRATION |
| BOSTON TEA PARTY | COLONISTS DUMPED BRITISH TEA IN THE HARBOR |
| INTOLERABLE ACTS | BOSTON HARBOR CLOSED-MASSACHUSETTS ASSEMBLY SUSPENDED-QUARTERING ACT INITIATED |
| FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS | 1774-PHILADELPHIA-FIRST COLONIAL MEETING SHOWING COLLECTIVE RESOLVEIN THAT ONLY COLONIAL ASSEMBLIES HAD A RIGHT TO PASS LAWS |
| LEXINGTON AND CONCORD | 1775-FIRST SKIRMISH BETWEEN BRITISH TROOPS AND COLONISTS |
| SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS | 1775-CREATED A COLONIAL ARMY-MADE ONE LAST ATTEMPT FOR PEACE |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON | MADE COMMANDER OF THE COLONIAL ARMY |
| THOMAS PAINE | WROTE COMMON SENSE-CALLED FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN |
| THOMAS JEFFERSON | WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE |
| DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE | ADOPTED BY CONGRESS ON 7-4-1776-OUTLINING GRIEVANCES AND REASONS FOR COLONIAL SEPARATION FROM BRITAIN |
| REVOLUTIONARY WAR | 1776-1781 COLONIST FIGHTING BRITISH FOR INDEPENDENCE |
| SARATOGA | TURNING POINT OF THE REVOLUNTARY WAR |
| YORKTOWN | LAST BATTLE OF THE REVOLUNTARY WAR FOUGHT HERE |
| ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION | FIRST GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONIES-VERY LITTLE NATIONAL AUTHORITY |
| TARIFFS | TAX ON IMPORTED GOODS DESIGNED TO MAKE DOMESTIC GOODS MORE AFFORDABLE |
| FEDERAL | POWER SHARED BY THE DISTINCE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT (STATE AND NATIONAL) |
| REPUBLIC | PEOPLE VOTE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO REPRESENT THEM IN GOVERNMENT |
| CONSTITUTION | OUTLINE OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT |
| BILL OF RIGHTS | FIRST TEN AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION-LISTING PEOPLES CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES |
| THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT | LEGISLATIVE-EXECUTIVE-JUDICIAL |
| LEGISLATIVE | CONGRESS - MAKES THE LAWS |
| EXECUTIVE | PRESIDENT - ENFORCES THE LAWS |
| JUDICIAL | SUPREME COURT - INTERPRETS THE LAWS |
| NATIONAL COVENANT | SCOTLAND REFUSED TO ACCEPT A PRAYER BOOK OF ENGLAND VOWING TO PRESERVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WHICH LED TO WAR |
| WAR IN SCOTLAND | (1640) SCOTLAND INVADES ENGLAND |
| ROYALIST | - PRO MONARCHISTS IN PARLIAMENT |
| 19 PROPOSITIONS | (JUNE 1642) THIS WAS SENT BY PARLIAMENT TO CHARLES GIVING PARLIAMENT SUPREME POWER . CHARLES TOOK THE ARMY INTO PARLIAMENT TO ARREST ITS LEADERS |
| LONG PARLIAMENT | (MET FOR TWENTY YEARS AND WAS CONTROLLED BY THE PURITANS) THEY WANTED TO LIMIT CHARLES’ POWER, AND THEY EXECUTED LAUD. |
| NASEBY | PURITNAS WHO DEFEATED THE KINGS ARMY |
| 1647 | CHARLES SURRENDERED TO PARLIAMENT |
| 1649 | CHARLES WAS TRIED FOR TREASON AND EXECUTED |
| RICHARD CROMWELL | - SUCCEEDED HIS FATHER BUT WAS FORCED TO RESIGN IN LESS THAN A YEAR |
| CLARENDON CODE | MADE THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND THE OFFICIAL STATE RELIGION (ONLY ANGLICANS COULD SERVE IN PARLIAMENT) |
| TWO TRAGEDIES | 1) PLAGUE KILLED AS MANY AS 100,000 PEOPLE IN LONDON 2) THE CITY WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY FIRE |
| EXCLUSION BILL | (1679) TIRED TO PREVENT JAMES II FORM BECOMING KING DUE TO HIS RELIGIOUS BELIEFS |
