A | B |
Oliver Cromwell | executed Charles I |
Charles II | restored to thrown after Cromwell |
Tories and Whigs | British political parties |
Tories support | monarchy |
Whigs support | parliament |
William and Mary | come to power in Glorious Revolution |
Magna Carta | guaranteed jury trial; signed by King John |
English Civil War | Parliament triumphs over royal power |
common law | for all people; based on tradition |
English Bill of Rights | 1689; Parliament creats constitutional monarchy |
consent of the governed | principle that gov't power rests on power of people |
Charles I | absolute king of England; violates rights |