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Charles I becomes the King of England, 1625

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Charles I becomes the King of England, 1625

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Following the death of James I, Charles I steps up to the throne. In this case, the “apple didn’t fall far from the tree” as Charles behaved much like his father in terms of completely disregarding parliament.

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Numerous Puritan Factions gain influence, 1637

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Numerous Puritan Factions gain influence, 1637

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Because of Charles’ disrespect for not only parliament, but the church as well through absolutist institution of prayer books and his marriage to the catholic Henrietta Maria of France, numerous Puritan factions rose up in opposition to the throne/

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The further enforcement of the 1603 Union of the predominantly protestant England with the majority Catholic Scotland combined with Charles’ poorly managed relationship with the Scottish/Irish people led to high tensions. These tensions escalated into full scale revolt.

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After 11 years of complete absence, Charles finally called up parliament into session. This resulted in him making large demands, only for the session to continue and forced the power to be shared between them and the monarchy through the Triennial act that mandated Parliament to meet for a fifty-day session every three years.

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Dysfunction evolved into full scale war as Charles I and his flamboyant royal Cavaliers fight against Parliament’s Oliver Cromwell and his New Model Army or “roundheads.” While Cromwell and the roundheads were winning decisive victories, the Rump Parliament remained in turmoil in its attempt to charge the King for high treason.

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Charles was finally ordered to be executed publicly. Before his beheading, he declared himself to be a martyr.

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After the execution, England was declared to be a Commonwealth. Parliament ruled over England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.

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Son of the previous Charles I, Charles II took his father’s name despite controversy. This marked the Restoration of the Stuart monarchy into rule.

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Policy that served as a religiously based test that attributed Roman Catholicism and other nonconformist views to a number of civil disabilities.

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The events leading up to the eventual deposition of James II and VII. William and Mary, or Mary II and her dutch husband William III were their replacements.

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The act that evolved into law, outlining the constitutional and civil rights of Parliament which gave it power over the monarchy.