Revolution and Change in England
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- Revolution
- radical attempt to change the structure of a country's gov't and society
- Long Parliament
- english parliament elected in 1640 which recovened periodically for 20 yrs.
- Constitution
- a document outlining the fundamental laws and principals that govern a nation
- Tories
- (Irish word that suggested Catholic Out law)they supported the hereditary right of James II to rule
- Whigs
- (Suggested a group that was rebellious)claimed the right to deny the throne to James II and wanted a strong parliament. They vigorously opposed the idea of a catholic ruler
- Rump Parliament
- The parliament of 1640; reconvened periodically for 20 yrs
- Charles II
- was the king of England: he had no children so his brother James II became king
- James II
- Became King of Enlgand after his older brother Charles II: he had two girls with one wife and a boy with another wife
- Oliver Cromwell and New Model Army
- possesed the qualities of a powerful orator and skilled leader: new model army was a well organized army led by Oliver Cromwell
- Roundheads
- they were for the pariament
- William and Mary
- They became the first joint rulers of England: they took over the throne of Mary's father James II
- Thomas Hobbes
- An English philosopher that lived through the English Civil War and wrote his philosophy he wrote the book Leviathan
- republic
- a form of government in which voters elect oofficials to run the state.
- Mary I ("Bloody Mary")
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became the first raining queen of england
Also she had nearly 300 people burned at the stake, that is why she is called Bloody Mary