Monday, October 03, 2005

English Background continued

The Protectorate
  • Cromwell is very active in the colonies & supportive.

  • Protectorate gives puritans favored trading status and peace.
Restoration
  • Parliament becomes too demanding.  Support rises for monarchy.

  • King Charles II takes power - April1660.

  • French influenced = lower moral standards.  

  • No divine right of kings.  Parliament must approve taxation.

  • Period of religious conformity and  intolerance.

  • 3 disasters: plague, fire, war.

Glorious Revolution
  • King James II

  • Catholic & Anti-Puritan

  • Dutch William of Orange

  • James flees to France

  • Stuart kings and Catholics are banned from royal succession

posted by Jeffrey @ Monday, October 03, 2005

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