Cassidy, Tyler Erica, nan ENGLISH REVOLUTION INFORMATION PACKAGE 1, Type of government before the revolution ove The type of government England had, before the revolution was Absolute Monarchy. ‘The definition of Absolute Monarchy is basicaly a form of government that allows the ‘monarchy to have absolute power and control, over his or her people. King James of Scotland and King Charles | were rulers. 2. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE NATION BEFORE THE REVOLUTION testy * Upper Class * Monarch * Monarch’s adviser's * Nobles° High church officals * Middle Class * Merchants * Manufacturers * Landowners * Professionals * Military officials, © Lower Clase Farmers. * Ordinary workers Women 3, Causes of Social Discontent te Elizabeth | (Queen of England) had no child, so James VI (King of Scotland) took her place. (2 country 1 king) James | believed in divine right of kings, and ignored parliament Charles I the king after lames I, was even worse (son of James I). Charles | tried to rule without parliament, He even dismissed them when they wouldn't agree \with him or give him money. For 11 years, Charles | dispersed the parliament, because he was being criticized ty Parliament. Parliament and the people who supported parliament begins (begin?) the war when the king started to rule the country with the royal prerogative (which basically means rule by his (king's) thought) instead of the parliament. 4, PHILOSOPHY (IES) OF THE GOVERNMENT* Absolute monarchy * did everything the king said * believed the king was greater than others * They were on the king's side during the war * Traditionalism * Thought that since the power was always with the king that it should stay that was * Conservativism * Not waist the tradition 5. Philosophy (is) of the revolutionaries ove ‘Thomas Hobbes believed that human nature was corrupted, evil and full of greed. However, John Locke believed that human nature was good. 6. The spark “The spark was official when it became clear Charles | was struggling with parliament. ach side, the parliament and king James, believed they had the right to having more power. What truly st the spark though was when ‘Charles when to Nottingham city raised the royal fag and began to rally his followers, then his queen took the crown jewels to Europe to raise money, ‘making it clear that he was ready to declare war.7. Events of the revolution (ey rn) First miltary action in the civil war: royalist raiding part approaches hull to burn down building outside town walls, are then driven away by defending gun fire King and parliament offically at war Battle of long port 1643 Battle of nasebay 1645 Battle of bysyth 1645 Battle of kiliphatgh 1646 Lord humpton surrenders to Fairfax king Charles surrenders to convenature army at Newark Oxford surrenders Charles is taken to Windsor castle to be tried for treason Charles is beheaded England's Parliament Controlling the money Charles didn’t want anything to do with his parliament only called on them when he needed money brought back old taxes so he could gain money for his own expensis Religious everything was around the church people just went with what the church said because they didn’t know anything. else The Problems o* the king ‘The king thought he was greater than others ‘thought he could get away with anything ‘thought God gave him power to rule 8, Important Person (people)erat James | (also known as James VI of Scotland) -King of England and Scctland at the same time. -He happened to be Elizabeth's (Queen of England) nearest male relative -his version of English translated bible was the most influenced (in the history) (but I don’t think this rly matters) Charles | -son of James | -believed in divine right of Kings -lots of fights n argumerts between parliament -parliament charged the king with treason. (Decapitation) executed in January 1649, slater, his son, Charles I, Became a king Oliver Cromwell "leader" of the people who supported parliament -was offered to be king when Charles | died, but he refused 9, Outcomes of the revolution imandl ‘The ultimate outzome of the Revolution was the discrediting of the idea of the ivine right of kings, the belief that parliament was supreme in political matters, and that the English monarch had to rule in a manner which was limited by @ constitutional agreement (ie, the idea of a constitutional monarchy). But also % they abolished the monarchy and made it @ republic 4 Charles I was executed, they got rid of the House of Lords,sre) eeeeeee Added new laws: the act of May, the blasphemy act, the allow puritans the freedem to worship ¢ The republican government of the Commonwealth of England ruled England 10. 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