1215 c.e: King John signs Magna Carta, at Runnymede.

The Magna Carta was a petition of rights that

king John was forced to sign under the swords of outraged noblemen. King John was a tyrannous king that not only caused the excommunication of the whole of England, but also raised taxes among his people.

1603-1625 c.e: James was a 20 years Scottish king turned English. He was said to slovenly and in
company of many incompetent advisors, which he hired during his reign. He wrote the James version of the bible , but went head to head with the devout puritans by publishing the book of sports and encouraging his subjects to play sports on Sundays.

1625 c.e: Charles the first was one of James two sons. After his brother died of typhoid fever, Charles
was heir to the English throne. Charles the first was a terrible king, and within years of his accession to the throne he had destroyed the empire that his father had built, and alienated all but a few of his loyal subjects. He dismissed parliament through his loutish behaviours, but still needed the organization to support his extravagant lifestyle. So he taxed and taxed his people to the brink of revolt.

1628 c.e: Charles the first soon recalled parliament as a means to gain more money. The Parliament
refused to grant Charles anymore money until he ceased his illegal activities and signs a charter of rights called the Petition of rights .

1628 c.e: The petition of rights was a document that stated the rights and liberties of all Englishmen.
After Charles the first, recalled English parliament he was presented with the petition of rights and was asked to abide by the set of rules written, regarding the taxing, and imprisonment, of citizens, as well as the billeting of soldiers.

1640-1653 c.e: In 1640 Charles summoned a parliament for the sole purpose of funding a religious
war. This parliament was called the short parliament because it only lasted a few weeks. Shortly after he summoned another parliament called the long parliament that lasted a duration of 13 years and started with the execution of his high advisors Laud, and Stafford. The parliament opposed the absolute power of the king, which resulted in Charles waging full out war with parliament.

1642-1649 c.e: The English civil war started when King Charles raised his

royal standard or flag of

arms on a windy more near Nottingham. This was the beginning of a seven years war from which men would be made, and a country torn apart. In this war there were two forces; Charles force of highly trained royalists, and the parliamentary/Scottish army of militia and then round heads. The opposing parliamentary army was lead by a devout puritan and daring leader known as Oliver Cromwell. At the beginning Charles fought strong and won, but with time he fell short to the powerful and growing parliamentary army.

1642-1653 c.e: After the civil war began, many who disagreed with remonstrance left parliament
and became royalists. The parliament was then left to the hands of the puritans and Presbyterians whose ideologies contradicted and lead to colonel pride and the expulsion of the parliaments 143 Presbyterian members. This act is known as prides purge and the remnant parliament is known as the Rump Parliament .

1649 c.e: In the year of 1649 Charles the first was put on trial over his life, by the Rump parliament.
He was found guilty of the ironic charge of High treason, and was sentenced to execution. He was executed on Tuesday, January, 30th after a short speech.

1653-1658 c.e: Cromwell eventually lost patience with the Rump Parliament and locked down
parliament doors. Cromwell was a military dictator, and republican who divided England into provinces that were controlled through major generals who maintained law and order in their designated provinces. Cromwell being a devout Calvinist, outlawed many forms of entertainment as well as pagan holidays such as Christmas.

1660-1685 c.e: In the year of 1660 Charles the second was invited back to the newly formed
parliament as king, under the condition that he follow parliamentary laws. Now the country no longer was under the influence of a military dictatorship, nor had to follow the blue laws of puritans that sucked the joy out of the lives of many. Charles coerced many elected for parliament to support him, as well as made the holding of political professions illegal for Catholics.

1673 c.e: The test act was an act that illegalized political positions to Catholics. Due to the enormous
protestant populations in England, many had a skewed view of catholic religion and opposed it with much conviction. Even Charles own brother was expelled from his political post after the test act.

1685 c.e: James the second became the ruler of England after the death of his brother Charles. James
was openly catholic, and intended on converting the mass of England back to Catholicism. He outraged parliament by appointing Catholics to head political positions, and outraged the public by simply being catholic.

1688 c.e: In the year of 1688, parliament invited King James s daughter and her husband to become
king and queen of England. This was a revolutionary step forward for England, which finally indicated the end of the absolute power of monarchs, and the beginning of a structured political system. This was called the glorious revolution.

1689 c.e: The bill of rights was a document regarding parliament and the power of the king. It
recognizes the rights of all citizens and acts as a contract so that there is no mistreatment or infringement of the rights of a citizen.