The Stuarts, Civil War, Republic and

Restoration
Autor: Mgr. Kateřina Řeřichová
Škola: Gymnázium J. V. Jirsíka, Fr. Šrámka 23,
České Budějovice
Předmět: anglický jazyk
Datum vytvoření: 3.2.2013
Cílová skupina: 3. ročník čtyřletého typu studia a
odpovídající ročníky víceletých typů
studia
Typ hodiny: výklad s procvičením
Popis: prezentace o životě v Británii v době
vlády Stuartovců, příčiny a důsledky
občanské války, Anglie za Cromwella,
procvičení učiva
 James I
• Elizabeth died without an
heir – James VI of Scotland
came to throne ( James I of
England )

• English Catholics hoped in

better treatment than
during Elizabeth - James
disappointed them –
“Gunpowder plot”- not
successful attempt to kill
the king

• Died in 1625 succeeded by

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 Charles I
• Stubborn, did not want to rule
with the Parliament / dissolved it

• Criticised for the way he ruled the

country and his policies

• Problems in Scotland and Ireland /

wars between Catholics and
Protestants

• Charles needed money for the

war – called the Parliament –
made laws to limit King`s power

• A civil war between the king and

Parliament began
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 Civil War
• Lords, Catholics and important
churchmen – fought for the King

• Merchant, townspeople (mainly

Londoners) – for the Parliament

• King was defeated after years of

fights - battle at Marston Moor
(July 1644)

• King Charles was taken prisoner

and in 1649 executed

• Oliver Cromwell became “Lord

Protector” and England became
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 Life during Cromwell
On the one hand:
• Believed that all men are
equal
• Wanted everybody to be able
to read the Bible – new
school were opened
• Freedom of speech and
religion (except for Catholics)
On the other hand:
• Invasion to Ireland –
thousands of Catholics killed
• All popular games were
forbidden by the Puritans
(cock-fighting, horse-racing
and cards)
• Women were not allowed to
wear make-up
• Theatres were closed for 8
years
• Cromwell ruled without
Parliament from 1653-1658
 Restoration and Charles II
• Cromwell died in 1658
• Parliament decided to call
Charles II from exile and
restore the monarchy (A king
was better than a dictator)
• Charles II was a popular king
– theatres and pubs opened
again
• Epidemy of plague
• Great fire of London
• Charles`s policies were
regulated by the Parliament
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 Pu the events in the right order
1. Civil war began
2. Elizabeth I died without an heir
3. Oliver Cromwell became “Lord Protector”
4. “Gunpowder Plot”
5. Dissolution of the Parliament
6. Charles I came to throne
7. Summoning of the Parliament
8. Great Fire of London
9. James VI of Scotland became King James I
10. Execution of Charles I
11. The King came from exile
12. Theatres were closed
Thank you for your attention
 Seznam pramenů a literatury
• Learning English Green Line 5, Werner Beile, Alice Beile-
Bowes, Gerhard Dick, Rosemary Hellyer-Jones,Marion
Horner, Peter Lampater, Raimund A.Mader, Alan Posener,
Helmut Reisener and Rolf W. Roth, Ernst Klett Verlage GmbH
u. Co. KG, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-12-583500-3

• Dějiny Anglie, André Maurois, doplněné o novější období

Michelem Mohrtem, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 1993,
ISBN 80-7106-084-4

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/
3.2.2013
 Seznam pramenů a literatury
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