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English Civil War, 1603-89

English Civil War, 1603-89. Causes. Political and constitutional conflict over sovereignty unique British traditions religious conflicts over extent of Protestant Reformation complex social causes--rise of gentry and mercantile elites (caveats). James I, Stuart King.

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English Civil War, 1603-89

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  1. English Civil War, 1603-89

  2. Causes • Political and constitutional conflict over sovereignty • unique British traditions • religious conflicts over extent of Protestant Reformation • complex social causes--rise of gentry and mercantile elites (caveats)

  3. James I, Stuart King • Followed beloved Elizabeth I • “True Law of Free Monarchies” • physical appearance • conflict over church structure & extent of reform • Gunpowder Plot, 1605 • Duke of Buckingham

  4. Charles I (1625-49) • Petition of Right, 1628 • personal rule, 1629-40 • Archbishop William Laud and Book of Common Prayer • ship money, knight tax, Star Chamber • Puritans and Oliver Cromwell, John Pym • invasion of Scotland

  5. English Civil War, 1640-49 • Long Parliament, 1640-53 • prosecution of king’s officials • Triennial and other acts • coup of 1642 • New Model Army and Cromwell • Roundheads v. Cavaliers • king captured in 1646

  6. Trial and Execution of King • Charles escapes in 1648 w/Scots • captured by New Model Army in 1648 • Presbyterians, Independents, Levellers/Diggers (Putney Debates) • Pride’s Purge and Rump Parliament • Jan. 31, 1649--Charles beheaded

  7. Cromwell, Lord Protector • Vigorous mercantilist policy • invasion of Ireland and Scotland • dissolution of Rump, 1653 • Instrument of Government • military districts and high taxes • Cromwell dies in 1658 • Restoration of Stuarts in 1660

  8. Charles II • Test Act and conflict over religion • Charles’s religious convictions • pro-French policy and subsidies • Catholic plots and anti-Catholicism • role of J of Peace • Whigs and Tories (succession) • personal rule after 1672

  9. Glorious Revolution, 1688-89 • James II and “open Catholicism” • birth of “baby James” • nobles invite Mary (James’s daughter and William of Orange) • Glorious Revolution and Battle of Boyne • future pretenders--1715, 1745 • Bill of Rights and Parliament sovereign

  10. King in Parliament • Whigs and Tories • patronage, Bank of England, “pocket boroughs” • Prime Minister (Walpole) and Hanoverians • “Wilkes and Liberty” • Act of Union (1707) • Britain’s unique achievement

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