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ENGLAND AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM
King Charles I
absolutist monarch
needed to raise money,
Summoned Parliament to increase taxes
demanded restrictions to King's powers.
CIVIL WAR
1642-1648
between the King's and Parliament's
Parliament was victorious
King was executed
England became a republic
Oliver Cromwell
would become a dictator years later
monarchy was reinstated in England in 1660
PARLIAMENT
expelled the King and replaced him with William III
willing to obey Parliament
Puritan bourgeoisie and Anglican nobles
King James II tried to reinstate Catholicism
another uprising
Glorious Revolution in 1680
1689
signed the Bill of Rights
recognising Parliament's authority
EUROPE
England
first parliamentary monarchy
king's power was restricted
Two groups
The House of Commons
bourgeoisie
The House of Lords
higher nobility
Republics governed by a parliament established
FREEDOM OF PRESS
Respected and positions allocated through a voting system
was not a democratic system
Only nobles and rich bourgeoisie were allowed to participate
