Parliament and Dissolving Absolutism in Britain

Kings want allowance and Parliament won’t give it to them. Wahhh

Monarchs, Parliament and Debt

Debt

Parliament

Cousin – King James I of Scotland

King James Bible

What happens when a Monarch lives outside their

means?

Who limited Monarch’s

money/power?

Queen is Dead – Heir?

What is King James’

remembered for?

James I: King of Scotland and England

Parliament

Protestant

Catholic

Struggle?

What religion was Britain?

Puritans wanted James to rid England of what influence

Charles I: Lemme hold some bills?

Why did Charles I need money?

What did Charles I do when Parliament refused his money

requests?

Wars with France/Spain

Dissolved Parliament

Petition of Right

Would not _______ without due cause.

No taxes without ___________ consent.

Soldiers could not house in _______.

No _______ law during peacetime.

Imprison subjects

Parliament’s

Private homes

Martial Law

Although largely ignored, why was this important?

Seeds of English Civil War

Charles wanted

Religious unity

Parliament Refuses

King Flees to North England

War against Scottish rebels

Needs money for war

London riots

Rise of Cromwell

Who led the rebels?

• Oliver Cromwell

What happened to

Charles I?• Death by public decision

Parliament and

Cromwell?• Cromwell also dissolved Parliament

English Constitution?

• First modern drafted in Europe

Glorious Revolution

Who invites new crown?

Why “Bloodless”?

Constitutional Monarchy vs. Absolute Monarchy

William and Mary

Parliament

Charles II ran away

Parliament gives power

to King

Created British Bill of

Rights

British Bill of Rights

No suspending

of Parliament

Freedom of Speech

No penalty for

complaints against king

No Taxes W/O

Parliament

Global Effects!

• Who holds Power in England?• How does Charles I death effect Glorious

Revolution?• What contributed to Bill of Rights?• American History?