THE RISE OF PURITANISM

1625-1660

CHARLES I (1625-1649)

• KING’S ABSOLUTE POWER• HE SPENT LAVISHLY ON

ARTS• HE MARRIED

HENRIETTA,A FRENCH CATHOLIC WIFE

• HE WASN’T ABLE TO DEAL WITH POLITICAL,RELIGIOUS,ECONOMIC CHANGES

• WEALTH SHIFTED FROM NOBILITY TO MIDDLE-CLASSES

• 100 LORDS IN THE UPPER HOUSE

• 500 MEN IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

• 3/4 WERE PURITANS

PETITION OF RIGHT1628

1629-1640ABSOLUTE KING

1640 :SHORT PARLIAMENT3 WEEKS

1640 : LONG PARLIAMENT (1642)

1642:CIVIL WAR

ROYALISTSCAVALIERS

ROUNDHEADS

CAVALRY FOOT SOLDIERS IRONSIDES

1647 : KING CHARLES WAS IMPRISONED

CROMWELL TOOK THE CONTROL OF LONDON

100 MEMBERS LOYAL TO THE KING WERE ARRESTED

THE RUMP PARLIAMENT VOTED FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE KING (30 JANUARY 1649

THE COMMONWEALTH

• OLIVER CROMWELL BECAME LORD PROTECTOR OF ENGLAND,SCOTLAND IRELAND

• DOMESTIC POLICY OF REFORM FAILED

• HIS ARMY SUBDUED IRELAND

• HIGH TAXES

• 1651:NAVIGATION ACTS• 1652 : WAR AGAINST

HOLLAND • 1655 :WAR AGAINST

SPAIN (CARIBBEAN)• 1658 :HE DIED • 1660 :THE ARMY

RESTORED THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT AND INVITED CHARLES II BACK TO ENGLAND.