7-2.4 English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution

The English Civil War was a struggle between who?

• Confederate and Union States

• The people of England and King Charles I

• British Colonist and the Monarch of England

• Scottish and the People of England

Who led the Parliament armed forces during the English Civil War?

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Oliver Cromwell

• Charles Dickens

What practice did Parliament challenge saying it was not valid?

• Natural rights

• social contract

• Petition of Rights

• Divine Right

What type of limited government was created under William and Mary?

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Rule of Law

• Lord Protector

• Absolute Monarchy

What did William and Mary agree to sign to place limits on their power as King and Queen of England?

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• Partition of Rights

• English Bill of Rights

What makes this known as the Glorious Revolution?

• William and Mary would bring glory to the Nation of England

• The Nation was singing, "Glory to God" because of the new monarch.

• They knew that being Protestant would bring Glory to God.

• It was a peaceful takeover with no bloodshed.

Who took the throne when King James fled to France?

• Charles I

• James II

• William and Mary of Orange

• Charles II

Who was NOT a ruler of England?

• James II

• Oliver Cromwell

• Jacque Rousseau

• King John

11 Year Tyranny

• England had no King for 11 years and anarchy and chaos ruled the streets.

• The King locked Parliament out from assembling for 11 years.

• Parliament banned King Charles I from ruling for 11 years.

• England was a war for 11 years.

Magna Carta

• The first document which guaranteed the rights of normal citizens and placed limits on the Monarch of England.

• The first document which declared independence for the American Colonists.

• The document which defined the roles and expectations of the government.

• The document that applied the ideas of Locke, Rousseau, and Montesquieu in creating a new form of limited government.