The Early Stuarts• Elizabeth I dies after a 45 year

reign without an heir in 1603.• James I, son of Mary Stuart,

the first Stuart king clashes with Parliament over money and foreign policy.

• James wanted to rule like an absolute monarch.

• He created new sources of revenue, poundage and tonnage.

• James I also has problems with Catholics and Puritans.

James I and the Puritans • James I refused to change the Anglican church to

please the Calvinist Puritans.• James did appoint a commission to create a new

translation of the bible. The King James bible was completed in 1611.

• James thought that people should be able to play sports on Sunday which made the Puritans angry.

• During James’ reign the Pilgrims or Separatists left for New England and founded Plymouth in 1620.

• James also had a favorite, the Duke of Buckingham, who may have been James’ lover.

Charles I becomes King • At the end of James I’s reign England was at war with

Spain.• Charles I resorted to extreme measures to raise funds. A

forced loan , and quartering troops in houses. Parliament forced Charles I to sign the Petition of Right and limited his power.

• Buckingham still holding power is assassinated. • Charles I dissolves Parliament in 1629 until 1640.• Charles I angered the Puritans with Anglican services,

and peace with Spain and France.• The Star Chamber and Ship money, raise funds.• The Scots rebel after the new Anglican prayer book is

forced on them. Charles I summons Parliament in 1640, it will be called the Long Parliament.

The English Civil War• The Puritans controlled the

House of Commons. They didn’t like Charles I.

• The Puritans revoked the kings power to dissolve Parliament and executed his ministers.

• The Irish rebel in 1641.• Charles attempts to arrest

Parliament, but they escape.• The Civil War begins in 1642.

The English Civil War 1642-1649• The kings supporters were called Cavaliers

or royalists• Puritans were called roundheads or those

that supported Parliament.• The leader of the Puritan army was Oliver

Cromwell. He created the New Model Army.• The king fled to Scotland and was handed

over to the roundheads in 1647. He was executed in 1649.

• The power of the king was limited in England, by Parliament.

The Kingless Decade ( The Protectorate)• Parliament abolishes the monarchy and

establishes a Commonwealth. • Cromwell and his army lead the new

republic against numerous enemies.• The Irish Catholics were defeated, the Scots

were defeated. Charles II was forced to hide in a tree for a night.

• The Levellers wanted the poor to have a say in government. They were defeated.

• Cromwell becomes Lord Protector in 1653.

The Commonwealth and Puritanism• During the period of the Commonwealth

theatre and drama were banned, taverns were closed, bear baiting and gambling was stopped.

• On Sunday’s everything was closed, but church.

• Puritans considered schools important because everyone should read the bible.

• Women were important as wives and mothers. Women must look plain and dress plainly.

• Puritan thinking the basis of U.S. culture.

The Stuart Restoration 1660-1688• Charles II was invited back to England to

rule in 1660 and signed the Petition of Right.

• Charles II practiced religious toleration. • Charles II believed in absolute rule and

became a Catholic on his death bed.• Charles’ II brother, James II becomes king

in 1685. He was openly Catholic and an absolute ruler.

• William and Mary become rulers in 1688.

The Glorious Revolution• William III and Mary II landed in 1668,

James II fled to France.• William and Mary had to sign the Bill of

Rights before becoming king and queen.• The Bill of Rights said Parliament had

power over the king. The House of Commons had the “ power of the purse.”

• England became a limited monarchy.• The Bill of Rights also sated that no person

could be held in jail unless charged. (habeas corpus)