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| A movement by people resulting in greater change. |
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| a king or queen of a country |
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| what is an absolute monarchy |
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| where only the monarch (king or queen) rules the country; there is no parliament to reresent the people. |
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| what is a constitutional monarchy |
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| a government with a monarch (a king or queen), but also with a parliament which makes the decisions |
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| a country with no monarch (king or queen) only parliament runs the country |
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| a war between 2 sides, both originating from the same country |
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| a government of the people where every citizen has one vote and therefore has a voice in how there own country is governed |
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| what were the two main religions of england in the 17th century? which was the dominant religion? |
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| mainly protestants with a few catholics |
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| what was the church of England |
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| the anglican church (part of protestantism) |
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| this religion was a protestant denomination wich emphasize a pure and simple life and became popular in england during the 17th century |
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| what repeated request did the king make of parliament and was considered and abuse of his power? |
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| he requested more money for him self |
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| how was king charles I similar to his father |
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| they both used the same advisors; the both led an extravagant life style; they both alienated themselves from the people of england |
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| the royal who ruled england in the 17th century (the time of the civil war) |
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| what part of parliament was made of the lords,nobles,bishops and other high church officials |
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| what was the purpose of parliament passing the petition of right |
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| the petition of right attempted to control illegal imprisonments of charles the 1 |
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| what was the divine right of kings |
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| the concept that monarchs had god like powers to rule over people as given to him/her by god this gives them absolute power |
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| what part of parliament was made of wealthy landowners and elected townspeople |
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| a law dating to 1215, stating that the monarchy needed to consult with parliament to ensure fair rule |
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| what was the purupose of parliament attempting to pass the grand remonstrance |
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| to take power away from the king because he was abusing it; to give power to parliament instead |
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| the petition of rights and the grand remonstrance were 2 acts of protest by parliament against king charles I. how did the king act react to these acts of protest |
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| initially he ignored them, but later was angered and declared war against parliament |
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| what were the 2 sides to the english civil war |
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| the royalist verse the parliamentarians |
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| who did the royalist represent in the civil war |
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| represented the monarchy (believed in ousting the king and maing england a republic |
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| the parliamentarians decided to upgrade there militia and create a national army, which was led by oliver cromwell. what was the name of this army |
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| did all the people of england support the parliamentarians in attempting to remove the king from power |
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| what was the common wealth |
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| England as a republic after the civil war , headed by oliver cromwell |
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| who emerged as the victor of the English civil war |
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| who became leader of parliament during the commonwealth |
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| how might oliver cromwell be viewed as a hypocrite |
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| he became a power hungry dictator which was everything he initially fought against |
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| in the english commonwealth what was the structure of government |
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| England briefly ran as a republic |
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| what happen to king charles I after the english civil war |
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| he was tried for treason and eventually beheaded |
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| an act against the monarch or the country |
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| who was technically the king during the commonwealth , which was during cromwell's rule and after the execution of charles I |
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| charles II (thought he had no power, he was still the next king) |
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| why was the monarchy invited back after the rule of cromwell |
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| cromwell's dictatorship made people believe that monarchy was better after all |
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| king charles II and later king james II both agree to what type of governing structure in order to keep monarchy in england |
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| the king agree in a constitutional monarchy, but they didnt genuinely believe in the concepts; they only played along to keep there power |
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| a law passed by parliament making the church of england the offical church and preventing catholic from holding important positions in society |
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| what was the reaction of king james II to the test act |
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| he didnt like it because he favoured his catholic friends; he disobeyed and disrespected this law passes by parliament |
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| what did king james II disrespect of parliaments test act tell parliament about the true nature of the king |
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| parliament realized that king james II really didnt support a constitutional monarchy or the decisions of parliament |
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| what was the glorious revolution |
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| when finally the absolute of the monarchy ended in england and queen mary and king William were elected by parliament to become the monarchy |
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| what law was passed by parliament and as agreed on by queen mary and king william which outlined that parliament was the true governing power of england, not the monarchy |
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| in the end, did england become a republic , constitutional monarchy or absolute monarchy |
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| a constitutional monarchy |
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| why was the glorious revolution a step forwards democracy, but did not create a full democracy in england |
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| though parliaments power is changed, the political power of the lower classes remained unchanged |
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| what type of government do both england and canada have today as a result of the glorious revolution |
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| a constitutional monarchy |
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| how does the english/glorious revolution relate to canada today |
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| canada's government and legal system are based upon those that were established in england following the revolution |
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