The Merry Monarch

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Cavalier Parliament

1661, Royalist dominant, passed Conventicle and Uniformity Acts, amended Triennial Act

English Bill of Rights

1689 laws protecting the rights of English subjects and Parliament

George I of Hanover

A German prince from Hanover who became King of England thanks to the Act of Settlement.

Constitutional Monarchy

A system of governing in which the ruler's power is limited by law.

Robert Walpole

Britain's first prime minister

Act of Settlement

By this act, Parliament established its right to grant the throne to whomever it wished.

James II of England

Catholic king of England whose deposition set the Glorious Revolution in motion

The Merry Monarch

Charles II

The Restoration

In 1660 the British monarchy was restored under Charles II.

William of Orange

King of England and Scotland and Ireland

Charles II

King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685)

Queen Anne

Last Stuart monarch who died without an heir in 1714

Tories (Loyalists)

People who were against independence and wanted to remain loyal to England.

Mary II

Ruled jointly with her husband, William III, after Glorious (Or Bloodless)Revolution.

Habeas Corpus Act

This was act in which any people unlawfully detained could be prosecuted

Private Life of Charles II

Was unable to have a heir with his wife but had many bastard children

despotism

a system of government where the ruler has unlimited power

Whigs and Tories

early English political parties

Whigs (Patriots)

most numerous in New England, fought for independence

Glorious Revolution

the overthrow of King James II of England

Act of Union 1707

unified England and Scotland; the Scots sought the benefits of trade within the English empire


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