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History notes ============= The English civil war took place in England in the seventeenth century ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Monarchy vs parliament Causes -- divine rights of king, feudal structures Timeline 1625-1649 reign of Charles 1 1642-1651 en...

History notes ============= The English civil war took place in England in the seventeenth century ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Monarchy vs parliament Causes -- divine rights of king, feudal structures Timeline 1625-1649 reign of Charles 1 1642-1651 english civil war, royalists (Charles 1) and parlimentarians (oliver Cromwell) 1649- Charles 1 excecuted and England declared a republic 1653 oliver becomes lord protecter [Glorious revolution] 1.1660 restoration of the monarchy under Charles II 2.Charles had arguments with parliament but didn't want to make the same mistakes as his father so kept quiet about religion but on his deathbead, he admitted to being a catholic 3.The protestants hoped that when james died they could choose a protestant king but suddenly it was announced that the queen had given birth to a son which meant the next king would be catholic! 4.The protestants aimed to overthrough james because he was catholic so he ordered to excecute lots of them which made him more unpopular 5\. Then james allowed catholics to worship as they wished which ruined the hopes of protestants even more 6.1688 parliament asked james ( definitely catholic) daughter and son in law ( William and mary of orange) to come to England to rule -- they were both protestant 7.When William landed in England james tried to escape but his boat was shipwrecked so he couldn't, William ordered that james should ' be allowed to escape again' so james fled to France just as William wanted him to. Roundheads- parlimentarians Cavaliers- royalists Who was the merry monarch? Charles II because he liked to party and opened things like the theatre he really loved his life. great fire of london during his rein Description of London- dirty, overcrowded city,narrow streets of cobblestone , no toilets just a hole in the ground , extremely dirty water from river thames, unhygienic place AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE Between America and united kingdom The british settled in north America because... - Many natural resources - \- btitish founded resources on the east coast - Wanted to make money to trade with their home country - Wanted RELIGIOUS FREEDOM The americans were unhappy about paying taxes without having any say in their government The 13 colonies formed a union so they were stronger together rather than fighting individually [Why did the war of independence happen in 1642 ?] Money- unhappy about taxes , money= power Religion- wanted religious freedom Politics- no say in government FRENCH REVOLUTION - Started July 1789 - 1^st^ event- storming of bastille ( bastille) - Declaration of the rights of man -- free and equal - Commoners vs monarchy + nobility - Commoners ( poor) wanted equal treatment, they were cross at the spending and berhavior of the king and queen( king loui XVI and merie antonnette ) - King and queen excecuted by guillotine in 1793 AFTER THE FR - Taken over by napoleon bononart who became emporer of France in 1804 - The jacobins( commoners) arrested in 1794 - The jacobins were an extreme group of commoners who forced people to support revolution which lead to the reign of terror ( threat of excecution and arrest) WHY WERE PEOPLE SO MAD AT THE KING AND NOBLES? King had total control Poor stuck being poor( the estates system which gave way more power to rich not the poor) Poor exploited by rich Poor were the only ones who payed tax Poor fed up with not being recognized GREAT PLAGUE [Symptoms] -Sickness \- buboes \- vomiting \- internal bleeding -rash [Facts] over 100000 true deaths but only 68,500 recorded 1665-66 Peaked in September Worst outbreak since black death London lost 15% 7000 deaths in a week RANDOM INFO New model army -- parlimentarians in the English civil war Feudal system- Kings Lords Knights Peasents Contemporary source -- evidence from the time you were studying [Things to consider] Consider why the source is made and who by, when it was made and purpose it was made