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1
Q

Divine Right of Kings

A

The right to rule comes from above

2
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Puritans

A

English Protestants in the 16th and 17th century

3
Q

Charles I

A

Last Absolute Monarch of England

4
Q

Petition of Rights

A

Levying taxes without Parliment consent
Proclaiming Martial Law in Peacetime
Imprisoning anyone without a charge
Quartering troops in private homes without consent

5
Q

Short/Long Parliment

A

When Scots Revolt- Short
When Scots Invade- Long
Can not dissolve parliment

6
Q

Grand Remonstrance

A

When Parliament Impeaches Charles advisers and attempts to arrest them all

7
Q

Cavaliers vs. Roundheads

A

Cavaliers- royalists

Roundheads- Parliamentarians

8
Q

Oliver Cromwell

A

Puritan Leader of the new model army

9
Q

Battle of Marston Moor

A

English Civil War- Charles Captured

10
Q

Rump Parliament

A

English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648