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Passed by Parliament under Oliver Cromwell's direction. Challenged the Dutch supremacy of sea trade by requiring all goods shipped from other countries to England to be carried by English ships or ships from the producing country. Led to war between the Dutch and English from 1652-54.
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Navigation Act of 1651
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The Cromwell-controlled Parliament that proclaimed England a republic and abolished the House of Lords and monarchy.
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Rump Parliament
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Scotish form of Protestantism that Charles I of Englaind tried to force to conform to Anglican practices. Charles I inflamed conflict with Scotland because of this religious diffrence.
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Presbyterianism
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Parliament convened by Charles I in 1640. It officially lasted twenty years and was involved in the civil war against Charles I
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Long Parliament
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Petition presented to James I of England by Members of Parliament (MPs) in response to his absolutist tendencies. This stated that the King could not tax without Parliamentary consent, quarter troops in private homes during peacetime, declare martial law, or imprison a person without a definite charge.
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Petition of Right
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Purtian leader of the Roundhead army in the English Civil War who defeated Charles I and established a republic, or commonwealth, in England. He ruled as "Lord Protector" from 1653-58, the period known as the "Interregnum" in England
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Oliver Cromwell
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Special courts under England's James I designed to punish political dissenters and Puritans. A symbol of absolutism dating back to Henry VII.
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Star Chamber Courts
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This group ___ were supporters of Parliament, including non-Anglican Protestants and Puritans, while this second group _____, called royalists, were supporters of the King-largely Roman Catholics, Anglicans, and nobles.
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Roundheads and Cavaliers
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Stuart son of James I and King of England, 1625-49. Beheaded by Roundheads at the end of the Civil War. He fought with the Puritan Parliament over his war expenses related to Scotland and Ireland, advancing his belief in the divine-right of kings, and marrying a Catholic, French princess.
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Charles I
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A ruler who suppresses his or her religious designs for his or her kingdom in favor of political expediency. Examples: Elizabeth I (England), Henry IV (France).
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Politique
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Son of Mary Queen of Scots. Ruled England and Scotland together until 1625. Believed in divine-right rule and Anglicanism, which led to conflict with the largely Purtian Parliament. Closest relative to Elizabeth I at the time of her death.
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James I
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