Charles II of Spain

Charles I’s abuse of power brought significant changes that impacted England because he dismissed the Parliament, created new religious laws that caused disputes and ignited the start of the English Civil War. Charles I often created new laws that were not passed through parliament and refused to take advice given by the members. During his rule he passed the ship money law during peacetime which angered many citizens. When Parliament disapproved of Charles I’s actions and, “…passed further…

From the readings in the text book “Western Civilization Volume II: Since 1500” I found out that Oliver Cromwell was a strong leader with also strong religious beliefs. He was also mentioned to have been a Puritan who formed the New model Army and defeated the forces supporting King Charles the first, thus ending the first phase of the Civil war with his capture. Even after all of Cromwell’s victories and the new model army, which was made mostly of serious Patrons known as the Independents, who…

The English were able to resist absolution, by having traditions in place that tied the kings hands and had to have permission from Parliament, before citizens could be taxed or put a law into effect. This really didn't stop several kings from acting like they were absolute monarchy. This type of rule in the seventeenth century was a system where all governmental authority was concentrated in the hands of a monarch ruling by divine right. Such as King James I that secured confessions through…

Absolutism was prominent in Europe and the king practically said and did whatever they wanted. This caused problems when King Charles I came into power in 1625 after his father’s death. The problems came from the fact that he struggled to control Parliament and would thus defy them by doing things such as taxing the people without consulting them first. It was because of King Charles I’s behavior that Parliament became very angry with him and the people wanted to revolt. All of these actions…

It impacted England greatly, and started after a conflict between the monarch, King Charles I, and the Parliament (The government of England). This led to the two sides of the English Civil Wars: The Parliamentarians and the Royalists. The death toll in England after the English Civil Wars was estimated to be about 200,000, which ended after King Charles I’s defeat. On January 30, 1649, King Charles I was executed by decapitation, and after that England was no longer a Complete Monarchy: The…

Charles II: The Merry Monarch How Far Do the Events in his Reign Reflect This Nickname? Charles II’s title of the ‘Merry Monarch’ proves controversial among many historians in regards to its accuracy. One of Charles’s recent academic biographers, Ronald Hutton, has admitted that he ended up disliking Charles intensely and found the whole process of working on such a man ‘genuinely depressing’. This essay will attempt to prove that he was ‘Merry’-in other words; ‘interested in only self and…

Restoration Nation The Restoration Period began in 1660 when the English monarchy was restored under Charles II. People started using science to explain previously unknown phenomena. English literature started to use precise language and the age of Satire began. John Milton wrote Paradise Lost in 1667 and presented Satan as a heroic figure who was cast out of heaven for being too ambitious. Daniel Defoe wrote A Journal of the Plague Year in 1722 and presented it as an eyewitness account of the…

Experiment.” Before he did this though, he did many things back in the European countries. He had many failures but soon was successful in his own ways. Penn got his huge area of the ‘New World’ because King Charles II was in debt to Penn’s recently deceased father. To repay this debt, King Charles II gave Penn a charter to begin a colony in the huge chunk of the ‘New World’ that he had also just given him. After beginning his new colony, many settlers came from many countries in Europe…

1.The documentary differs from the textbook in the sense that is provides more information about the personal aspect of his life and the flaws that James II made during his reign as the king of England. Also, it gives us an in-depth understanding of what actually lead to the downfall of James II and caused the ‘Glorious revolution’. Dutch conquest of England in year 1688 had profound implications not just England but the entire world. William of Orange who conquered England in 1688 brought in a…

Charles II (1630-1685) was King of England, Scotland and Ireland between 1660 and 1685. He was the son of the executed king Charles I. Charles I lost the second civil war, between the ‘royals’ and the long parliament. The leader of the parliament, in the civil war, was Oliver Cromwell. So, he came in power short after the execution of Charles the I. Cromwell dismantled the pulicchurch and he chose a strict and sober new course. For example, theathers were forbidden and adultery was punishable by…