Development+of+Constitutional+Monarchy

Your goal for this lesson is to[| listen to the VoiceThread] and thoughtfully answer the questions below: (to see the VoiceThread within the page, scroll to the bottom)

1. Create a concept map or visual representation that shows cause and effect by putting the following events in sequential order:
 * Stuart family begins to rule England for the first time
 * Charles I dissolves Parliament
 * Charles II becomes king
 * Cromwell attacks the Irish
 * Charles I becomes king
 * Elizabeth I dies
 * Charles I is beheaded
 * Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector and declares England a Commonwealth
 * William and Mary sign the English Bill of Rights
 * Charles I leads an army into the House of Commons to arrest those causing trouble in Parliament
 * Charles I needs to increase taxes, Parliament forces him to sign the Petition of Right
 * James II becomes king of England
 * Oliver Cromwell successfully captures Charles I
 * Puritans want to purify the Church of England
 * The Long Parliament meets and executes Charles I's chief ministers
 * Civil War breaks out in England between the Roundheads and the Cavaliers

2. Why do you think absolutism did not manage to rise and thrive in England when it rose and flourished in kingdoms like France, Russia, and Spain?

3. Compare and contrast the ruler-subject relationship for one of the two pairs: a) William & Mary of England and Louis XIV of France or b) William & Mary of England and Peter the Great of Russia

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