| Term | Definition |
|---|
| 1558-1603 | reign of Elizabeth I |
| 1625-1649 | reign of Charles I |
| 1626 | Charles I dismisses Parliament for the first time |
| 1628 | Petition of Right |
| 1629 | Charles dismisses Parliament again until 1640 |
| 1640 | Charles recalls Parliament (Long Parlaiment) |
| 1642 | House of Commons declares control of army and were chased out by Charles |
| 1642-1649 | Civil War, Cavaliers vs. Roundheads |
| 1645 | Naseby |
| 1646 | King's army defeated by Cromwell's New Model Army |
| 1648 | new alliance formed vs. Cromwell |
| 1649 | Cromwell got rid of all of Parlaiment except 143 men-"Rump Parliament" |
| 1649 | Cromwell finds Charles I guilty of treason and executes him |
| 1649-1660 | Inter Regnum |
| 1651 | Leviathan published |
| 1658 | Cromwell dies; George Monk reconvenes Parliament |
| 1660-1685 | reign of Charles II |
| 1670 | Charles' secret agreement with Louis XIV |
| 1672 | Charles tries to pass the Declaration of Indulgence but Parliament doesn't allow it |
| 1673 | Parliament passes the Test Act |
| 1679 | Parliament passes Habeas Corpus |
| 1685-1688 | reign of James II |
| 1687 | James passes the second Declaration of Indulgence (which cancels out the Test Act) and dismisses Parliament |
| 1688 | James II has a Catholic son and marches 13000 troops around London |
| 1688 | Mary Stuart and William of Orange are called to rule England |
| 1689 | English Bill of Rights passed |
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