england the english civil war and the glorious revolution the road to constitutionalism
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Constitutionalism
Definition: Limitation of government by law.
Parliament – English nobility. Become an important part of English Constitutional monarchy.
How to make topic paragraphs in a DBQ
Like an LEQ, select topic paragraphs suggested by the prompt and documents.
“Views” – whose?
-Pro Elizabeth (why?)
-Anti-Elizabeth (why?)
-Her own
Elizabeth DBQPro-Elizabeth
Document 6 - painting
Document 3 – Act of Supremacy
Document 4 – Elizabeth’s friend
Anti –Elizabeth
Doc 2 – Anglican official
Doc 1 – John Knox (religious)
Her own POV- Doc 5 (I will marry England) Doc7 – reinforcing her absolute power.
Parliament
• Made up of landowners and nobles
• New wealthy capitalist class
• Guards state pocketbook, “power of the purse” because they paid so much taxes
English Civil War will test whether power resides with king or with parliament.
BALANCE OF POWER
Charles I r.1625-1649
Need to know facts:
- Problems with the Scots
-Religious strife – Puritans perceive he is sympathetic to Catholics
King Parliament/Cromwell
Write down issues that separate them, opinions they express , key plot points