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Ari Gilder, 2-406!

 

Homework #3

 

  1. Parliament is a gathering or a body of representatives of a country (in this case, England) which meets and discusses approving taxes, passing laws, etc. much like the Congress of the United States.
  2. The two houses in Parliament is House of Lords and House of Commons. House of Commons represented the gentry, or land-owners with social status, and burgesses, or merchants and professional people.

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MONARCH

HOW HE/SHE DEALT WITH RELIGIOUS ISSUES

 

Henry VIII

 

Established a new official church in England, the Anglican Church.

 

Mary I

 

Pro-Catholic, burned those who opposed Catholic laws. Tried to eliminate all Protestants.

 

Elizabeth I

 

Fully Protestant, imposed a fine on those who didn’t attend Anglican church. Persecuted Catholics and Puritans, establishing an enemy within the Puritans.

 

Mary Queen of Scots

Was Catholic, and even though the English Protestants didn’t like it, it prevented Philip II from invading England.

 

Philip II

 

Catholic, leader of the Counter-Reformation

James I

 

Left Puritans alone, ordered new translation of Bible into English.

 

Charles I

 

Took Protestantism seriously, increased restrictions on the Puritans.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONARCH

 

HOW HE/SHE DEALT WITH CONFLICT WITH PARLIAMENT

Elizabeth I

 

Elizabeth ignored Parliament’s urges for her to marry, and when members of Parliament questioned the government too much, they began a revolution.

 

James I

 

When he sold nobility titles, passed taxes and granted monopolies to private companies, Parliament had objected. They also objected when he attempted to make peace with Spain.

 

Charles I

 

Signed the Petition of Right which ordered him not to levy taxes, declare martial law, quarter soldiers in private homes at peacetime, and not to imprison people for no reason.

 

 

 

4. The financial issues between the Stuart kings and Parliament served as the breaking point because despite all the pleas and attempts and petitions of Parliament, the kings still had to obtain money and did anything they could to receive it.