Chapter 13
Constitutionalism
&
Absolutism
Part I
England
Who am I?
 I was from Scotland
and succeeded
Elizabeth I as King
of England
 I reigned from 1603
to 1625
 Hint: a Virginia
colony was named
for me
James I
Who am I?
 I conquered Ireland
and Scotland
 I “rumped”
Parliament
 I stirred up a lot of
trouble for those
darn Anglicans
 All I wanted was a
“Pure-itan Republic”
Lord
Protector
Oliver
Cromwell
 I don’t like the English
 I don’t like
Protestants
 I wanna be an
absolute king and do
things MY way
 I freaked out the
Tories
 I’d rather spend my
time brushing my hair
Who am I?
James II
I’m really NOT Capt. Hook!
 I ruled from 1660-1685
 I renewed the
Navigation Acts
 I fought with the Dutch
 I was buddies with
Louis XIV (he even
gave me £££)
Charles II
 My daddy was
James I
 I had a tough
time deciding on
how to use
Parliament,
finally I decided I
really didn’t need
it—that’s the long
and the short of
it.
Who am I?
Charles I
‘Til death us do part
 We had a
“glorious
reign”
 We even
created a Bill
of Rights
 We ruled
from 1689 to
1702
William
and
Mary
This system does not
require a written
constitution
Constitutionalism
This system does
require a set of rules
about government
that government
respects.
Constitutionalism
This system implies a
balance in power
between government
and its subjects.
Constitutionalism
What I do on a Saturday night!
 Hey, I
needed
another
slide!

Stay home and
make up
Jeopardy
games!
What will you do tonight that you
should have done last week?
 Hi Sam?
 Yeah, its me. I got a
question: who was that
king that had the big hair?
No, not the woman, the
guy, you know…? The one
who looked like Captain
Hook? Oh right. What did
he do again? So, how
‘bout those Denver
Broncos!?
Study for this
TEST!
This system means
that sovereignty
resides exclusively
with the monarch.
Absolutism
This system
represents a change
from medieval reality
of the feudal system.
Absolutism
This means that the
monarch was limited in
actual power and not
totalitarian. He/she didn’t
involve him/herself in social
welfare issues (not that
there really were any).
Absolutism
This petition forbade
forced loans without
the consent of
Parliament.
Petition of
Right
After dissolving
Parliament in 1629,
why did Charles I not
call it again until
1640?
England went
to war against
Scotland
This was Charles I’s
attempt at strict
efficiency and
administrative
centralization.
The policy of
“thorough”
This refers to the
Parliament called after
the Scottish invasion
in 1640
The LONG
Parliament
This Parliament
resolved that
Parliament could not
be dissolved without
its own consent.
The LONG
Parliament
The major
accomplishment of this
Parliament was a
declaration of political
and religious rights
against the royal
government.
The LONG
Parliament
This was a 200 article
summary of
parliamentary
grievances against the
crown.
Grand
Remonstrance
During the English
Civil War, this group
supported Parliament.
Roundheads

My head is
round—
watch me
bounce!!
During the English
Civil War this group
supported Charles I.
Cavaliers
This code was a set of
laws which excluded
Roman Catholics,
Presbyterians, and
Independents from the
political life of the nation.
Clarendon
Code
These Acts led to a
series of naval wars
with Holland
(innies/outies)
Navigation
Acts
This king’s domestic
policy goal was to
subject English
institutions to the
power of the
monarchy.
James II
This act of 1672
required all subjects to
swear an oath against
transubstantiation,
and was passed by
Parliament.
Test Act
This act of 1701 provided
for the English crown to
go to the House of
Hanover if Queen Anne
was not survived by her
children.
The
Act of
Settlement
1701
This plot was the
hysteria surrounding a
supposed attempt to
execute Charles II
The Popish
Plot
This treaty required
Charles II to convert to
Catholicism as soon
as conditions in
England permitted.
Treaty of
Dover, 1670
We are a group who is
very loyal to the
monarchy.
Tories
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