Building
an Even More Modern State:
Constitutionalism
and the English ÒRevolutionÓ, 1215-1688
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Execution of Charles I |
Lord Protector Cromwell |
William and Mary |
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What is constitutional government? How does it function? What forms does it take?
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How did England develop a ÒconstitutionÓ before 1600? What kind of constitution is it?
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What were the origins of the civil war and revolution in
England? How did it change the
English political system?
Key Terms
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Constitutionalism 6)
The Long Parliament
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John Locke 7)
Oliver Cromwell
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James I 8)
William and Mary
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Charles I 9)
Glorious Revolution
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Petition of Right 10)
Bill of Rights
I. Constitutionalism: Definition, Forms, and Theory
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"Government by Law"
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Monarchy or Republic vs. Democracy
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Consent of the governed?
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Written Constitutions vs. Traditions & Precedents
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John
Locke (1632-1704): The Greatest
Political Philosopher of Modern Western History?
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Reason, Natural Law, Individualism, Freedom, and Government
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Second Treatise
on Government (1690)
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The Continued Growth of Centralized Power
II. The Origins and Growth of English
Constitutionalism, 1066-1601
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Strong Feudal Monarchy, 1066-1215
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King John and the Magna Carta,
1215: Rights of the Barons
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The Development of Parliament
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House of Lords and House of Commons (1297)
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The Nature of the English Constitution: Laws, Precedents, and Royal Power
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The Tudor Monarchs:
Ruling with Parliament
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Henry VII, Henry VIII, and Elizabeth I
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The Gentry, Middle Classes, and Calvinism
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The Spanish Armada (1588) and the Rise of English Power
III. The Origins and Course of the English
Civil War & Revolution, 1601-1689
The
Stuart Kings and Parliament
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James I
(1601-1625): True Law of Free Monarchies
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Charles I
(1625-1648)
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The Petition of Right
(1629)
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Charles' Absolutist Experiment (1629-1640) and Puritan
Resistance
The
English Civil War
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Rebellion in Scotland
(1640): The Presbyterian Scots
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The "Long Parliament" (1640-1653) and the Execution
of Charles
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Civil War:
Oliver Cromwell and the "New Model Army"
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Radicalization (The Levelers)
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Cromwell's Puritan Dictatorship (1653-1658): Lord
Protector
Restoration
and the "Glorious Revolution"
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Charles
II (1660-1685) and Parliament
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James II (1685-1688):
Catholic Threat and Louis XIV
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The Glorious Revolution (1688-1689): William
and Mary of Orange
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The "Bill of Rights" (1689) and the Triumph
Constitutional Monarchy
Why
England? "Revolution" or
"Evolution"?
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Institutions and Traditions
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Social and Economic Foundations
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Puritanism
1700-1830: Toward Modern Parliamentary Government