England in the Golden Age

Chapters Outline Ch. 1 – Elizabeth I Ch. 2 – Britannia Rules the Waves Ch. 3 – The Civil War Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler Ch. 5 – Merry Monarch and Brother Ch. 6 – The Glorious Revolution

Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler English Civil War (add to study guide) dragged on for four years neither side really knew what it was doing no standing army; poorly trained men

Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler gentry people who own land and have high social standing but no titles of nobility a level lower than nobles on the social ladder

Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler Oliver Cromwell came from gentry family commanded Parliament’s troops during the English Civil War Puritan; Member of Parliament he did not like Charles I sympathy for Catholics

Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler rank a position in a group of organization Cromwell rose in rank in as his troops won battle after battle

Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler New Model Army [add to study guide] England’s first national army before this, armies had been loyal to individual noblemen, not the country the king’s Royalist forces surrendered to the New Model Army Parliament won the war

Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler Charles I Charles believed that God meant for him to rule Charles made a secret deal with the Scots, promising to share power with them Cromwell defeated the king and his supports in a second, shorter civil war

Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler monarchy a government led by a king or queen Parliament wanted Cromwell to become king, but he refused

Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler republic a government in which people elect representatives to rule for them England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland became a republic

Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler Oliver Cromwell Cromwell was given the title Lord Protector he governed like a king his government reflected Puritan views (e.g., punishments for swearing, gambling, and drunkenness)

Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler public policy laws or rules, both written and unwritten, that govern society Cromwell imposed harsh policies against Catholics in Ireland

Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler dissolve to end something, such as an organization Cromwell got rid of Parliament, created a new one, and then dissolved it

Ch. 4 – The Puritan Ruler dictator a ruler who has total control of the country history largely remembers Cromwell as the man who killed a king and ruled as a dictator