1. Sources of the Democratic tradition
Democratic Developments in England

2. FEUDALISM
a loosely organized system of rule in which lords divided landholdings among lesser lords.
vassals, pledged service and loyalty to the greater lord.

4. William the Conqueror
1066 the Battle of Hastings
Normans defeat Saxons
William ascended the throne of England.

6. Medieval Reforms
Henry II
Trial by Jury
Common Law-legal system based on precedents determined by decisions of royal justices

9. The Magna Carta 1215
Nobles rebel against King
John
Limitation of Monarch’s
Power
Power of the Purse
Due Process
1295 Model Parliament
House of Lords
House of Commons

11. Henry VIII
King
Strengthened English monarchy
Removed England from Catholic Church
Quest for an heir

13. Elizabeth I
Queen
Made England into world power
Lack of heir led to succession crisis

15. 1603 Stuart Dynasty
United (Scotland + England) Kingdom
James I-Divine Right of Kings King
Charles I- King Petition of Rights
Struggled with Parliament for control of

19. English Civil War
Roundheads v Cavaliers
Oliver Cromwell
Execution of Charles I
The Protectorate

23. 1660 The Restoration
Monarchy reinstated by Parliament
Charles II King
James II 1685

26. The Glorious Revolution-1688
William and Mary
Constitutional Monarchy

28. English Bill of Rights
limits power of Kings
Right of Petition
Free Speech
Power of the Purse
Representative Government

30. England’s Legacy to Democracy
The Rule of Law
Parliamentary Government
Individual Liberties
Constitutional Monarchy