1. Parliament
Triumphs IN ENGLAND

2. Historical Event
Resulting Action of Document
Effect on Democracy

3. 1. King John tried to raise taxes on the nobles
Magna Carta
Established basic legal rights & responsibilities
Protected liberties of the English

4. 2. Edward needed money to pay for war in France
Model Parliament
B. Increased the number of people making Gov’t decisions

7. 3. Sixteenth Century Monarchs claim more power.
Divine Right – The belief that monarchs are chosen by God and responsible only to God.

9. 3. Sixteenth Century Monarchs claim more power
Petition of Right
A. Overthrow of Charles I
B. Decreased power of Monarch
B. Increased power of Parliament

10. 4. The Glorious Revolution takes place.
English Bill of Rights
Limited power of Monarchy
B. Guaranteed the rule of Law
B. Guaranteed Individual Liberties

11. Limited Monarchy
Powers of the monarch (ruler) are limited by a constitution or laws of the country

12. Constitutional Government
Government that’s powers are defined and limited by law

13. Oligarchy
A type of gov’t in which the ruling power belongs to a few people
EX: South Africa

14. Puritans
Protestants that sought to “purify” the church of it’s Catholic practices

15. Oliver Cromwell
Leader of the Roundheads (Parliament’s Army) in the English Civil War
Puritan
Defeated the Cavaliers, leading to the execution of Charles I.