Social Sciences and History / Unit 4 SSH 0312 short lesson, about 20 seconds
England's Exception: Civil War to 1688
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The idea
James the First claimed royal prerogative; civil war followed; Charles the First was executed. After the Catholic James the Second, the Glorious Revolution of sixteen eighty-eight brought William of Orange and the Bill of Rights.
In practice
After sixteen eighty-eight, parliament governing, willing to tax and grow the state for war.
Where people slip
Absolutism failed here and the state grew stronger anyway: constitutional monarchy.
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