The civil war and the restauration

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Charles I: king by divine right ~ absolute monarch ruled for years without Parliament
Impose taxation without consent to finance policies ~ 1628 petition of right 1 taxes without consent 2 imprisoned arbitrarily ~ 1642 civil war Catholics gentry aristocracy →Royalist, cavaliers – professional mercantile classes → round heads ~ O. Cromwell
Lord protector, † 1658 →monarchy was restored ~ Charles II: on good terms with France, expansion of commerce, greatly strengthened Royal Navy, † 1685→ James II, catholic, imposed his religion and he was deposed in 1688 in Bloodless revolution §
Social context: Puritans gained more and more power, close all playhouse with Act of parliament in 1642 - After the restoration they lost much power ~ C. II reopened all form of entertainment ~ in 1665 and 1666 a plague and a fire hit London, the first killed a third of 300000 inhabitants, the second destroyed most of the oldest section of London ~ 1620 Pilgrim fathers were looking for religious freedom ~ Cultural: scientific enquiry was encouraged and led to the establishment of the Royal society in 1662, most prestigious president was Newton ~ music connected with religion ‘n drama