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Stuart Dynasty (1603-1714)attempted to enforce royal absolutism; crypto-Catholic 1.James I (1603-1625) 2.Charles I (1625-1649)son of James I 3. Civil War (1642-51) and The Interregnum (1649-1660) 4. Charles II (1660-1685)elder son of Charles I 5. James II (1685-1688)younger son of Charles I 6. The Glorious Revolution, 1688 7. William (1689-1702) and Mary (1689-1694) 8. Anne (1702-1714)

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James I (b. 1566, r. 1566/1603-1625) 1. Great great grandson of Henry VII through Henry VIIIs elder sister, Margaret Tudor; son of Mary Stuart and Lord Darnley (both g.g. of Henry VII) Mother executed in 1587 for plot against Crown 2. Feared both Puritans and Recusants 3. Tried to rule without parliament and avoid foreign adventures 4. Daemonologie, 1597; True Law of Free Monarchies, 1598; King James Bible, 1611

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Era of Colonial Expansion 1.Agra, 1602 2.Virginia, 1607 (trade and profit) 3.Bermuda, 1609 4.Plymouth, 1620 (rel. freedom) 5.St. Kitts, 1624 6.Barbados, 1627 7.New York, 1626 (trade and profit) 8.Nevis, Barbuda 1628 9.Mass. Bay, 1630 (rel. freedom, 18,000, by 1642) 10.New Hampshire, 1630 (Pur. Harshness) 11.Antigua, 1632 12.Maryland, 1634 (rel. freedomfor Catholics) 13.Connecticut, 1636 (rel. and econ. Freedom) 14.Rhode Island, 1636 (religious freedom 15.Delaware, 1638 (orign. Swedish; trade and profit) 16.Belize, 1638 17.North Caroline, 1653 (trde and profits) 18.Jamaica, 1655 19.Bombay, 1661 20.Bahamas, 1666 21.Ruperts Land, 1670 22.Accra, Gambia, Sierra Leone, 1676 23.Calcutta, 1690

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Charles I (1625-1649) 1.Son of James I; married sister of Louis XIII 2.Petition of Right (1628)forced to affirm habeas corpus, right of parliament to tax, no martial law in times of peace, no billeting of troops 3.Eleven Years Tyranny: uspended parliament in 1629 attempted to collect taxes (feudal dues, ship money) 4.Laud (Arch. Canterbury from 1633-45) beauty of holiness; feast the eye rather than tire the ear

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Civil Wars, 1642-46, 1648-51 Gentry and Puritans draw closer for Revolution (1640-1660) demand rights (consultation on taxation, trial by jury, habeas corpus) in return for funds for Scottish war (to impose bishops on the Scottish church Two factions emerge: Anglicansloyal to C. of E. and Prayerbook; desire to curb excessive power of bishops; generally loyal Puritansabolish episcopacy, root and branch Civil War (1642-1649) Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) Puritan squire; govt. for the peoples good, not what pleases them New Model Army (citizens) defeat King and aristocracy Moderate Republicanism

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