Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 17, Lesson 2: The English Monarchy (pp. 458-463)
I. The Reign of Elizabeth I
B. Elizabeth made the Church of England the official state religion.
C. The English fleet defeated the Spanish armada in 1588.
D. By the 1500s, Parliament had become a part of the English government.
II. The English Civil War
B. Parliament and the king vied for power.
C. Supporters of the king and supporters of Parliament fought the English Civil War.
D. Oliver Cromwell led Parliament's forces to victory.
B. The Catholic King James II fled to France when Parliament invited his daughter Mary to rule with her husband, William of Orange, a Protestant.
C. England became a constitutional monarchy under Parliament's Bill of Rights.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. The 45-year reign of Elizabeth I is known as the Elizabethan Age.
A. Kings James and Charles quarreled with Parliament and persecuted the Puritans.
III. The Glorious Revolution
A. In 1660, Parliament invited Charles II to become monarch.
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