WC 2 - Timeline

Oliver Cromwell in office16 December 1653

Charles I was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625

Charles II was king of Scotland from 1649

James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603

Was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII 6 February 1685

William III was the King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689

Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England

English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") over, principally, the manner of England's government

Habeas corpus is a recourse in law through which a person can report an unlawful detention or imprisonment to a court and request that the court order the custodian of the person

A constitutional monarchy is a form of monarchy in which the sovereign exercises their authorities in accordance with a written or unwritten constitution