English Civil War (aug 22, 1642 – sep 3, 1651)
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Caused by years of conflict between Parliament and Charles I that ended in a huge power struggle between the Crown and Parliament. It ended with the trial and execution of Charles I-- the first a monarch was ever put on trial. Also resulted with the replacement of an English monarch with a Commonwealth of England. The first ever constitutional government they ever had.
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