The Events Leading Up To England's Constitutional Monarchy

It can be said that the events leading up to England’s Constitutional Monarchy, and after the fact, have lead to many crucial developments within the western world as well as our own. These developments all began with England’s King Charles I take on absolute rule and maybe even before. Through the many bloody conflicts that plagued the British Isles emerged new and different ideas. These ideas lead to new leaders taking a stance on what they believe in causing new conflicts and significant events in the 1600s. In the end, however, the ideas that emerged out of this turbulent time have come to shape our world in America and many other countries that followed and/or observed the results of England’s Constitutional monarchy. Most of these developments began with King Charles I. During his time as King he attempted to bring peace and order to the British Isles, but he tried to accomplish this by implementing a system of absolute rule. In the process of doing so he was forced to disband Parliament, and he only allowed Parliament
Many in parliament opposed this as they followed the Anglican Church. In response to James’s actions the glorious revolution was set into motion and as a result a new bill of rights was implemented for the monarchy to follow. Some say that through the Glorious Revolution an end to the struggle between the King and Parliament was reached. In addition, with the implementation of England’s Bill of Rights the monarchy was limited in power and then that power was shifted to Parliament.
The ideas stated within the English Bill of Rights can be said to have influenced America’s Bill of Rights and Constitutional documents. Ideas that can be easily seen are things such as putting power with the people or a governing body rather than a single person. In addition, the colonist also carried many of their traditions into various aspect of the