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1628: Petition of Rights


1640: The middle class attacked the Crown


1649: King Charles I was executed and Cromwell enstablished the Commonwealth, a dictatorship


1658: Cromwell dies


1660: Charles II came back to England and became the new king. This period is called “Restoration”


1668: With the Glorious Revolution James II was removed from the throne. This revolution is called glorious because it was without blood. His daughter Mary came to throne and married William og Orange


1701: Was enstablished the Act of Settlement that increased the power of English Parliament


1760-1780: when open fields became private started a revolution in English economy.