HIST 1003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Exclusion Crisis
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Lecture 6: the old regimes and their quiet" revolutions. How england avoided absolutism: the civil wars and the trial of the king, the restoration, the exclusion crisis, the glorious revolution. The old regimes: legal inequalities and privileges, the three estates, the clergy, the nobility, the third estate. The quiet" revolutions: the commercial revolution, english and dutch uniqueness, the military revolution, the seven years" war. Terms: oliver cromwell, restoration, commonwealth, exclusion crisis, glorious revolution. Seven years" war: military revolution, commercial revolution. James ii: william and mary, bill of rights. Joint stock companies (east and west indies companies)
