Chapter5　Revolutionary Britain

Chapter5　Revolutionary Britain

》》Key Words

■the Puritans

■Presbyterianism

■the Petition of Rights

■Oliver Cromwell

■the Glorious Revolution

■constitutional monarchy

■mercantilism

■the Reform Bill of 1832

■free trade（laissez⁃faire）

■the Chartist Movement

England experienced tremendous changes during the two centuries after the death of Elizabeth I.Politically，the country fought a civil war and its political system changed from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy.Territorially，England and Scotland finally were united into one country，Great Britain.Economically，the country went through the Industrial Revolution and became the most powerful country in the world with a huge empire by the middle of the 19th century.