What is the timeline of powers shifts following the English Civil War?

What is the timeline of powers shifts following the English Civil War?



Answer:

1649 - Trial and execution of Charles I, showing that the monarchy is held accountable to the people
Between Charles I's execution and 1685 - Constitutional democracy with sovereignty laying in Parliament
1685 - James II took power and reinstated the divine right of kings
1688 - Parliament removed James II from the throne during the Glorious Revolution, and Protestantism was brought to England through the marriage of James II's daughter to William of Orange from the Dutch republic, a Protestant country.
1689 - The English Bill of Rights was passed.


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