First, I would suggest you read "The English People On The Eve of Colonization (1603-1630)" by Wallace Notestein � 1954 Oxford University Press.
This volume spells out exactly how the English were before the English went up against Spain and colonized the New World and how they proceeded to gain their power. This was during the reign of Elizabeth I of England (last of the Welsh Tudor line and daughter of Henry Tudor VIII). The 1700's were under William and Mary, Queen Anne and the Georgian era. King George the Third was on the Throne of England during the Revolutionary War. The Lord High Protector Oliver Cromwell was the Parliamentarian Puritan who beheaded Charles the II during the late 1600's, (son of James II and Charles I of England, who was son of James VI of Scotland, heir of Mary Queen of Scots, who became King James I of England because Elizabeth I (Tudor) had no issue) and forced Bonnie Prince Charlie to seek refuge in Scotland. Prince Charlie reclaimed the throne during the late 1600's and expelled the Puritans (The Pilgrims who came to Plymouth Rock) during The Reformation and rewarded supporters of his late father's Crown such as William Penn's father, and in turn repaid William Penn and the Quakers with land in the New World to clear his late father's debt, in what would become Pennsylvania. Since the first English Colony in what would become the United States was established in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619 and the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, the Lord High Protector Oliver Cromwell (who was beheaded well before that), had nought to do with how the of Continental Government of the future US government was originally drawn up. In fact, the English still have a Monarchy to this with Checks and Balances controlled to some extent by Parliament. Perhaps Regicide would be in the future of the 21st Century British Monarchy. However, I do hope Prince William would become King before that happens. On 1/10/05 4:15 PM, "William H. Magill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the 1700s, the Parliamentary system in England was anything but a > Democracy. The House of Lords held utter and undisputed veto over any > action of the House of Commons. And the King could do what ever he > wanted. Even Cromwell, he of Regicide fame, recognized that the only > way to change the decision of the King was to kill him. (Not to mention > the fact that the House of Lords was hereditary, not elected.) ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
