In the seventeenth century, there were several important factors that led the English to move from absolutism to a government in which the monarch had little power and Parliament had more power. The factors that led to this include the events during the reign of the Stuart kings, James I and Charles I; religious problems and diversity; and Oliver Cromwell's absolutist rule. James I, the founder of the Stuart line of English kings, was a …showed first 75 words of 2445 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2445 total…in the way they were ruled, oppressed them religiously, and governed by values that were in conflict with that of the people. The English were ready to establish a system of monarchy subject to Parliament, rather than absolutism. They wanted a Parliament that represented the people so they could have a voice in law making. The English also wanted a ruler who would recognize the Parliament as the supreme power. They found this in constitutionalism.