England Timeline

Tudor Monarchs rule England

Period: Jan 1, 1485 to Jan 1, 1603

Henry VII. ruled 1485 to 1509.
Henry VIII. ruled 1509 to 1547.
Edward VI. ruled 1547 to 1553.
Jane I. ruled 1553.

Henry VII died

Jan 1, 1547

He was king of England, was famously married 6 times and played a critical role in the English reformation

Elizabeth the first gained the throne

Nov 17, 1558

She was born on September 7th 1557. She was thought to be one of the greatest monarchs in history because she was a princess but declared illegitimate through political machinations.

Elizabeth died childless

Jan 1, 1603

She was queen of England. She was thought to be one of the greatest monarchs in English history.

James I took the English throne

Jan 1, 1603

He styled himself "great king of Britain."

Charles I had been tried and executed by his own people

Jan 30, 1625

He is executed by his own people because of treason. Charles offended his Protestant subjects by marrying Henrietta Maria, a Catholic French princess.

James I died

Mar 27, 1625

James died at his favorite country residence.

Charles needed to raise taxes

Jan 1, 1628

So he forced the Charles Parliament. They needed money for the war because it was very expensive.

Charles had signed a petition

Jan 1, 1629

IT was a document that had prohibited the king from raising taxes without parliament's consent or from jailing anyone without legal justification, but then he later dissolved parliament.

Charles and Lauid tried to impose the Anglican prayer book on Scottland

Jan 1, 1637

The Calvinist Scots revolted.

Charles had to summon parliament

Jan 1, 1640

However when it met, Parliament launched its own revolt.

The civil war began

Period: Jan 1, 1642 to Jan 1, 1651

The Civil War is the central event in America's historical consciousness. If the north side won it would abolish slavery. If the south side won it would keep slavery.