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  • Period: 1509 to 1547

    Reign of King Henry 8th of England

  • Act of Supremacy
    1534

    Act of Supremacy

    Henry 8th becomes the Supreme Head of the Church of England. Thsi title gives him the power to control the people thanks to the oath of supremacy they swore to him.
  • Act of Sucession
    1534

    Act of Sucession

    This Act is a way to force people to accept Henry 8th second wife, Anne Boleyn after divorcing Catherine of Aragon.
  • Act of Union with Wales
    1536

    Act of Union with Wales

    Wales is first annexed but then becomes one state with England.
  • Publication of the Great Bible
    1539

    Publication of the Great Bible

    The Great Bible was the 1st edition of the Bible in english published in 1539.
  • Six Articles of Faith
    1539

    Six Articles of Faith

    These articles permited to Henry 8th to stop the spread of the Protestants doctrine in England. They They called it a “whip with six strings” as a shock and it reintegrate the Catholic faith as well.
  • Period: 1547 to 1553

    Reign of King Edward VI of England

  • Book of Common Prayer
    1549

    Book of Common Prayer

    The Book of Common Prayer was a means of religious unity. It had to be approved by the Parliament to rest on it. It became the most important book in England.
  • Period: 1553 to 1558

    Reign of Mary Tudor alias "Bloody Mary"

  • Period: 1558 to 1563

    “Elizabethan religious settlement”

    This period focuses on political and religious decisions made to unify the Church under Elizabeth 1st's reign.
  • Period: 1558 to

    Reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England

  • Act of Uniformity
    1559

    Act of Uniformity

    Doctrine of the Church of England where it says to attend to church and use the Book of Common Prayer.
  • Act of Supremacy
    1559

    Act of Supremacy

    Queen Elizabeth 1st is made Governor of the Church of England.
  • Elizabeth I's excommunication
    1570

    Elizabeth I's excommunication

    Pope Pius V declared Elizabeth as a heretic then she was excommunicated and has been revoved from the throne.
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    Reign of King James I of England

  • The Gunpowder Plot

    The Gunpowder Plot

    Catholics betrayers including Guy Fawkes tried to explode the Parliament with King James I.
  • King James' Bible apparition

    King James' Bible apparition

    King James' Bible is a version of the Bible translated in english for the Church of England.
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    Reign of King Charles I of England

  • Petition of Right

    Petition of Right

    This document claims that King Charles 1st has limited power on the people and the country of England.
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    The Eleven Years of Tyranny

    King Charles 1st ruled without the Parliament.
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    The Bishops War

    This war shows Charles 1st against the Presbetyrians from Scotland. It started from a disagreement on the instauration of a New Prayer Book.
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    The English Civil War

    The Civil War opposed the three kingdoms ( England, Scotland and Ireland) but the main enemies were the Roundheads (Parliament's supporters) and the Cavaliers (Charles 1st's supporters). The reasons behind it were numerous but the major causes are financial, the power and religion.
  • Execution of Charles 1st

    Execution of Charles 1st