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Period: 1508 to 1547
Henry VIII's Reign
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Period: 1509 to 1547
Catholicism to Protestantism
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1517
Martin Luther wrote and published the Ninety-Five Theses
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1523
Translation of the Bible in English by ...
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1533
Henry VIII married Ann Boleyn
The pope declared that Ann was not the King’s wife and Henry was excommunicated -
1534
Act of Supremacy
The King was made “Supreme Head of the Church of England” -
Period: 1534 to
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1547
Death of Henry VIII and succession of his heir Edward VI
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Period: 1547 to 1553
Protestantism
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Period: 1547 to 1553
Edward VI's Reign
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Period: 1553 to 1558
Mary I's Reign
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Period: 1553 to 1558
Catholicism
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1558
Mary I died and Elizabeth I took her place
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Period: 1558 to
Elizabeth I's Reign
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Period: 1558 to
Protestantism
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1559
The Act of Uniformity: Religious belief
A part of the New Legislation between 1559 and 1563 -
1559
The Act of Supremacy: Church organisation
A part of the New Legislation between 1559 and 1563 -
1569
The Northen Rebellion
Revolt led by the Earls, it xas an attempt to replace Elizabeth with Mary Queen of Scots -
1570
The Pope excommunicated Elizabeth
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1571
The 1571 Treason Act
Treason for anyone who saysthat Elizabeth is not the true Queen -
1581
The 1581 Act
Instaured a death penalty for anyone converting or already converted to Catholicism -
The Babington plot
It was a plot led by Catholics to assassinate Elizabeth I and replace her with Mary Queen of Scots -
Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
She was executed at Fotheringham Castle, wearing in a red dress -
The defeat of the Spanish Armada
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Speech to the troops at Tilbury
(citation)
The speech was made in preparation of the expected invasion by the spanish Armada -
Elizabeth's death and the succession of James VI
She died at 69 years old
Her heir was the son of Mary Queen of Scots, who then became James I of England -
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James I's reign
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Death of James I, succession of Charles I
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Period: to
Charles I's reign
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Petition of Rights
They requested the King to recognise the illegality of extra-parliamentary taxation
Wanted to get Charles to see that there was limits to his power -
The Three Resolutions
Whoever tried to bring in “Popery or Armenianism” or to alter the protestants forms was an enemy of the kingdom As well as anyone advising the king to collect custom duties without Parliament’s consent -
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The Personal Rule
The King ruled 11 years without a Parliament
also called "The Eleven Years Tyranny" -
Charles I attempted to impose a new prayer book for the Scots
This led to a riot in St Giles’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, on the reading of the New Prayer book, a local woman threw her stool at the preacher -
The Militia Act
The army is now controlled by Parliament -
The Irish Rebellion
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The Grand Remonstrance
a document voted by Parliament that divided it into 2 groups, the Parliamentarians and the Royalists -
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The first Civil War
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The Second Civil War
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King Charles I was executed
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Period: to
The Interregnum
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Period: to
The Commonwealth
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Blasphemy Act
The Quaker James Nayler was convicted for blasphemy and harshly punished -
The Instrument of Government
England's first and only writte constitution -
Cromwell dissolved the Parliament and end of the Commonwealth
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Period: to
The Cromwellian Protectorate
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Charles II issued the Declaration of Breda
Promised a general amnesty, to continue religious toleration, to share power with Parliament... -
The Restoration
The King is restored after the Declaration of Breda -
The Act of Uniformity
All ministers had to swear to conform to the Book of Common Prayer -
Period: to
The Political Crisis
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The Glorious Revolution
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The Bill of Rights
Limited the monarch's power for the first time -
The Act of Settlement
Ensured a Protestant succession, ignoring the Catholic heirs -
The Act of Union
Between England and Scotland, creation of the United Kingdom