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Period: 1509 to 1547
HENRY VIII's reign
-Born in 1491
-Son of Henry VII (the first Tudor King).
-17y when he became king
-Died in 1547
-One of the most famous and emblematic English Kings -
1534
The 1st Act of Supremacy
Founded the Anglican Church and made King Henry VIII the sole and Supreme Head of the Church -
Period: 1534 to
The Early Modern Period
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Period: 1536 to 1537
The Pilgrimage of Grace
Rebellions that lasted 6 months in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, against the dissolution of monasteries, the Reformation, etc. -
Period: 1547 to 1553
EDWARD VI's reign
-Son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour
-9y when his father died
-Protestant
-Died at 15y from tuberculosis -
1549
The Book of Common Prayer
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Period: 1553 to 1558
MARY I's reign
-Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
-First Queen regnant
-37 years old
-Married to Philipp II -
1558
The 2nd Act of Supremacy (under Elizabeth I)
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Period: 1558 to
ELIZABETH I's reign
-She was an unmarried woman
-Only 25 when she became Queen
-Pacified religious divisions -
1559
The 2nd Act of Supremacy
-Abolished the authority of the Pope
-Restored the authority of the Queen over the Church
-She became “Supreme Governor of the Church of England -
1559
The Act of Uniformity
-Every parish had to use the Book of Common Prayer
-People who did not attend an Anglican service were fined. -
1570
The Excommunication of Elizabeth I
The Pope called Elizabeth “The so-called queen”, “a heretic favoring heretics”.
Almost giving Catholics licence to kill her with the certainty that it would not be seen as a crime by Rome. -
Execution of the Queen of Scots
-She was the daughter of King James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise
-She was a threat to Elizabeth -
The Defeat of the Spanish Armada
England was superior in materials and stategy -
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JAMES I's reign
-Son of Mary Queen of Scots
-Proclaimed King of Scotland in 1567 -
The Gunpowder Plot
A Catholic conspiracy to blow up parliament and kill James I, is discovered -
Birth of Jamestown in Virginia
The first successful permanent British settlement in America -
Period: to
The Starving Time
Period of starvation, only 60 of the 500 colonists survived -
Period: to
The Thirty Years War
Conflict between James and the Parliament
England at war with Spain and France -
Period: to
CHARLES I's reign
-Firmly believed in the divine right of Kings
-Married the French princess Henrietta Maria -
The Three Resolutions
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Period: to
The Personal Rule
-11 years when the King ruled without calling a parliament
-Whig historians called it “The Eleven Years Tyranny” -
Period: to
The Scottish Crisis
-The introduction of the New Prayer Book set Scotland aflame.
Scotland was Presbyterian and the changes were deemed unacceptable
-The Scots invaded England and emerged victorious -
The Irish Rebellion
Irish Catholics rebels rose up against Protestant settlers -
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The Interregnum
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Period: to
The Commonwealth
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The Execution of Charles I
Beheaded -
The Instrument of Government
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Period: to
The Cromwellian Protectorate
The Protectorate was a military dictatorship
Cromwell was appointed Lord Protector -
The Restoration
Restoration of the Monarchy -
Period: to
CHARLES II's reign
-Son of Charles I, proclaimed king of Scotland after his father’s execution -
The Great Plague
-Killed more than 100,000 people died
-A quarter of the capital's inhabitants had perished. -
The Great Fire of London
Destroyed two-thirds of the city -
The Popish Plot
Rumour of a plot organised by the French to murder Charles II and replace him by his Catholic brother James II -
Period: to
The Exclusion Crisis
Parliament attempted to debar James II from the succession to the English throne -
Period: to
JAMES II's reign
-Age 51y
-Younger brother of Charles II
-Born 14 October 1633
-Son of Charles I -
The Glorious Revolution
-Bloodless Revolution
-Parliament invited William of Orange to invade England
-James II fled to France
-William - Mary became the new monarchs -
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WILLIAM III-MARY II's reign
Mary, daughter of James II and her Dutch husband were invited to be King and Queen following James abdication -
The Bill of Rights
-Lists King James’ misdeeds
-Fixed limitations on the sovereign’s powers
-Set out the rights of Parliament
-Set out basic civil rights -
The Act of Settlement
Settled the order of succession and ensured a Protestant succession, ignoring dozens of Catholic heirs
Successor: Hanoverian descendants of James I -
Period: to
ANNE's reign
-Was 37y
-Sister of Mary II
-Second daughter of James II
-Born February 6 1665 -
The 1st Act of Union
United the two kingdoms of England and Scotland -
Period: to
GEORGE I's reign
Great-grandson of James I -
Period: to
The Georgian Era
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Period: to
GEORGE II's reign
Son of George I -
Period: to
GEORGE III's reign
Grandson of George II -
The Declaration of Independence
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The Treaty of Paris
Britain formally recognized the independence of the United States -
Period: to
The French Revolutionary Wars
Britain at war with France. Combatting revolutionary ideology + maritime, colonial and economic motives -
The Act of Union
United the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland, creating the United Kingdom