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Period: 1509 to 1547
Henry VIII and the break with Rome
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1517
Martin Luther writing the Ninety-Five Theses
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1526
The Tyndale Bible
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1534
Act of Supremacy
Henry VIII Under his reign, the church of England separated from the Roman Catholic Church -
1537
English Bible
Permission was given for an English Bible and not a Latin one. They were soon made mandatory in every church -
Period: 1547 to 1553
Edward VI: the young king
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1549
Book of Common Prayer
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1553
Mary I (Tudor) became the first Queen of England
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Period: 1553 to 1558
Mary I (Tudor) and the Catholic Restoration
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1559
The Act of Uniformity
Act of the Parliament of England, passed in 1559, to regularise prayer, divine worship and the administration of the sacraments in the Church of England -
Period: 1563 to 1571
The 39 articles of faith
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1569
The Northern Rebellion
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1570
Pope Pius V issued the papal bull “Regnans in Excelsis”
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1571
Treasons Act
the act made punishable by death any acts of treason, including harming the royal family, waging war against the state, or speaking maliciously of the queen. -
1581
Act of abjuration
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The Babington plot
The Babington Plot was a plan in 1586 to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I, a Protestant, and put Mary, Queen of Scots, her Catholic cousin, on the English throne -
The execution of Mary Queen of Scots
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Spain attacks England
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Reign of James I
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The gunpowder plot
The Gunpowder Plot was a failed attempt to assassinate King James I of England during the Opening of Parliament in November 1605 -
The king's "great contract"
The Great Contract was a plan submitted to James I and Parliament in 1610 by Robert Cecil. It was an attempt to increase Crown income and ultimately rid it of debt. -
King james's bible
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The thirty years war
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Reign of Charles I
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Petition of rights
The Petition of Right, passed on 7 June 1628, is an English constitutional document setting out specific individual protections against the state -
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The scottish crisis
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Charles I is humiliated by the scotts and calls a new Parliament
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Charles I enters the Parliament by force
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Execution of King Charles I
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Cromwell defeated the scotts army
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The blasphemy act
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Cromwell dissolves the parliament
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Death of cromwell
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The restoration
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Charles II and the Declaration of Breda
The Declaration of Breda (dated 4 April 1660) was a proclamation by Charles II of England in which he promised a general pardon for crimes committed during the English Civil War and the Interregnum for all those who recognised Charles as the lawful king -
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Reign of Charles II
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The clarendon code
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The popish plot
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Reign of James II
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The glorious revolution
The Glorious Revolution, also called “The Revolution of 1688” and “The Bloodless Revolution,” took place from 1688 to 1689 in England. It involved the overthrow of the Catholic King James II, who was replaced by his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange. -
The toleration act
Act of Parliament granting freedom of worship to Nonconformists (i.e., dissenting Protestants such as Baptists and Congregationalists). It was one of a series of measures that firmly established the Glorious Revolution (1688–89) in England -
The bill of rights
It is an original Act of the English Parliament and has been in the custody of Parliament since its creation. The Bill firmly established the principles of frequent parliaments, free elections and freedom of speech within Parliament – known today as Parliamentary Privilege. -
The act of settlement
The Act of Settlement was passed in 1701, reinforcing the Bill of Rights agreed by William and Mary in 1689. The main aim of this legislation was to ensure a Protestant succession to the English throne. -
The act of union
The Acts of Union, passed by the English and Scottish Parliaments in 1707, led to the creation of a united kingdom to be called “Great Britain” on 1 May of that year