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1549
The book of common prayer.
Religious changes: The Book of Common Prayer authored by bishop Crammer and considered one of the great landmarks of English literature, was published to define precisely how the new English-language services of the church were to be conducted. -
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Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC)
Economical changes: Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie in modern spelling, referred to by the British as the Dutch East India Company, was originally established as a chartered company in 1602, when the Dutch government granted it a 21-year monopoly on the Dutch spice trade. A multinational company, it is also often considered to be the world's first truly transnational corporation. -
Petition of rights.
Political changes:The Petition of Right is a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. -
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The English civil war.
Political changes:The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists over, principally, the manner of England's government. The firs and second wars pitted the supporters of King Charles I against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the third saw fighting between supporters of King Charles II and supporters of the Rump Parliament. The war ended with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester. -
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The protectorate.
Political changes: The Protectorate was the period during the Commonwealth when England and Wales, Ireland and Scotland were governed by a Lord Protector. The Protectorate began in 1653 when, following the dissolution of the Rump Parliament and then Barebone's Parliament, Oliver Cromwell was appointed Lord Protector of the Commonwealth under the terms of the Instrument of Government. -
Restoration of English Monarchy.
Political changes: The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Louis XIV began his personal rule. -
Revocation of the Edicts Nantes.
Religious changes : Louis revoked the Edict of Nantes, the legal foundation of the toleration of Huguenots have enjoyed since 1598. Protestants clerics were exiled, laymen were sent to the galleys as slaves and their children were forcibly baptized as Catholics. -
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The glorious revolution of 1688
Religious changes: The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland) by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadholder William III, Prince of Orange. William's successful invasion of England with a Dutch fleet and army led to his ascension to the throne as William III of England. -
The two treaties on civil government.
Political changes: The two treaties is a work of political philosophy published anonymously by John Locke. The First Treatise attacks patriarchalism in the form of sentence-by-sentence refutation of Robert Filmer's Patriarcha, while the Second Treatise outlines Locke's ideas for a more civilized society based on natural rights and contract theory -
Establishment of bank of England.
Economical changes: The Whigs established the bank of England, which aimed to promote English power through the generation of wealth,inaugurating a financial revolution. -
Treaty of Utrecht.
Political changes: Peace of Utrecht, between great Britain and Spain in Spanish is a series of individual peace treaties, rather than a single document, signed by the belligerents in the War of the Spanish Succession, in the Dutch city of Utrecht. -
The pragmatic sanction.
Economical changes: The Pragmatic Sanction was an edict issued by Charles VI to ensure that the Hapsburg hereditary possessions could be inherited by a daughter.
