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Period: 1490 to 1534
political institutions shift
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Period: Apr 21, 1509 to Jan 28, 1547
Henry VIII reign
He is known for his six marriages and his efforts to have his first marriage with Catherine of Aragon annulled.
He was the son of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York. -
1533
Act in restraint of appeals
makes England fully sovereign in its laws -
1534
First succession Act
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1534
Act of supremacy
Henry is made head of the church in England -
1535
Coverdale Bible
1st edition of the Bible in English but not accepted by Henry VIII -
Period: 1536 to 1537
Pilmigrage of Grace
revolt that occurs in Yorkshire in protest against Henry VIII's break with the Catholic Church -
1539
The Great Bible
It is the 1st edition of the Bible in English that is authorised by Henry VIII and he is in fact at the top of the Bible's first page -
1543
Henry VIII restriction
Henry VIII restricted the reading of the Bible to a privileged few -
Period: Jan 28, 1547 to Jul 6, 1553
Edward VI
Edward VI became a King at age 9, he is the only surviving son of Henry VIII and was the first English monarch to be raised as a Protestant. -
1549
Book of Common Prayer
It was a moderate Protestant liturgy and was the 1st prayer book to include the complete forms of service for daily and Sunday worship in English (Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, the Litany, Holy Communion), occasional services in full: the orders for Baptism, Confirmation, Marriage, "prayers to be said with the sick", and a funeral service. -
1552
re edition of the book of common prayer
New and more radical edition of the Book of Common Prayer to make it acceptable to more traditionally minded worshippers and clergy. -
1553
Forty-Two Articles of Faith
It was the official doctrinal statement of the Church of England written by Thomas Cranmer and It was a theological foundation of English Protestantism. -
Period: Jul 6, 1553 to Nov 17, 1558
Mary I reign
She re-establishes popal authority and Catholic worship in England and is known as "Bloody Mary" because she killed many people during her reign
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Period: Nov 17, 1558 to
Elizabeth I reign
Elizabeth I succeeded Mary because she dies without an heir. Elizabeth I is known as the 'Virgin Queen' because she resist to being married off and obviously she is childless. She wanted to restore religious unity and political stability to England and Make England a great power in Europe and the world.
She’s the last of the house of Tudor.
She was the only surviving child of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. -
1559
Act of Uniformity
This act said that everyone had to follows the 1559 Book of Common Prayer and had to attend Anglican services once a week or be fined 12 pence -
1559
Act of Supremacy
Elizabeth 1st declared herself Supreme Governor of the Church of England, and instituted an Oath of Supremacy -
Period: Jul 24, 1567 to
James VI & I reign in Scotland
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Feb 25, 1570
Elizabeth I's Excommunication
Promulgated by Pope Pius V excommunicating Elizabeth I accusing her of being heretical, the bull releases all its subjects of allegiance to her and also excommunicates those who would obey her orders. -
1572
Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre
group of assassinations (3000+ death) and a wave of Catholic mob violence directed against the Huguenots and was directed by Charles IX and his secret council. Elizabeth allied with Huguenots -
1572
The Bishops' Bible
It succeeded the Great Bible of 1539 and was produced under the authority of the established Church of England -
Defeat Spanish Armada
It was a major Catholic threat -
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Nine Years’ War
It was fought between an Irish confederacy against English rule in Ireland, and was a response to the ongoing Tudor conquest of Ireland. -
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James VI & I reign in England
Succeed Elizabeth I because she also died without an heir and he is the First Stuart king, uniting England and Scotland under one crown.
He also advocates the Divine Right of Kings (justification of an absolute monarchy power by the choice of God) -
Gunpowder Plot
It was a failed attempt to assassinate King James I of England during the Opening of Parliament. It failed thanks to an anonymous letter send to the authorities, saying that the King, his family and his Protestant ministers will be murdered. -
King James Bible
It quickly supplanted the Bishops' Bible, of an overly learned character, and became de facto the standard Bible of the Church of England. It include 39 books of the Old Testament, 14 books of Apocrypha, and the 27 books of the New Testament. -
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Charles I reign
He was the 3rd child of James VI I and Anne of Denmark. He continues his father's belief in absolute monarchy but was seen as too sympathetic to Catholics; he tries to impose Arminianism on the Church of England and alienates Puritans and Presbyterians. -
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Eleven Years' Tyranny
Charles I decide to rules without Parliament claiming that he was entitled to do this under the royal prerogative and that he had a divine right of Kings -
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Wars of the Three Kingdoms
It was a series of intertwined conflicts in England, Ireland and Scotland, after these three countries came under the rule of the same monarch. -
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Bishops’ Wars
It was two armed conflicts that pitted Charles I and the Scottish Covenanters, and marked the beginning of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms -
Treaty of Ripon
It was a truce between Charles I and the Covenanters, a Scottish political movement, which ended the hostilities of the Second Bishops' War. -
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First Civil War
New Model Army defeats Royalist forces. -
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English Civil War
It took place during the English Revolution, and was a civil war between the supporters of King Charles I and the Parliament led by Oliver Cromwell. It ended with the death sentence of Charles I in 1649. -
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Second Civil War
caused by the treaty of Ripon -
Pride's Purge
It is when Colonel Thomas Pride, of the New Model Army, forcibly removed members of the British House of Commons who did not support the Grandees(the senior officers of the Army), or the religious movement of the Independents. -
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Rump Parliament
Is what remains of the English Long Parliament after the purge of Pride on December 6, 1648. -
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Commonwealth and Protectorate
It refers to the kingless governments of England, Scotland, Great Britain and Ireland during the Interregnum between the actual reigns of the Stuart King Charles I and his son King Charles II -
Charles I execution
Charles I is executed because he refused to plead, the monarchy is abolished and England becomes a republic (Commonwealth). -
Eikon Basilike
It is a spiritual autobiography attributed to King Charles I -
Instrument of Government
It was drafted by Major-General John Lambert and was the first constitution of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and was also the first codified and written constitution in England. -
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Olivier Cromwell (Lord Protector)
He was a leading advocate of the execution of Charles I, which led to the establishment of the Commonwealth of England and dissolves Parliament
He also expands English power in Ireland (brutal campaigns) and overseas. -
Humble Petition and Advice
It was the second and last codified constitution of England after the Instrument of Government. -
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Richard Cromwell (Lord Protector)
After his father's death, Richard became Lord Protector, but he lacked authority -
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Charles II reign
He restored the Monarchy and was the eldest surviving child of Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France. -
Secret Treaty of Dover
It was an agreement between Louis XIV and Charles II in which they conclude an alliance in the Dutch War that broke out two years later -
Declaration of Indulgence
Charles II attempt to extend religious liberty to Protestant nonconformists and Roman Catholics in his realms, by suspending the execution of the Penal Laws that punished recusants from the Church of England. -
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Exclusion Crisis
Is an aborted bill whose purpose was to exclude from the succession to the throne of England and Ireland the king's brother, James the Duke of York, because of his Roman Catholic faith. -
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James II reign
He succeeded his brother Charles II and attempts to restore Catholicism -
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Glorious revolution
Initially described as "peaceful". It resulted in the overthrow James II and his flee to France -
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Nine Years' War
It was a Great War where an alliance led by England, the United Provinces of the Netherlands and the Habsburgs of Austria, blocked Louis XIV's expansionist plans -
Bill of Rights
Following the Glorious Revolution, it defines the principles of the parliamentary monarchy in England. -
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Mary II reign
She ruled England alongside her husband William II.
They limited royal power and established parliamentary supremacy. -
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William III reign
He ruled England alongside his wife Mary II.
They limited royal power and established parliamentary supremacy -
Battle of the Boyne
It was between the forces of the deposed King James II, and those of King William III and his wife Queen Mary II (sister of James II) -
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Anne reign
She had been 2 times queen because of the act of union.
She created a Single Parliament created in Westminster and expends the. British empire in particularly in north america
She was the last Stuart monarch -
Acts of Union
It consisted of two acts of the English and Scottish Parliament: the so-called Union with Scotland Act 1706, approved by the Parliament of England, and the so-called Union with England Act, approved by the Scottish Parliament. It led to the creation of a united kingdom to be called “Great Britain” on 1 May of that year -
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George I reign
First monarch of the House of Hanover. -
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Robert Walpope Prime Minister
He is the first Prime minister of Great Britain -
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George II reign
He strengthens Britain’s colonial empire -
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Seven Years’ War
It was a major conflict in the history of Europe,it had been qualified as the first "world war". It concerns the great European powers, grouped into two antagonistic alliance (Britain, Prussia and Hanover against the alliance of France, Austria, Sweden, Saxony, Russia, and eventually Spain) and takes place on several continents, particularly in Europe, North America and India.
The result is that Britain emerged as a global superpower. -
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George III
Longest reign after Elizabeth II -
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American War of Independence
Loss of American colonies.
Opposing the Thirteen Colonies, to the kingdom of Great Britain, ,it was one of the processes of the American revolution that saw the United States emancipate itself from the British Empire and gain independence by founding a federal republic. -
Acts of Union
It unites the United Kingdom of Great Britain (itself the result of a union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland since 1707) and the Kingdom of Ireland, bound since 1541 by a personal union.