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She was called "Bloody Mary" and tried to restore Catholicism in England.
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The Act of Supremacy abolished the Pope's authority and restored Elizabeth's one over the Church of England.
The Act of Uniformity made it mandatory for every parish to use the Book of Common Prayers and people who didn't assist to an Anglican service were fined. -
The Northern Rebellion was led by the Earls of Westmorland and Northumberland, it was an attempt to replace Elizabeth I by Mary Queen of Scots. There were 6000 insurgents.
The rebellion was crushed. -
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This act made it treason for anyone to say Elizabeth I was not the true Queen of England and Wales
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She was executed wearing red, the colour of Catholics martyrs -
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A small group of Catholics attended to blow up Parliament and kill James I.
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A new translation of the Bible
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The MPs demanded the king to recognize his wrong doings and that his powers were limited. Charles I reluctantly signed it.
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Trying to alter the protestant forms of the Church of England, to bring "Popery or Arminianism" or advising the king to collect custom duties without the Parliament's consent made you an enemy of the Kingdom.
It was an act of open defiance which led to the Personal Rule. -
For eleven years, the King ruled without calling a parliament
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It is a petition opposing Charles I's religious policy
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A document voted by Parliament which concluded on revolutionary demands.
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an armed revolt broke out in Ireland
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The two opposed sides were the Royalists and the Parliamentarians. It ended with the victory of the Parliament.
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The Parliamentarians created a new national centralized army.
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Charles I escaped from army custody and made an alliance with the Scots
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Cromwell defeated the Royalists easily and the King was executed.
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Monarchy and the House of Lords were abolished and England was declared a Commonwealth.
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It is England's first and only written constitution.
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It was a military dictatorship with Cromwell as "Lord Protector"
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Charles II promised to continue religious toleration, to share power with the Parliament and a general amnesty in return for the restoration of monarchy.
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William of Orange (the King's son in law) seized the crown with an army that didn't meet any resistance.
It was a key event that led to the switch from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy. -
It is a key political text, it set out the rights of Parliament and basic civil rigths and fixed limitiations on the sovereign's powers. -