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Martin Luther nailed his critique of the Indulgences to the door of the University in Wittenberg, resulting to his excommunication in 1521. -
The new testament translated into English by William Tyndale -
Making Henry VIII the Supreme head of the Church of England, replacing the Pope and creating the Anglican Church. This is a SCHISM. -
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A revision of the mass-book under the reign of Edward VI -
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Called Elizabeth the « So-called Queen », « a heretic favoring heretics » and excommunicated Elizabeth. -
created for anyone to say that Elizabeth was not the true Queen of England.
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A plot organized by young catholics who wanted Mary Stuart to become Queen of England. -
Mary Queen of Scots was executed after being convicted for complicity. -
Empire of trading posts in India settled mainly in Bombay (Mumbai), Calicut (Calcutta), Madras (Chennai)
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An attempt by a small group of Catholics to blow up Parliament and kill James I. -
The first permanent settlement. Named after James I. -
The king would receive a fixed sum of money, leading to a possible financial independence of the King which the Parliament were firmly opposed to. -
One of the reasons behind the open breach between the King and his Parliament. Military defeats which were blamed on Lord Buckingham, the King’s advisor.
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Puritans, left England on the arrival of James I on the Mayflower.
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The dissolution after James I’s failed attempt to ask for money for war
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A time period when the King Charles I ruled without calling a parliament for 11 years. Also called « The Eleven Years Tyranny »
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Catholics.
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Scottish people not being pleased with the new religious changes occurring in their kingdom following the union of England and Scotland.
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Declaration of War by King Charles I against Parliament -
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England‘s first and only written constitution -
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It promised a general amnesty, to continue religious toleration, to share power with parliament … all this in return for the restoration of monarchy. -
Including the state of New Amsterdam, later becoming New York.
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Rumour of a plot organised by the French to murder Charles II and replace him by his Catholic brother James II. -
Parliament attempted to debar James II from the succession to the English throne
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Quakers.
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Britain gaining Acadia over the French.
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Britain gained Florida over the Spanish and a part of Canada over the French.
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Turning point of British history, marking the end of the « First British Empire ».
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Grievance against George III -
Britain formally recognized the independence of the United States -
Britain at war with France.
Combatting revolutionary ideology with maritime, colonial and economic motives -
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United the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland. -
Gave the right to vote to 5% of the population in Britain.