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Period: 1558 to
Reign of Queen Elizabeth I
Died childless and unmarried. Continued the Reformation. Enacted the Second Act of Supremacy in 1558 (Supreme Governor of Church). Won against the Spanish Armada in 1588. -
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Reign of James I
Already King of Scotland (Union of the Crowns in 1603), he was a Stuart and believed in the Divine Right of Kings. He disappointed the Puritans, spend lavishly and had issues with Parliament due to his beliefs. he also wanted to avoid conflict with Spain and tried to marry his son, Charles I to a Spanish princess. -
Virginia Company
Creating of the joint-stock company that is the Virginia Company of London whose goal is to colonize the eastern coast of North America. -
Founding of Jamestown
Inland, Powhatan, Pocahontas, Indentured Servants, Hunger, Gold, 3 ships, Burgesses https://youtu.be/CqFMkCkaArM -
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Reign of Charles I
Charles I also believed in the Divine Right of Kings and quickly went to war with Spain, it proved costly and he lost. He had many issues with Parliament because he act without its consent and ruled without it for 11 years (the Personal Rule). Theses tensions turned into a war with Scotland then a Civil War followed his beheading in 1649 and England turning into a Commonwealth and later a Protectorate. -
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Commonwealth
After 4 years of Rump Parliament (P after Pride's Purge: relieved of its more moderate members) ruling, the upper classes had enough and wanted similar social stability to the one they experienced under the monarchy and tried an experiment: a new regime to be called the Protectorate. -
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Reign of Charles II
Invited by Parliament to come back. Failed to win war with the Dutch, Catholic, world against Dissenters and secretly with the French King. -
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Protectorate
Military dictatorship very expensive and becoming unpopular. -
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Reign of James II
Catholic. Replaced by William of Orange and fled to France. -
Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution established Parliament as the ruling power of England representing a shift from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy. When William III and Mary II were crowned, they swore to govern according to the laws of Parliament. A Bill of Rights promulgated later that year, based on a Declaration of Rights accepted by William and Mary when they were crowned, prohibited Catholics or those married to Catholics from claiming the throne.