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Daemonologie was a book that condemned witches and started the Witch Hunt Ferver
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King James was a strong believer in the Diving Right of Kings and also believed in the Witch Hunts. However, he was also more leniant to the Catholics in the country.
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Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up the Parliament Building with James inside. He is found however and the plot is foiled.
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Married Henrietta Maria- a French Catholic, this caused the Puritan parliament to question his intentions.
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Charles attempted to rule the country without parliament for 11 years. He called parliament to get more money and when he did they propsed the Bill of Rights. This diminished Charles' power as it restricted him from using Martial Law.
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He called them for money to fight the Scots. When they did not pay him however, he dissolved it and would lose to the Scots.
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Charles calls Parliament for money. However, parliament did not support the king and forced him to sign the Great Remonstrance.
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An act that force the king to call parliament once every 3 years
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The Court of Star Chamber was a tool that Charles used to persucute his enemies. In the Court the people being persecuted had no rights
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Forced Charles to call parliament regualarly, not impose new or illegal taxes, gave the parliament control over army and navy, and would uphold the privilage of parliament.
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An army to combat the Royalist Supporters. Lead by Oliver Cromwell. Commonly known as the Roundheads. Won Civil War in the Battle of Naseby
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Colonal Pride went into the Long Parliament to remove any supporters of the king. This left only Puritans whom wanted to execute the king. This left the Rump Parliament
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Charles escapes to France after trying to reclaim the throne
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By dissolving the Rump Parliament he effectively becames the ruler of England. Tries to make a Puritan country by using Blue Laws which makes anything amusing illegal
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Son Richard accepted as his successor
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Monk allows the members who were in the Long Parliament to come back in order for it to properly dissolve.
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This made it so that any Catholics could not hold any high ranking positions.
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Although parliament dislikes him as he is Catholic, they believe he will die soon and leave the throne open. However, once he has a heir, parliament decides to go against him.
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Parliament chooses the the monarchy for the first time.
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With many of his officers defecting to join William of Orange James runs to France. There is no fighting.
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In order to get to the throne William and Mary had to sign this. Made the monarchy a constitutional monarchy instead of an absolute.
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instead of having small strips of land spread apart, large fields are created. These fields are more effective when growing crops.
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Invented by Jethro Tull, the seed drill cultivated land quicker than the traditional methods. This began the agricultural revolution
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Beginning of Industrial Revolution. Using compressed steam, pistons could be moved without human labour.
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Cast iron products could be made easier and quicker than the traditional methods. As iron mines began growing so did the coal mines.
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King George of England announces that the settlers in America cannot spectulate west of the Appalaichans. Natives receive this land
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Instead of using looms a spinning jenny could be used. This device allowed multiple threads to be spun at once.
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Fight in Boston in which settlers and Redcoats fight. Americans use this a anti-british propaganda.
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Uniting Austria and France in this political marriage
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In defiance of the taxes that Britian put on the Americans the Sons of Liberty poured the contents of British Trade Ships into to Boston harbour. This lead to the Intolerable acts being created.
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First battle of American Revolution. Hearing about an arms depot in Concord the British march there. Shots are fired in Lexington to slow them down. Americans warned ahead of time by Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
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When British try to storm a hill under American control the Americans do not fire until they are extremely close. This is due to a lack of ammunition. Although British take the hill they suffer heavy loses.
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Washington attacks Princeton which is under control by German mercanaries. Took 900 prisoneers
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French envoy arrives. Beginnning of American-French alliance.
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3 pronged attack by British go wrong. American defeat Burgoyne using guirilla tactics. Convinced French to help Americans.
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Final battle of American Revolution. Cornwallis trapped in Yorktown. Americans all the ground and French in the sea.
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Louis XVI calls estates to Versailles in order to create taxes to support debt.
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Third Estate was locked out of the Estates General and declared itself as the National Assembly. There they swore the tennis court oath
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The Bastille was a French prison in Paris the signaified the king's power. There the people literally rip the building down. They also take guns from there. When the governor of the Bastille tried to surrender the poeple cut his head off and put it on a pike.
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A document that declared all men equal
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Newspaper by Marat. It induced people to attack the king and wanted the rise of the lower classes.
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Women from Paris march to Versaille in order to take the Royal Family back to Paris.
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Stopped at Varennes
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Created to make an equal death fror everyone. Meant to also be painless.
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Austria wanted to reinstate Louis as King of France
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Had charges against the country and its people.
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Died by guillotine
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The committee was a group that imprisoned and executed anyone whom may have wanted the king back in power or spoke against the bloodshed in the revoltuion
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Over 17000 people are killed from being prosecuted by Committee of Public Safety
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Charged with treason against France and its people. With his dath the Terror ends.
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His Coup D'etat left a rump parliament whom assigned him as a First Consul
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Napolean has full control over France with few people openly critizing him
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Napolean was forced to Abdicate the Throne as his generals has mutinied and pressure from other countries.
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When arriving in France the army decides to follow him. He rules for 100 days and then loses to British General Wellington.
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He would later die there in 1821.