British History

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  • Period: 1508 to 1547

    Henry VIII's Reign

  • Period: 1509 to 1547

    Catholicism to Protestantism

  • Martin Luther wrote and published the Ninety-Five Theses
    1517

    Martin Luther wrote and published the Ninety-Five Theses

  • Translation of the Bible in English by ...
    1523

    Translation of the Bible in English by ...

  • Henry VIII married Ann Boleyn
    1533

    Henry VIII married Ann Boleyn

    The pope declared that Ann was not the King’s wife and Henry was excommunicated
  • Act of Supremacy
    1534

    Act of Supremacy

    The King was made “Supreme Head of the Church of England”
  • Period: 1534 to

    Period

  • Death of Henry VIII and succession of his heir Edward VI
    1547

    Death of Henry VIII and succession of his heir Edward VI

  • Period: 1547 to 1553

    Protestantism

  • Period: 1547 to 1553

    Edward VI's Reign

  • Period: 1553 to 1558

    Mary I's Reign

  • Period: 1553 to 1558

    Catholicism

  • Mary I died and Elizabeth I took her place
    1558

    Mary I died and Elizabeth I took her place

  • Period: 1558 to

    Elizabeth I's Reign

  • Period: 1558 to

    Protestantism

  • The Act of Uniformity: Religious belief
    1559

    The Act of Uniformity: Religious belief

    A part of the New Legislation between 1559 and 1563
  • 1559

    The Act of Supremacy: Church organisation

    A part of the New Legislation between 1559 and 1563
  • The Northen Rebellion
    1569

    The Northen Rebellion

    Revolt led by the Earls, it xas an attempt to replace Elizabeth with Mary Queen of Scots
  • The Pope excommunicated Elizabeth
    1570

    The Pope excommunicated Elizabeth

  • 1571

    The 1571 Treason Act

    Treason for anyone who saysthat Elizabeth is not the true Queen
  • The 1581 Act
    1581

    The 1581 Act

    Instaured a death penalty for anyone converting or already converted to Catholicism
  • The Babington plot

    The Babington plot

    It was a plot led by Catholics to assassinate Elizabeth I and replace her with Mary Queen of Scots
  • Execution of Mary Queen of Scots

    Execution of Mary Queen of Scots

    She was executed at Fotheringham Castle, wearing in a red dress
  • The defeat of the Spanish Armada

    The defeat of the Spanish Armada

  • Speech to the troops at Tilbury

    Speech to the troops at Tilbury

    (citation)
    The speech was made in preparation of the expected invasion by the spanish Armada
  • Elizabeth's death and the succession of James VI

    Elizabeth's death and the succession of James VI

    She died at 69 years old
    Her heir was the son of Mary Queen of Scots, who then became James I of England
  • Period: to

    James I's reign

  • Death of James I, succession of Charles I

    Death of James I, succession of Charles I

  • Period: to

    Charles I's reign

  • Petition of Rights

    Petition of Rights

    They requested the King to recognise the illegality of extra-parliamentary taxation
    Wanted to get Charles to see that there was limits to his power
  • The Three Resolutions

    The Three Resolutions

    Whoever tried to bring in “Popery or Armenianism” or to alter the protestants forms was an enemy of the kingdom As well as anyone advising the king to collect custom duties without Parliament’s consent
  • Period: to

    The Personal Rule

    The King ruled 11 years without a Parliament
    also called "The Eleven Years Tyranny"
  • Charles I attempted to impose a new prayer book for the Scots

    Charles I attempted to impose a new prayer book for the Scots

    This led to a riot in St Giles’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, on the reading of the New Prayer book, a local woman threw her stool at the preacher
  • The Militia Act

    The Militia Act

    The army is now controlled by Parliament
  • The Irish Rebellion

    The Irish Rebellion

  • The Grand Remonstrance

    The Grand Remonstrance

    a document voted by Parliament that divided it into 2 groups, the Parliamentarians and the Royalists
  • Period: to

    The first Civil War

  • Period: to

    The Second Civil War

  • King Charles I was executed

    King Charles I was executed

  • Period: to

    The Interregnum

  • Period: to

    The Commonwealth

  • Blasphemy Act

    Blasphemy Act

    The Quaker James Nayler was convicted for blasphemy and harshly punished
  • The Instrument of Government

    The Instrument of Government

    England's first and only writte constitution

  • Cromwell dissolved the Parliament and end of the Commonwealth

  • Period: to

    The Cromwellian Protectorate

  • Charles II issued the Declaration of Breda

    Charles II issued the Declaration of Breda

    Promised a general amnesty, to continue religious toleration, to share power with Parliament...
  • The Restoration

    The Restoration

    The King is restored after the Declaration of Breda

  • The Act of Uniformity

    All ministers had to swear to conform to the Book of Common Prayer
  • Period: to

    The Political Crisis

  • The Glorious Revolution

    The Glorious Revolution

  • The Bill of Rights

    The Bill of Rights

    Limited the monarch's power for the first time
  • The Act of Settlement

    The Act of Settlement

    Ensured a Protestant succession, ignoring the Catholic heirs
  • The Act of Union

    The Act of Union

    Between England and Scotland, creation of the United Kingdom