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Magna Carta was issued in June 1215 and was the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law. It sought to prevent the king from exploiting his power, and placed limits of royal authority by establishing law as a power in itself. -
King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Well known for his divorce and six wives.
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Daughter of Henry VII and of Catherine of Aragon. Mary I, also known as Mary Tudor, and as "Bloody Mary" by her Protestant opponents for killing 300 people who were against her.
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Daughter of Henry VII and Anne Boleyin. Ruled for over 45 years ans was called the "Virgin Queen" for never marrying, hence never producing an heir and sacrifiying herself for her country.
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Break with rome and birth of the church of England with the king at the head of everything ! -
Heir to Henry VII and son of Lady Jane Grey. He is the only surviving son of Henry VIII by his third wife, Jane, Edward was the first English monarch to be raised as a Protestant.
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Henry VIII started this conflict with the aim of forcing a marriage between his son Edward, and Mary, Queen of Scots.
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Loss of Calais for the English -
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Defeat of the Spanish invasion. -
Ireland : against English rule in Ireland, and was a response to the ongoing Tudor conquest of Ireland.
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Oliver Cromwell was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in British history. He came to prominence during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, initially as a senior commander in the Parliamentarian army and latterly as a politician. A leading advocate of the execution of Charles I in January 1649, which led to the establishment of the Commonwealth of England, he ruled as Lord Protector from December 1653 until his death in September 1658
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Charles I was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. His parents are James VI and Anne of Denmark
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Catholic oppositon tried to blew up the parliement but it failed. -
period of time when Charle I ruled without the parliement
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Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685)[c] was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. He took the throne after Cromwell son resigned.
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war between scottish forces in which the crown lost
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Breakdown pf relations btw the parliement and Charles I -
deadly conflicts with England, Ireland -
Parliement create a new army -
King Charles I surrender to the scot -
series of discussions over the political settlement that should follow Parliament's victory over Charles I in the First English Civil War. but these discussions failed -
second civil war that failed. Created the pride purge, meaning that the new army took over while the parliement tried to settle with the king. However, The colonel Thomas Pride emprisonned every Member of the parliement who tried to discuss and settle qith the king. -
He was offered the title of Monarch and he named his son as his heir. -
The Declaration of Breda was a proclamation by Charles II of England in which he promised a general pardon for crimes committed during the English Civil War and the Interregnum for all those who recognised Charles as the lawful king; the retention by the current owners of property purchased during the same period; religious toleration; and the payment of arrears to members of the army, and that the army would be recommissioned into service under the crown.
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