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James I Stuart King of England, Son of Mary Stuart, he was educated in England under the Anglican Church.
Neverthless He believed that the king was an absolute power and all the early Stuart KINGS based his rule on the theory of Divine Right of Kings.This meant that the king as a monarch was representative of God on earth. -
He unified the kingdoms of England, Wales and Scotland but he kept two separate Parliaments.
He introduced a common coinage and a flag called union Jack
In 1611 he ordered a new translation of the Bible which is considered a masterpiece of English Literature,
The king settled in London, at Hampton Court Royal Palace , along the banks of river Thames. The same residence of Quenn Elizabeth:
During his reing in 1605 on 5th November took place the Gunpowder plot -
This Timeline is dedicated to the major events occured during the reigh of the first two Stuart monarchs: James I and Charles I , the Commonwealth and the Protectorate under Oliver Cromwell and finally to the Restauration on british monarchy in 1660
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After 11 years of rule without the parliament ,Charles I the SHORT summoned the parliament in 1640 I because he had to find money for the army to fight a rebellion in Scotland . The parliament denied the permission and Charled I dismissed the Parliament.
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This Parliament which was made to reduce the power of the king, strongly oppesed to king's rule.
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The Rump Parliament 1649 - 1653 ) was dismissed by Cromwell in 1653 , when he started the 'Protectorate'.Cromwell became the Lord Protector. He divided the country into 11 countries. Cromwell died in 1558 . His son Richard tried to rule the country after him but his power was very week. So the members of the Parliament summoned the Royal family to come back
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This act, by Cromwell , stated the monopoly of trade of English Ships.
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