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  after the death of Elizabeth I. James VI of Scotland becomes King James I of England, Scotland, and Ireland
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  . the peace between england and spain was a result of the somerset house peace conference
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  Guy Fawkes and other Catholic dissidents plotted against james and planned to blow up the parliament with gunpowder.
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  the people who plotted against james were killed, beheaded and their heads were put on spikes on the house of lords
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  the union with scotland was rejected by the english parliament
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  James' daughter Elizabeth marries Frederick V, Elector of Palatine. Their descendants in House of Hanover will eventually inherit the British Throne.
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  james 1 died
