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Queen Elizabeth I assumes the English throne from her half sister Mary I.
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This was the first theater that was built in London by James Burbage who was a friend of Shakespeare.
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Sir Francis became the first Englishmen to circumnavigate the world. The goal of his voyage was to intercept gold and jewels from the Spanish ships.
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Sir Walter Raleigh was told by Queen Elizabeth I that he was to “discover, search, find out, and view such remote heathen and barbarous Lands, Countries, and territories … to have, hold, occupy, and enjoy.” He never went on a voyage but he set them up and funded them.
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Off the coasts of France, the Spanish Armada that was considered invincible was beaten by the British Navy. The Spanish were planning to have a conquest through England because of the Englishes raids against Spanish commerce.
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In Scotland two women were accused of witchcraft. This started what would be an ongoing witch hunt that would claim the lives of seventy women.
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This wan when the play about Doctor Faustus premiered. It was about a man who had studied all sciences and arts and when he finds nothing more in the world to study, he turns to magic. He sells his soul to the Devil in return for 24 years of power and pleasure.
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Essex's Rebellion was an unsuccessful rebellion led by Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, in 1601 against Elizabeth I of England and the court faction led by Sir Robert Cecil to gain further influence at court.
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Queen Elizabeth ruled over England for 44 years before she died. King James followed her has ruler of England. This united Scotland and England into one British Monarch.
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This was a failed assassination attempt against King James I by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby.
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The premier of Macbeth was a big deal because In this era there was a huge demand for new entertainment. Shakespeare knew that a play featuring witches would attract theatergoers and increase his audience and revenue.
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104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America.
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The King James Version, also known as the King James Bible or simply the Authorized Version, is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England,
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The Globe burned down because of a staged cannon fire during a performance of “Henry VIII” ignited and a fire that burned the Globe Theater to the ground.
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English Parliament shut down theaters and banned acting. The reason why was because the start of the English Civil War was beginning.
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In London there was an outbreak of the Plague so to be safe all theaters were closed.