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A page is signed, signifying the rights that Kings and Nobles have, specifically that Kings do not have "tyrant" like power.
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Mary, Queen of Scots and Henry Stuart's son, James is born
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James is crowned King when he is only 13 months, and was raised as a Protestant, unlike his mom who was arrested.
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King James is imprisoned and his Father's first cousin was forced to leave Scotland by Protestant earls.
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James signs a treaty wth Queen Elizabeth and King James VI of Scotland, which led people to assume King James I was heir to Queen Elizabeth's throne.
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James marries a fourteen year old girl from Denmark named Anne, and marry in Oslo.
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Queen Elizabeth dies, and James i crowned King of England on the same day.
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King Charles becomes the next King at the age of 12.
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James dies from multiple diseases, and makes Charles I the next King
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The newly made Petition of Rights was signed by the King. The document stated that the King was unable to continue taxing without approval from the Parliment.
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The Short Parliment wasn't letting King Charles I tax the people anymore because he was yet to abondon ship money. The King offered that he would abandon the ship money only if Parliment would give him money to fight Scotland, which they declined and were dismissed after three weeks.
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Charles had to agree to an act that made Parliment and him meet every 5 years, so he could buy a good army to fight the Scots.
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The Scots hand Charles over to the Parliment, and they imprison him.
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Charles escapes imprisonment and flees to Carisbrooke Castle.
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The Rump Parliment begins and they all agree to stop negotiating with the King. The Rump Parliment gives Parliment the right to put in new acts and laws without the kings aproval.
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King Charles is sentenced to death on the account of treason.
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King Charles is beheaded outside of Whitehall Palace, London.
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Chalres II is crowned King
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Charles gets married to Catherine of Braganza
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Charles signs a secret treaty with King Louis XIV of France.
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Parliment is dissasembled, on order from Charles II
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Charles dies of a stroke, and converts to Catholicism on his deathbed.
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James II succeeds Charles II
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Willima of Orange lands at Torbay with an army of 20,000 to invade on London.
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James abdicates and flees to exile in France.
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Mr. Tull creates the first seed drill.
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Mr. Newcomen invents the first steam engine.
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John Kay invents the first flying shuttle.
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Parliment issues a new act on the colonists, making them pay an extra 3 pence on common foods and drinks.
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This new act taxed all colonists on all paper products. Even though it didn't affect most people, it seriosuely ticked off the colonists, especially all the lawyers and newspaper companies (who are not the people you want to tick off).
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Arkwright invents the first water frame.
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Five were left dead, but the main thing left was exaggeration. Paul Revere blew this event out of the water. Colonists were continually protesting and harrasing the British before the events, which is left known.
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The Tea Act was not meant to raise meant raise money, but to give the monopoly to the East Indian Tea Company (which the Parliament "coincidently" owned).
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Samuel Adams leads a group of colonists desguised as indians, to dump all the boxes of tea into the sea as a protest on the Tea Act.
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Three acts were put on America as a consequence of the Boston Tea Party: one act disallowed trade with countries other then that Britain: one closed the Boston port and the final one gave Quebec extra rights.
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The first congress takes place in Philidelphia, which featured one delegate from each colony. They all talked about how bad Britain was.
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The first battle of the American Revolution ended with the Patriots winning.
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Shortly after Lexington and Concord, the second continental congress is held, and Geroge Washington is elected as chair.
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James Watt creates the first efficient steam engine.
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The Decleration of Independance is drafted by Thomas Jefferson, stating that America would branch off from the British's rule.
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George Washington and his troops cross the Deleware, and are victorious in that battle.
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Crompton's spinning mule combines Hargreave's and Arkwright's inventions to fully automate the weaving process
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A treaty is signed ending not only the war between the French and First Nations, but the Americans and British. It said that Britain had to undertand that America was it's own country and the British had to seize their troops.
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The Third Estate asked to have taxes even throughout the estates, however King Louis XVI declined and France went into a governmental conflict.
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As the third estate was locked out of meeting in their meeting room by the King, they met a Tennis Courth, where the famour Tennis Court Oath was said and they vowed to not stop meeting till they had drawn up a new constitution.
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King Louis XVI held the meeting, and opened with a speech about the uprising of the third estate.
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Their was a disagreement with all the estates, where the third estate wanted a vote by people rather then the vote by estate.
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The third estate of Paris stormed the Bastille and took it down brick by brick for guns and ammunition.
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In one of the craziest times during the revolution, the Great Fear spread all across France.
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Women led the charge to Versaille, in search on bread. The march was also able to take King Louis and Marie Antoinette back to Paris and sign the Decleration of the Rights of Man.
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King Louis XVI and his family attempt to leave France, but are spotted by a National Guardsmen and are brought back to Paris.
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France declares War on Austria, all to try and get their money.
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King Louis XVI is sentenced to the guillotine, and is beheaded.
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Robespierre is arrested and then excecuted.
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Children were now eligible to work.
