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First document forced on King John that takes away the divine right of kings.
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King James is crowned the King Of England after ruling in Scotland as King James IV for many years. He took the throne from his cousin, Queen Elizabeth.
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Witches were being burned, drowned, tortured and killed. Any suspicious woman was acused of being a witch- this includes single women, the elderly, healers, and widows. If suspicious things happened- ie. people miraculously being healed or "cursed", it was blamed on a nearby woman and she was acused instantly of being a witch.
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The Gunpowder Plot was executed by a group of unsatisfied Catholics. They were trying to assasinate King James by blowing up the House of Lords.
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He "didn't feel like it'. This is the point where he basically gave up trying to rule England.
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Said he died of a stroke
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The Petition of Right stated the king needed to follow the Magna Carta, abolish the Court of Star chamber, have fair trials and call parliament.
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Charles calls parliament to ask for support to fight the Scots. They tell him to sign the Petition of Right.
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Charles rufused to sign the Petition of Right and therefore dissolved parliament.
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Never legally dissolved. Charles called it hoping they would all of a sudden like him again. They have terms he needs to agree to: Laud and Stafford have to die and has to admit his wrong doings.
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presented to Charles at Hampton Court. Written by John Pym. Passed with 11 votes.
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Royalists vs. Parliamentarians
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Took place at Edgehill. The outcome was indescisive.
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Two sides met en masse at Martson Moore and Parliament was triumphant.
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At Naseby. The Puritans took 5000 prisoners, 100, 000 pounds in jewels and booty, and captured the king's private correspondance.
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Soliders were sent home. They were dismissed without being payed and they were upset that Parliament wanted to negotiate a deal with Charles.
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The only people allowed in parliament were Cronwell supporters- noone could be loyal to the king!
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John Bradshaw was the only man who stepped up to be the judge for this case. Trail started the 20th of January
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Charles was found guilty as a "Tyrant, Traitor, Murderer and Public Enemy to the good people of this nation". He was beheaded that afternoon. People were actually sad because they no longer had a king and didn't know what this would entail for their lives.
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invented by James Watt.
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Kay invented it.
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Darby invented it.
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Quebec becomes an actual colony; not ruled by military anymore. First Nations receive a large amount of land near the Ohio valley. Rids colonists from this area.
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Import/export tax.
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To support military revenues. When you bought a piece of paper or something of that sort, you also had to buy a stamp to prove you payed for it.
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Their presence lead to many street fights, including the Boston Massacre. British soldiers were placed here because the British government wanted to enforce their acts and rules more strictly.
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In Corsica, France. He was a Catholic, Nationalist, and supported the Jacobins. He attended military school and was a born leader; his overall goal was an empire.
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4 or 5 killed, 6 or more wounded. Americans were taunting the British soldiers in Boston, yelling at them to fire their guns. They did so.
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Bostonians were angry at the British, so they dumped 43 tons of tea (worth $1,000,000) into the ocean. This lead to the Intollerable Acts
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Imposed as a punishment for the Boston Tea Act.
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-The old boundaries of the Quebec province were extended southward all the way to the Ohio River -Was not approved by the French-Canadians or the colonists. It also promised the French people their Catholic religion. Considered included in the Intollerable Acts.
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The Congress drew up several dignified papers, including the Declaration of Rights. John Adams lead this group with a revolutionary ideal.
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First battles of the American Revolutionary War.
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gradually moving forwards to solidifying the separation between England and America.
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Moral victory for the Americans but the Brits won officially.
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Written by Thomas Jefferson. Fully states the unalienable rights of men and is the offical clean break from England.
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This ended the American Revolutionary War.
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It was fully adopted over the course of the year.
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The Third Estate was locked out of a town meeting, so they walked down the street in a fury and gathered together. They agreed to make thier own constitution, and all but one signed it. About 500 people were in attendance.
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A stampede of French people attacked thr Bastille to get weapons. They also released all prisoners (only 6 at the time) and began tearing the building down brick by brick.
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Defines the individual rights of all people and states they are all equal
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They were in search of Marie Antoinette. Many of these women worked by the sea with fisheries, so they were strong and bulky, and also very aggresive. If they had encountered Marie, they proably would have killed her right then and there.
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Him and his family were arrested while trying to flee France.
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This day was huge because it marked the offical joining of the monarchy and the constitution, creating a constitutional monarchy. This was Lafayette's dream. This brought the citizens of France together.
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Helped King Louis XVI's situation because it could get him back on the throne.
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Tryed for treason and found guilty
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Anyone who questioned the revolution was executed by the Revolutionary leaders, including Marat and Robespierre. Over 17,000 people were sentenced to death during this year-long phase.
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Also the end of the Reign of Terror. The French Revolution starts to decrease here as Robespierre was such a vital key to the movement.
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Josephine de Beauharnais. She later became the first Empress of France.
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Napoleon staged a coup d'etat to overthrow the existing French government, which was very corrupt.
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attempted to improve working conditions in factories
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Napoleon actually grabbed the crown from the Pope's hands and crowned himself during his coronation.
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Children under 8 were no longer allowed to work in factories.
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They had a child together.
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He lead 130,000 troops into Russia because it had never been done before and would be very beneficial to France. ventually the Russians withdraw but France still loses 30,000 men. People were upset with how Napoleon was ruling because people were dying all the time.
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He was officially exiled in the Treaty of Fontainebleu. He escaped in the next year.
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When Napoleon escaped from Elba, he ruled for a mere 100 days before he went back at war with England and Prussia at the battle of Waterloo. He lost and was exiled again, this time to St. Helenas. not exact date
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he died of stomach cancer while on the island of St. Helena's,
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Once parliament found out the working conditions in factories, they legalized the early labour unions.
