The Early Modern Period (1564-1801)

By SarahBS
  • The Tynedale Bible
    1526

    The Tynedale Bible

    The Bible is translated in English by William Tyndale
  • The Schism
    1534

    The Schism

    The separation between the Anglican Church and the Catholic Church
  • 1536

    The "Pilgrimage of Grace"

    Rebellions in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire against Henry VIII's ideas
  • Period: 1553 to

    The poor people laws

    In 1553, 1597 and 1601
  • 1559

    The act of Supremacy - The act of Uniformity

    The Anglican Church rules and organisation
  • 1569

    The Northern rebellions

    The catholic nobility rebels against Queen Elizabeth I
  • The execution of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots

    The execution of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots

    Executed for ploting against the Queen
  • The defeat of the Spanish Armada

    The defeat of the Spanish Armada

    During a battle between Spain and England
  • Period: to

    The Transatlantic slave trade

    The Transatlantic slave trade or the Triangular voyage is the beginning of the enslavement of West Africans during the XVIIth, XVIIIth and XIXth centuries

  • The Gunpowder plot

    A Catholic plot against King James I of England and Scotland
  • The Thirteen colonies - Creation of Jamestown

    The Thirteen colonies - Creation of Jamestown

    The first colonies in America, in Virginia
  • Period: to

    The Starving Time

    60 of the 500 settlers in America survived
  • Period: to

    The Thirty Years' war

    A war for the throne of Bohemia
  • Petition of Rights

    Petition of Rights

    Petition by the Parliament for King Charles I to recognize that his powers are limited
  • The Three Resolutions

    The Three Resolutions

    "Whoever tried to bring 'Popery' or 'Arminianism' to alter the protestants of the Anglican Church is considered as enemy of the Kingdom"
  • Period: to

    The Personal Rule

    Also called The Eleven Years of Tyranny: King Charles I ruled for eleven years without the Parliament
  • The Scottish crisis

    The Scottish crisis

    The Scottish rebel against Charles I's religious policy: it leads to an armed conflict between England and Scotland
  • Period: to

    The First Civil War

    A war between the Parliament (and the Parliamentarians) and the King (and the Royalists)
  • Period: to

    The Second Civil War

    A war between the Parliament (and the Parliamentarians) and the King allies to the Scottish
  • England becomes a Commonwealth

    England becomes a Commonwealth

    • The House of Lords and House of Common are dissolved
    • The Monarchy is abolished and England is ruled as a Republic
  • Execution of Charles I

    Execution of Charles I

  • Period: to

    The Protectorate

    A military dictatorship ruled by a Lord Protector (Oliver Cromwell)
  • The Restoration

    The Restoration

    The Restoration of Monarchy by Charles II
  • The Glorious Revolution

    The Glorious Revolution

    Invasion of England by the Dutch King William of Orange
    - He became King William III and his wife Queen Mary II
    - The Bill of Rights (December 16 1689)
    - Act of Settlement (1701)
    - Toleration Act (1689)
  • The Act of Union

    The Act of Union

    An union between Scotland and England
  • Period: to

    The Georgian era

    • George I (1714-1727)
    • George II (1727-1760)
    • George III (1760-1820)
    • George IV (1820-1830)
  • Period: to

    The Seven years' war

    A war for territorial motives
    - Prussia against Austria
    - France against Great Britain
  • Period: to

    The American war of Independence

    1783: Treaty of Paris
  • Declaration of Independence of America

    Declaration of Independence of America

  • The Second Act of Union

    An union between England, Scotland and Ireland