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Regulated feudal obligation
forced the king to take advice (taxes)
prohibited imprisonment without trial -
Henry VIII is the first Tudor king and is the father of Mary I and Elizabeth I
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The act of supremacy makes him the Head of the church -
English laws extended to Wales.
Wales was represented in the English Parliament.
English became the official language in the courts and
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During her reign over 200 protestants went to stake and even more were forced to leave the country. Catholic
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Sincere protestant
Made the Elizabethan settlement
Wanted to return to protestantisme -
Retained catholic features and adopted protestant ones. Wanted to appeal to the largest number
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Mary Queen of Scots has been executed after finding out she was plotting against the Queen Elizabeth I -
James IV of Scotland and I of England United the Two Nations after Elizabeth I's death -
spent 11 years without summoning the parliament.
added illegal taxes to finance War -
After king Charles I's execution, Oliver Cromwell became lord protector.
restitution of Monarchy and of the Stuart Monarchy -
Charles II (Son of Charles I) resstituated Monarchy -
James II (his brother) became king after Charles Ii death because he had no heir
He promoted Catholics to high places, ignored Parliament,
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MPs invited the King’s Protestant daughter
Mary and her husband William of Orange to
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Excluded Catholics from the Throne.
Limited the King’s powers and established the supremacy of
Parliament in the political system
England became a constitutional monarchy
Parliament now met every year and gained more power.
The idea of divine right was replaced by that of a
“social contract” between the monarch and the people.
The English monarchy became a model throughout Europe -
Parliamentary Union with Scotland, imposed by England
Scotland lost its Parliament, its representatives sat in Westminster.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain -
birth of the UK of Great Britain
and Ireland -
A civil war who's goal was to set Northern Irlande free of the british authority
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Northern Ireland Assembly
based on power-sharing between unionists and
nationalists
End of the Troubles -
Majority of the Scots voted remain demands for a second
referendum on Scottish independence
The majority in Northern Ireland voted remain Catholic support for reunification is even higher today + A customs border between Northern Ireland and Great Britain
rising discontent in the Protestant community