The main events of British Civilisation

  • Magna carta
    1215

    Magna carta

    Regulated feudal obligation
    forced the king to take advice (taxes)
    prohibited imprisonment without trial
  • Period: 1509 to 1547

    Reign of Henry VIII

    Henry VIII is the first Tudor king and is the father of Mary I and Elizabeth I
  • Act of supremacy
    1534

    Act of supremacy

    The act of supremacy makes him the Head of the church
  • Period: 1536 to 1543

    Union with Wales

    English laws extended to Wales.
    Wales was represented in the English Parliament.
    English became the official language in the courts and
    the administration.
  • Period: 1553 to 1556

    Reign of Mary I (Bloody Mary)

    During her reign over 200 protestants went to stake and even more were forced to leave the country. Catholic
  • Period: 1558 to

    Reign of Elizabeth I

    Sincere protestant
    Made the Elizabethan settlement
    Wanted to return to protestantisme
  • Period: 1559 to 1563

    The Elizabethan settlement

    Retained catholic features and adopted protestant ones. Wanted to appeal to the largest number
  • Execution of Mary Queen of Scots

    Execution of Mary Queen of Scots

    Mary Queen of Scots has been executed after finding out she was plotting against the Queen Elizabeth I
  • Union of the crowns

    Union of the crowns

    James IV of Scotland and I of England United the Two Nations after Elizabeth I's death
  • Execution of King Charles I

    Execution of King Charles I

    spent 11 years without summoning the parliament.
    added illegal taxes to finance War
  • Period: to

    The commonwealth

    After king Charles I's execution, Oliver Cromwell became lord protector.
    restitution of Monarchy and of the Stuart Monarchy
  • Restitution of Monarchy by Charles II

    Restitution of Monarchy by Charles II

    Charles II (Son of Charles I) resstituated Monarchy
  • Coronation of James II

    Coronation of James II

    James II (his brother) became king after Charles Ii death because he had no heir
    He promoted Catholics to high places, ignored Parliament,
    suspended laws.
  • The glorious revolution

    The glorious revolution

    MPs invited the King’s Protestant daughter
    Mary and her husband William of Orange to
    overthrow James II.
  • The Bill of Right

    The Bill of Right

    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

    Parliamentary Union with Scotland

    Parliamentary Union with Scotland, imposed by England
    Scotland lost its Parliament, its representatives sat in Westminster.
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain
  • Anglo-Irish Union

    Anglo-Irish Union

    birth of the UK of Great Britain
    and Ireland
  • Period: to

    The Troubles

    A civil war who's goal was to set Northern Irlande free of the british authority
  • Good Friday agreement

    Good Friday agreement

    Northern Ireland Assembly
    based on power-sharing between unionists and
    nationalists
    End of the Troubles
  • Brexit

    Brexit

    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