The Tudors (1509-1603) and the Stuarts (1603-1714)

  • Period: 1509 to 1547

    Henry VIII's reign

    He married 6 women including :
    Catherine of Aragon (1509-1533)
    Anne Boleyn (1533-1536)
    Jane Seymour (1536-1537)
  • ‘The Ninety-Five Theses’ (Martin Luther)
    1517

    ‘The Ninety-Five Theses’ (Martin Luther)

    The spark of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.
    Martin Luther was highly against indulgences.
  • The ‘Tyndale Bible’
    1526

    The ‘Tyndale Bible’

    The first English translation of the Bible
  • 1534

    Act of Supremacy

    The king was made the Head of the Church of England
  • 1547

    The Pilgrimage of Grace

    Rebellions against the dissolution of the monasteries and against the Reformation rose in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
  • Period: 1547 to 1550

    Edward VI's reign

    Son of Jane Seymour
  • Period: 1553 to

    Poor Laws (1553, 1597, 1601)

    Parishes collected taxes to support people who could not work as the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII removed the main source of charity
  • Period: 1553 to 1558

    Mary I's reign

    Daughter of Catherine of Aragon
    Also called "Bloody Mary"
  • Period: 1558 to

    Elizabeth I

    Daughter of Anne Boleyn
  • 1569

    The Nothern Rebellion

    The Catholic nobles from Northern England attempted to depose Queen Elizabeth I of England and to replace her with Mary Queen of Scots.
  • Excommunication of Elizabeth I
    1570

    Excommunication of Elizabeth I

    Pope Pius V excommunicated Elizabeth I and declared her a heretic.
    "The pretended Queen of England and servant of crime." (Regnans in Excelsis)
  • 1571

    Treasons Act

    It was treason for anyone who would say that Elizabeth I was not true queen of England and Wales.
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    King James I's reign

    King of Scotland and England
    Mary Stuart's son
  • The Gunpowder Plot

    A small group of Catholics wanted to blow up Parliament and kill James I.
  • The Great Contract

    As the House of Commons refused to vote in favour of of this contract, King James dismissed the Parliament.
  • King James’ Bible

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    The Thirty Years’ War

    Caused by religious tensions between Catholicism (Emperor Ferdinand Habsburg) and Protestantism (civil protestants)
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    King Charles I's reign

  • The Grand Remonstrance

    The Grand Remonstrance is a documented which was voted by Parliament after heated debates and which summarized all the wrongdoing of Charles I and concluded on demands.
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    Civil War

  • England was declared as a Commonwealth

  • Execution of Charles I

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    Charles II's reign

  • Execution of King Charles I

  • Act of Union

    Act of Union

    Creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland)
  • Second Act of Union

    Creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland