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Martin Luther goes against the Roman Catholic Church and calls out the corruption of the Pope and the Indulgence system. -
The new testament is translated to English -
Henri VIII becomes Supreme Head of the English Church and gets excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church -
Reign of extreme repression of Protestants as an attempt to reinstore Catholicism after Edward VI's Protestant reign.
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After a few unstable years, the elizabethan era and Golden Age start. Art and exploration are their peak: it is the "English Renaissance".
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Rearranges the organisation of the church and uniformises the religious beliefs: restauration of the concept of Supreme Head of the Church and every parish being obligated to use the Common Book of Prayers. -
Started the Doctrine of the Church, the 3 most important being: the conception of the church, the new doctrine of Salvation and the new definition of Sacraments and Mass that are still used to this day.
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Catholics in the North of England try to replace Elizabeth I with Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. -
After living in England since 1568, Mary Stuart gets caught plotting against Elizabeth I, who then orders her execution. -
The Catholic kingdom of Spain has been participating in plots against Elizabeth I and as a response against Elizabeth I's support of the Dutch Revolt, they decide to try to invade England, but ultimatimately fail. -
Son of Mary Stuart, he is both king of Scotland and England and the very first one to do so.
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A group of Catholic men conspire to blow up the Parliement with the King in it. It is however found out and fails. -
In an attempt to reconcile Catholics and Protestants, JamesI marries his daughter to a Protestant prince, however it has the opposite effect when The Elector Palatine (Protestant prince) is invited to take the throne away from Emperor Ferdinand Habsburg.
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Married to princess Henrietta Maria of France, he was however in favour of Arminians (a branch of Anglicanism) and not of Catholicism thathis wife practiced.
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Declaration that anyone who tries to alter protestant aspects of the Church of England and tries to advise the King to collect custom duties, is a traitor and an enemy of the kingdom. -
Kig Charles I ruled for 11 years with no Parliement after disolving it because of the the Three resolutions.
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The introduction of the Book of Common Prayers is recieved extremely badly by Scotland, which practices Calvinism at the time.
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Successions of Civil wars withing Great Britain due to religious, poltical and economic tensions.
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In October 1641, Irish Catholics rose against English Protestant Settlers, they end up killing 2 to 3 thousand Protestants. -
"in between Kings/Reigns": Creation of the concept of "Commonwealth", governed by the people with no King.
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Creation of the constitutional Monarchy -
Extremely important political document for laws, rights, and the English constitution -
Creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain: England, Wales and SCtoland are one unified kingdom. -
The Age of revolutions, reforms and drastic changes for British society.
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Led by James Francis Edward Stuart, son of James II. -
The Jacobites are beaten in the battle of Culloden -
Great Britain refuses to accept the USA's independence and sends troops to fight against american revolutionaries.
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Document written to announce and explain the separation from the kingdom of Great Britain. It is the founding document of the USA. -
Ended the War between Britain and America, leading to the independence of the USA. -
Ireland is added in the Kingdom of Great Britain