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1534
Act of Supremacy
The Act of Supremacy is when the King Henry VIII was made "Supreme Head of the Church of England". -
Period: 1534 to 1547
Reign of Monarch Henry VIII
Became monarch in 1509 -
Period: 1536 to 1541
The dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII
Henry decided that the monasteries were bastions of "popery" and disbanded them. -
Period: 1536 to 1537
Pilgrimage of Grace
The dissolution process was interrupted by rebellions in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. -
Period: 1545 to 1563
Council of Trent
It was held in the Italian city of Trent --> the symbol of Counter Reformation. -
1547
Handover of power
Henry VIII hands over his power to his son Edward VI -
Period: 1547 to 1553
The Young King ! Reign of monarch Edward VI
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1549
Book of Common Prayer
Book of Common Prayer published in 1549. -
1553
Death of Edward VI
He was 15 when he died. -
Period: 1553 to 1558
Reign of monarch Mary I
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1558
Death of Mary I
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Period: 1558 to
Reign of monarch Elizabeth I
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1559
The Act of Supremacy
For Church organisation. -
1559
The Act of Uniformity
A Religious belief. -
Period: 1563 to 1571
The 39 Articles of faith
Stated the doctrine of the Church. -
1569
The Northern Rebellion
A Rebellion against religious reforms. -
1570
Papal bull
Pope Pius issued the papal bull "Regnans in Excelsis". -
1571
The Treasons Act
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1581
The 1581 Act
The Act to retain the Queen's Majesty's Subjects in their due Obedience. -
The Babington plot
Young Catholics had sworn to kill Elizabeth and put Mary Stuart on the throne. -
The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
She was convicted for complicity and sentenced to death.
She was executed in 1587 in Fotheringham Castle. -
The Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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Speech of the troops at Tilbury
The Queen made this speech in Tilbury, Essex, in order to rally the troops who were preparing to repel the invasion of the Spanish Armada. -
Death of Elizabeth
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Reign of monarch James I & VI of Scotland
He was a British Monarch and one of the stuarts. -
The Gunpowder Plot
It was a conspiracy devised by a small group of Catholics to blow up the Parliament and kill James I. -
The Great Contract
The Great Contract was the centrepiece of the financial reforms. -
King James' Bible
A new translation of the Bible completed in 1611. -
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The Thirty Years' War
The longest and most destructive conflicts in European history. -
Death of James I
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Reign of monarch Charles I
He was a British Monarch and one of the stuarts as well. -
Petition of Rights
MP's complaints : they requested the King to recognise the illegality of extra-parliamentary taxation, billeting, martial law, imprisonment without trial. -
The Three Resolutions
The MPs passed the Three Resolutions as an act of open defiance. -
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The Personal Rule
The Eleven Years Tyranny : 11 years when the King ruled without calling a parliament. -
The Introduction of the New Prayer Book
Book of Common Prayer. -
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The Scottish crisis
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The Long Parliament
The Long Parliament was determined to remedy 11 years of grievances and wanted to ensure regular parliaments. -
The Irish Rebellion
In October 1641, an armed revolt broke out in Ireland. Irish Catholics rebels rose up against Protestant settlers. -
The Militia Act
Parliament passed the Militia Act : The army should be placed under the control of a general appointed by Parliament. -
The Grand Remonstrance
An important document voted by Parliament after heated debates. It summarized all the wrong doing of Charles I and concluded on "revolutionary" demands. -
Charles I marched into the House of Commons !
Charles I marched into the House of Commons with troops and attempted to arrest the 5 MPs who he believed were plotting plotting against the Queen. -
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The Civil Wars
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War on Parliament
Charles formally declared war on Parliament. -
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The First Civil War and the victory of Parliament
The First Civil war would cost the lives of 190 000 Englishmen. -
Creation of the New Model Army
A new army created in 1644 by the Parliamentarians. -
The Mutiny
The New Model Army seized the King in June 1647. -
The Agreement of the People
The Army issued the Agreement of the People in Nov 1647. -
The King with the Scots
The King escaped from army custody and allied himself with the Scots in November 1647. -
Pride's Purge
In December 1648, Colonel Pride Army entered the House of Commons, stopped the vote and arrested the 45 conservative leader MPs. -
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The Second Civil War and the execution of the King
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England, a Commonwealth
In March 1649, Monarchy and House of Commons abolished, England was declared a Commonwealth (a republic). -
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The Interregnum
The Interregnum between 2 reigns and 2 kings. -
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The Commonwealth
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The Execution of Charles I
King Charles I was executed. -
The Blasphemy Act
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The Instrument of Government
England's first and only written constitution. -
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Reign of a Lord Protector : Oliver Cromwell
Cromwell declared Britain as ‘The Commonwealth’ in 1649 and went on to become its Lord Protector. -
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The Cromwellian Protectorate
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The end of the Commonwealth
The end of the Commonwealth and start of the Protectorate. -
Death of Cromwell
Picture of the wax death mask of Oliver Cromwell above. -
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Reign of a Lord Protector : Richard Cromwell
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The End of the Protectorate
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Declaration of Breda
Charles II issued the Declaration of Breda. -
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Reign of the Merry monarch : Charles II
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The Early Restoration
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The Clarendon Code
A series of laws passed during the first 5 years of Restoration. -
The Restoration
The King restored on 29th May 1660. -
The act of uniformity
All ministers had to swear to conform to the Book of Common Prayer. -
The Outbreak of a bubonic plague
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The Great Fire of London
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The Popish Plot
Rumour of a plot organised by the French to murder Charles II and replace him by his Catholic brother James II. -
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The Political crisis
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The Exclusion crisis
Parliament attempted to debar James II from the succession to the English throne. -
Death of Charles II and succession of James II
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Reign of monarch James II & VII of Scotland
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Birth of a Catholic Heir
James’ second wife gave birth to a son.
A Catholic Heir which was a threat to Protestantism and to Parliament’s powers. -
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The Glorious Revolution
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William of Orange becomes King
James II fled to France and William of Orange became King William III. -
The Toleration Act
Toleration Act of 1689 established religious pluralism, and freedom of worship for all Protestants. -
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Birth of a Joint Monarchy : William III & Mary II
Mary II : 1689-1694
William III : 1689-1702 -
The Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights limited the monarch’s power for the first time. -
The Act of Settlement
The Act of Settlement put an end to the 16th and 17th quarrel between King and Parliament. -
Death of William III
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Reign of monarch Anne
Anne was a monarch till 1714 -
The Act of Union between England and Scotland
Creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain: England (and Wales) and Scotland.