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A statement recognizing Henry VIII as the “Supreme Head of the Church of England.” -
For naval warfare, Lepanto marks the last major engagement in the western world to be fought almost only by rowing vessels. -
Considered one of the most destructive wars in European history, estimates of total deaths caused by the conflict range from 4.5 to 8 million, while some areas of Germany experienced population declines of over 50%.[18] Related conflicts include the Eighty Years' War, the War of the Mantuan Succession, the Franco-Spanish War, and the Portuguese Restoration War.
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A Commons committee prepared four "Resolutions", declaring each of these illegal, while re-affirming Magna Carta and habeas corpus. Charles previously depended on the House of Lords for support against the Commons, but their willingness to work together forced him to accept the Petition. -
Unlike other civil wars in England, which were mainly fought over who should rule, these conflicts were also concerned with how the three Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland should be governed.
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An act that the Parliament of England passed on December 16, 1689. This Bill created separation of powers, limited the powers of the king and queen, enhanced the democratic election, and bolsters freedom of speech -
The treaties between several European states, including Spain, Great Britain, France, Portugal, Savoy and the Dutch Republic, helped end the war. The treaties were concluded between the representatives of Louis XIV of France and of his grandson Philip on one hand, and representatives of Queen Anne of Great Britain, King Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, King John V of Portugal and the United Provinces of the Netherlands on the other.
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A global conflict that spanned five years After years of skirmishes between England and France in North America, England officially declared war on France in 1756, setting off what Winston Churchill later called “the first world war.
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The purpose of the tax was to pay for British military troops stationed in the American colonies after the French and Indian War, but the colonists had never feared a French invasion to begin with, and they contended that they had already paid their share of the war expenses.[4] They suggested that it was actually a matter of British patronage to surplus British officers and career soldiers who should be paid by London -
Amid tense relations between the civilians and the soldiers, a mob formed around a British sentry and verbally abused him. He was eventually supported by seven additional soldiers, led by Captain Thomas Preston, who were hit by clubs, stones, and snowballs. -
The demonstrators boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The British government responded harshly, and the episode escalated into the American Revolution. -
The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British Government. In Great Britain, these laws were referred to as the Coercive Acts.
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The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. These occurred at the province of Massachusetts Bay.
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Not every man who had been present on July 4 signed the declaration on August 2. Two important officials passed up the chance to sign and others were added later. -
This fight was the climax of the Saratoga campaign, the Americans beat the British -
In 1780, about 5,500 French soldiers landed in Rhode Island to help their American allies fight the British troops who controlled New York City. -
This ended the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies.
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The Constitution became the official framework of the US government when New Hampshire became the ninth of 13 states to ratify it. -
The Declaration was originally drafted by the Marquis de Lafayette, in consultation with Thomas Jefferson.[3] Influenced by the doctrine of "natural right", the rights of man are held to be universal: valid at all times and in every place. -
Period of panic and riot by peasants amid rumors of an “aristocratic conspiracy” by the king and the privileged to overthrow the Third Estate. -
The Declaration of the Rights of Woman is significant because it brought attention to a set of what would later be known as feminist concerns that collectively reflected and influenced the aims of many French Revolutionaries and other contemporaries. -
Series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I
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The battle is known for being Napoleans greatest win where he beat a larger Russian and Austrian Empire.
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Nelson was outnumbered, with 27 British ships of the line to 33 allied ships including the largest warship in either fleet, the Spanish Santisima Trinidad. -
This was a battle of the Germain Campaign with over 500,000 soldiers and over 125,000 deaths.
