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| Queen Elizabeth I accedes throne. |
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| Outlaws all religions except Anglicanism, 1559 |
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| Defeat of the Spanish Armada |
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| England becomes a major global military power, 1588 |
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| Shakespeare writes his plays |
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| James IV of Scotland becomes James I of England |
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| Five catholics including Guy Fawkes attempt to blow up parliament, 1605 |
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| King James Bible published |
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| James dissolves Addled Parliament, which had passed no legislation. |
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| Relationship between crown and parliament slowly deteriorates until Civil War, 1614 |
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| Charles I accedes to the throne, marries Henrietta Maria, sister of the king of france. |
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| 1625. Between 1625 and 1629, Charles I dissolves parliament several times because it refuses to give him tax revenues. He calls no parliament between 1629 and 1640 |
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| Charles summons Short Parliament. Long Parliament is called. |
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| 1640. Short Parliament refuses to give him finances. Long Parliament sits until 1660. |
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| Parliament abolishes star chamber and high commission. |
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| These courts, that the monarch used to try political and religious opponents, were abolished in 1641. |
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| Charles attempts to arrest five members of parliament. war breaks out between parliament (roundheads) and royalists (cavaliers). parliament is puritan, royalists are anglican. |
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| Formation of Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army |
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| Charles I surrenders. Church of England is outlawed, and puritanism becomes official religion |
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| 1648, New Model Army invades parliament, expels presbyterians. Rump parliament is now only 56 members, down from 500 8 years ago. |
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| England ruled something of a republic |
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| Cromwell becomes lord protector of england. |
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| 1653. england under military rule. |
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| Oliver cromwell dies, richard cromwell succeeds him. |
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| Richard cromwell forced to step down by rump parliament |
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| restoration of charles II |
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| Act of Uniformity and other repressive laws against religious nonconformity passed |
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| Secret treaty between charles II and france to restore catholicism to england |
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| charles II dies. james II accedes throne |
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| 1685. james II is catholic. |
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| james II issues declaration of liberty of conscience |
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| 1687. it extends toleration to all religions. it is clear though, that he wants to make england catholic. |
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| 1688. william and mary invited to the trhone to replace james II and prevent catholicism from spreading. james II flees. |
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| 1689. grants freedom of worship to dissenters in england, although non anglicans are prevented from taking public office. |
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