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1550-1565
1553 - 1558
-> Queen Mary the First was crowned.
-> Controversial because the old king wanted his cousin on the thrown.
-> Even more controversial when she married a catholic man named Philippe II.
-> In favor of a catholic state and executed everyone who disagreed with her
1560
-> Queen Elizabeth sent troops to Scotland to covert them to protestant
-> Treaty of Edinburgh: France and England signed a treaty later that year that removed their troops from Scotland.
1561
-> St. Paul's Cathedral was badly damaged in a fire
1563
-> Thirty-Nine Articles: Articles written in Latin and English that defined the position of the Church of England on matters of faith.
1565
-> Thomas Gresham founded the Royal Exchange.
1565-1615
1565-1615
-> Catholics and Protestants fought for control
-> Catholic Spain wanted control of England
-> The constant switching between religions, and therefore social laws, caused political uproar and riots
-> Riots and the plague caused fear and isolation to reek havoc all over the country
1588
-> Spanish Armada's attacked England and failed, costing them a lot of money and soldiers
1603-1625
-> King James was in power
-> Translation of the bible into English
-> Theater flourished because King James was a big fan of Shakespeare
-> 1616: William Shakespeare dies on his (presumed) birthday, April 24
-> 1620: Pilgrims set sail for America on the Mayflower
-> 1625: King James dies and his throne is passed to his son, Charles I
-> 1640: Charles I is forced to summon a new parliament to have money to fight the Scots, who were causing a stir with their new prayer book.
-> 1646: After years of scuffling and fighting them, Charles I surrenders to the Scots
-> 1649:
- January 30: Charles I is charged of high treason, found guilty, and is executed
- May 15: radical, political and religious ideas flourished, but the army leadership took offense to this, so they crushed a "Leveller" mutiny at Burford in Oxfordshire.
-> 1651: January 1 - Frantic to restore his father's throne, Charles I's son, Charles II, is crowned king of Scotland with the promise of Scottish military assistance.
FOURTH TOPIC
-> Queen Mary was nicknamed "Bloody Mary" because she executed so many people
->Robert Dudley’s wife, Amy Robsart, died after falling down a flight of stairs in 1560. Many people believed that Dudley had murdered his wife so that he could marry Queen Elizabeth, which he never did.
-> Mary of The Scots is a famous woman and cousin of Queen Elizabeth in the 1560's. She has a song named after her by Greg Trooper (Highly recommend listening to it)