English Rulers and Events: 1485-1820 If you have a question, this is a tool
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Look down the Ruler’s Religion column. Notice how from 1547 through 1689 there is a swing back and forth between Protestant and Catholic rulers. Think through the consequences. |
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Reign Begins |
English
Monarchy – Major Events |
Ruler’s Religion |
Colonization Events |
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1485 |
Henry VII - beginning of reign of Tudors 1501- Eldest son Arthur marries Catherine of Aragon (Spain) 1509 - At Arthur’s death, Henry VIII marries Catherine |
Catholic |
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1509 |
Henry VIII |
Protestant (officially) |
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1547 |
Edward (son of Jane Seymour) |
Protestant |
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1553 |
Mary (daughter of Catherine of Aragon) |
Catholic |
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1558 |
Elizabeth (daughter of Anne Boleyn) - last of reign of Tudors |
Protestant |
1585-1590 Roanoke |
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1603 |
James I, son of Mary Stuart of Scotland - beginning of the reign of Stuarts Known for belief in divine right of kings |
Protestant, but Anti-Puritan |
1609 Jamestown 1620 Plymouth |
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1625 |
Charles I, a son Quartered troops; forced loans; dissolved Parliament (1629) but needed their approval for new taxes so recalled them (1640) |
Married a Catholic |
1629 Massachusetts Bay Company 1634 Maryland |
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1642 |
Military § Roundheads § Cavaliers |
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1644 Rhode Island charter |
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1649 |
Charles I, reign ended¾beheaded |
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1649 |
The Commonwealth, with Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector |
Puritan |
1652 Maryland, governor suspended |
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1660 |
Charles II, The Restoration |
Catholic leanings |
1663 Carolinas 1664 New York 1664 New Jersey 1681 Pennsylvania |
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1685 |
James II, brother |
Catholic conversion (1660s); married a Catholic (1670s) |
1686 Dominion of New England |
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1689 |
William III of Orange and Mary, daughter of James, reign began as part of a Glorious Revolution - Monarchy by invitation of Parliament Note: 1690, John Locke, Second Treatise on Civil Government published (written in the 1680s) |
Protestant |
1691 Massachusetts and Plymouth into 1 royal colony 1691 Maryland, royal |
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1701 |
Agreement that the Hanovers (German descendents of a daughter of James I) would be the sovereigns, but with limitations such as they had to be Protestant. |
Protestant |
1702 Jerseys into 1 New Jersey, royal colony |
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1702 |
Anne, daughter of James II |
Protestant |
1703 Delaware - subdivided from Pennsylvania |
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1714 |
George I - beginning of reign of Hanovers |
Protestant |
1715 Maryland, proprietary again 1719 Carolinas, proprietors lost control to the colonists 1729 Carolinas, into 2 royal colonies¾North and South Carolina |
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1727 |
George II, reign began |
Protestant |
1732 Georgia, proprietary 1751 Georgia, royal - relinquished by the proprietors |
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1760 |
George III, reign began—Reminder: the king at the time of the American Revolution |
Protestant |
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1820 |
George III, end of reign |
Protestant |
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Copyright C. J. Bibus, Ed.D. 2003-2012 |
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