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Left the throne during the Glorious Revolution.
James II
Parliament forced him to accept the Petition of Right & the Cavaliers supported him in the English Civil War.
Charles I
A new version of the Bible was written during his reign.
James I
Made England into strong naval power and separated the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church (because he wanted a divorce.)
Henry VIII
Continued the Protestant policies of his father; Henry VIII’s only son.
Edward VI
First Stuart queen; married William of Orange.
Mary II
“Good Queen Bess” of England’s Golden Age.
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I had her executed because she was plotting to take her throne.
Mary, Queen of Scots
Stuart Queen who reunited England & Scotland to form Great Britain.
Anne
Daughter of Henry VIII who tried to end the Protestant Reformation & return England to the Catholic Church.
Mary I
Philip II sent this fleet to punish England.
Spanish Armada
The war between the Lancaster & York families that led to the first Tudor King (Henry VII) being put on the English throne.
War of the Roses Red rose; symbol of the Lancaster family. White rose; symbol of the York family.
This happened to Henry VIII six times.
marriage
Law opening England to Protestantism.
Act of Supremacy
Period of renewed interest in arts and learning; Northern Europe experienced this after Italy did.
Renaissance
Henry VII sent him to explore North America.
John Cabot
Ruled England after Charles I was beheaded.
Oliver Cromwell
Playwright during the reign of Elizabeth I.
William Shakespeare
Title (not name) of the person who refused to grant Henry VIII a divorce.
the pope (Clement VII)
Only wife of Henry VIII to bear him a son.
Jane Seymour
Lawmaking body that opposed absolute monarchy.
Parliament
Movement to separate from the Catholic Church.
Reformation (or Protestantism) Thomas Cranmer, the Reformation-minded Archbishop of Canterbury
Nickname for a Catholic Queen who had over 300 Protestant sympathizers beheaded.
“Bloody Mary”
Another name for the Church of England.
Anglican Church
Belief in being chosen by God to rule the country.
Divine right