James I  24 July 1567 – 27 March 1625  Son of Mary Queen of Scots  First unified ruler of England and Scotland  Rebuilt the authority of the Scottish crown  Gained control over nobles

Personal life  Witty, well-read, paranoid and rough-mannered  High self-esteem  Extravagant spender  Married Anne of Denmark in 1589  Three children, son Charles – the future king

Cultural achievements  Elizabethian Golden Age continued  Authorised King James’s Version of the Bible (1611)

The Gunpowder Plot  November 6, 1605  Guy Fawkes, Robert Catesby and others attempted to blow up James I and the House of Lords  To awaken the Catholic movement  Caught, executed

The Plague  Massive outbreak of disease in England   Killed 100,000 people  Last major outbreak of the Black Death

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