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    17th Century Major Events

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    1603 Queen Elizabeth I dies and James VI of Scotland becomes king of England This united the crowns of England and Scotland for the first time. They would later be officially united to create Great Britain. 1605 James survived an assassination attempt - The Gunpowder Plot 14th May‚ 1607 Settlement of Jamestown‚ Virginia. This was the first permanent English settlement in what is now the US. 1st Jan‚ 1610 Galileo discovers rings of Saturn. This was an important discovery in the world of astronomy

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    Mary Stuart‚ later known as Mary Queen of Scots was born on December 8‚ 1542 at Linlithgow Palace‚ the only daughter of her parents James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise. Mary’s father died only six days following her birth‚ so as an infant she became Queen of Scotland. In 1548‚ Mary was sent to France for her protection against the English. At the age of fifteen‚ Mary married Dauphin Francis who would later become Francis II in 1559 in return crowning Mary the Queen of France‚ and also the Queen

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    Transplantations & Borderlands I The Early Chesapeake A) The Founding of Jamestown 1) In 1607‚ three ships from the London Company reached the American coast and founded a town called Jamestown (i) However‚ the town was located horribly (geographically & Indian territory) (ii) They were extremely susceptible to malaria‚ lacked proper food & housing‚ and no women were sent with them 2) Jamestown was almost extinct until 1608‚ when John Smith came to lead the country out of its collapse B) Reorganization

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    kingdoms of England and Scotland had resolved from the petty kingdoms of early medieval Britain. The last Anglo-Saxon monarch (Harold II) was defeated and killed in the Norman invasion of 1066 and the English monarchy passed to the Norman conquerors. In the thirteenth century‚ the principality of Wales was absorbed by England‚ and Magna Carta began the process of reducing the political powers of the monarch. From 1603‚ when the Scottish king James VI inherited the English throne as James I‚ both kingdoms

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    The Gunpowder Plot

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    Church‚ Catholics in England were discriminated against. They had expected King James to be more tolerant of them‚ as his mother‚ Mary‚ Queen of Scots‚ was a Catholic. He was‚ in fact‚ the opposite‚ and inconsistent in his early promises. Catholic discrimination was common and Catholic priests were ordered to leave England. This angered many Catholics and led to a plot to kill King James by blowing up the Houses of Parliament. In 1603‚ after 45 years on the throne‚ Queen Elizabeth I was dying. People

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    Ch. 2 Review Exam1

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    charter revoked by James I. 6. In which area of technology were Indians more advanced than the Virginia colonists? agriculture 7. Which of the following is true of Bacon’s rebellion? It spelled the demise of the Virginia Company. It forced the royal governor of Virginia to resign. It spread throughout several colonies. It carried on for several years. It was a consequence of the indentured servant system. 8. In 1608‚ Puritan Separatists who wished to leave England could not legally

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    was the queen of four different nations which were Scotland‚ France‚ England‚ and Ireland and was described as one of the most controversial monarchs of the 16th century Europe because of her royal parents‚ her problematic love life‚ her regime in Scotland which ended in a civil war‚ her association with many conspiracies to remove Queen Elizabeth I‚ her cousin‚ from the English throne‚ and her death (English History). King James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise‚ his wife‚ were the parents of Mary

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    History Great Fall of Europe

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    Crisis and Settlement and In Stuart England a. James I b. Charles I i. Years of Personal Rule c. The Long Parliament and Civil War d. Oliver Cromwell and the Puritan Republic e. Charles II and the Restoration of the Monarchy f. The “Glorious Revolution” g. The Age of Walpole 4. Rise of Absolute Monarchy in France: The World of Louis XIV a. Years of Personal Rule b. Versailles c. King by Divine Right d. Louis’s Early Wars e. Louis’s Repressive Religious Policies i. Suppression of the Jansenists ii

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    aimed at a person or a group in the community holding views considered unorthodox or a threat to society and the intensity of these hunts varied in different European countries. The role of prominent individuals such as King James VI in Scotland and Mathew Hopkins in England was a significant cause of the increase in the intensity of witch persecutions and is a major factor in the ‘from above’ argument for causes of the witch craze. However‚ the most important factor for the intense persecution of

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    Surgeon December 5‚ 1606 I am a surgeon. I give medicine to people who are sick. I use needles‚ medicine‚ scissors‚ and lots more stuff. I might take bullets out of people. I don’t really work with others except my assistant. My assistant brings people into my house. He helps me get the tools. My assistant’s name is Ben. I have a big family. I have a wife named Anne. She likes to cook bread. I have four children. Their names are James‚ Emily‚ Sarah‚ and Kathryn. James likes to run and chase the

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