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49 Cards in this Set
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1066 |
- Harold II is crowned king the day after Edward the Confessor dies - Harold defeats invasions of Tostig and Harold Hardraada from Norway at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, killing both - Battle of Hastings: 19 days after battle of Stamford Bridge, William of Normandy(invader) lands at Pevensey, defeats and kills Harold |
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1066-1087 |
William I, the Conqueror, first Norman King of England reigns |
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1086 |
Domesday Book is completed in England |
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1215 |
Signing of the Magna Carta; English barons force John to agree to a statement of their rights |
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1284 |
The Statute of Wales put the whole of that country under the control of the English monarch (finally assimilated to England in 1336) |
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1295 |
- Model Parliament of Edward I : knights and burgesses from English shires and towns summoned First representative parliament |
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1362 |
Parliament passes an act to make English the official language of pleadings in the law courts, rather than French |
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1486 |
Henry VII (Tudor) married Elizabeth of New York uniting houses of York and Lancaster |
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1509 |
Henry VIII becomes king |
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1521 |
Henry VIII receives the title "Defender of the Faith" from Pope Leo X for his opposition to Luther |
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1534 |
Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII declared supreme head of the Church of England (foundation of the Church of England) |
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1536 |
Henry VIII completes the union between England and Wales by the Laws in Wales Acts of 1535 and 1542 ("Acts of Union" says wrong Courderc) |
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1558 |
- England loses Calais, last English possession in France - Death of Mary I - Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, becomes Queen - Repeal of Catholic legislation in England |
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1603 |
- Elizabeth dies - James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England |
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1607 |
- Creation of the Plantation of Ulster - Ireland becomes an English colony - Virginia becomes the first English colony in America |
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1628 |
Petition of Rights (the monarch can no longer increase taxes without the Parliament's consent) |
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1642 |
Civil War opposing Charles I and Cromwell's puritans |
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1649 |
- "English revolution": Charles I is tried and executed by Cromwell's puritans - The Commonwealth, in which English is governed as a republic, is established and lasts until 1660 - Cromwell harshly suppresses Catholic rebellions in Ireland |
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1649-1653 |
Parliamentary interregnum |
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1653 |
Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector |
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1660 |
Convention Parliament restores Charles II to the throne |
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1673 |
Test act (excludes those not faithful to the Church of England from holding public office) |
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1679 |
- Act of Habeas Corpus passed, forbidding imprisonment without trial - Charles II rejects petitions calling for a new Parliament - Petitioners become known as Whigs; their opponents (royalists) known as Tories |
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1688 |
- (Catholic) James II is defeated and flees to France while (Protestant) William of Orange takes over - "Glorious Revolution" no king is executed |
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1689 |
- Convention Parliament issues Bill of Rights (defining the rights of the MPs and limiting the rights of the Monarch) - Constitutional monarchy established in Britain |
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1694 |
- Death of Queen Mary, King William now rules alone - Foundation of the Bank of England - Triennia Act sets the maximum duration of parliament to three years |
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1701 |
The Act of Settlement settles the Royal Succession on the Protestant descendants of Sophia of Hanover |
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1707 |
- The Act of Union unites the kingdoms of England and Scotland and transfers the seat of Scottish Government to London - The United Kingdom of Great Britain is born |
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1721 |
Sir Robert Walpole returns to government as First Lord of the Treasury (until 1742) and effectively becomes Britain's first Prime Minister |
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1760 |
Death of King George II, succeeded by his grandson George III |
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1776 |
July 4th "Declaration of Independence" |
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1789 |
US Constitution |
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1791 |
Bill of Rights, Amendments |
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1801 |
Act of Union with Ireland unites Parliaments of England and Ireland |
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1832 |
The first or great Reform Act is passed. This climax of a period of political reform extends the vote further 500,000 people and redistributes Parliamentary seats on a more equitable basis |
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1833 |
Parliament passes the Factory Act, prohibiting children aged less than nine from working in factories and reducing the working hours of women and older children |
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1837 |
- Death of King William IV at Windsor - Victoria (his niece) becomes queen of Great Britain and rules until 1901 |
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1867 |
Walter Bagehot publishes his study The English Constitution (not a real constitution) |
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1876 |
Queen Victoria becomes Empress of India |
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1884 |
Parliament passes the third Reform Act which further extends the franchise |
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1901 |
- Death of Queen Victoria - Her and Albert's son Prince Albert succeeds her as King Edward VII |
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1911 |
Parliament Act |
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1916 |
Dublin Easter Rising, the Irish rebel against the British |
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1922 |
Irish Free State is established and Northern Ireland is created from the 6 counties of Ulster with Belfast as its capital |
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1949 |
- Creation of the Irish Republic - Parliament act |
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1973 |
The UK enters the European Economic Community (EEC) |
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1997 |
Devolution gives Scottish Parliament to Scotland, Welsh National Assembly to Wales, Northern Ireland Assembly to Northern Ireland |
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1997 August 30th |
Death of Lady Diana |
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1999 |
House of Lords Act abolishes the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords. Only 92 remain in the House) |
