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Dates Year 8 Flashcards

1
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Charles summons new parliament

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1628

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2
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Charles king and marries Henrietta Maria

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1625

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3
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Buckingham assassinated

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Aug 1628

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4
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11 Year tyranny/Personal Rule

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1629-1640

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5
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Charles and Laud changes to the church

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1633

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6
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Charles and Laud try to change Scottish prayer book

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1637

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7
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Scots sign National Covenant

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1638

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8
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Charles raised an army using coat & conduct money to fight against Scots

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1639

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9
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Charles finally summons Parliament - End of personal rule

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1640

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10
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Short Parliament

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1640

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11
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Charles pays £850 for Scot’s to stop invading England

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1640

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12
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New demands (religion) from Parliament, so extreme that MPs were divided, Charles refuses demands

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1641

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13
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Charles tries to arrest 5MPS by storming into HOC (broke tradition) but MPS already escaped

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Jan 1642

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14
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Militia Ordinance- Catholic rebellion began in Ireland, splitting army (half Parliament, half Charles)

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March 1642

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15
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19 Propositions further divides Charles and Parliament, however both sides now have military support

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June 1642

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16
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Charles declares war on Parliament - CIVIL WAR BEGINS!

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Aug 1642

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17
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Solemn League covenant signed between Scots and Parliament

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1644

18
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Battle of Marston Moor - Parliament win

A

1644

19
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New Model Army created (by Parliament)

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1645

20
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Battle of Naesby

A

1645

21
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Charles arrested for treason - sentenced to death and executed

A

Jan 1649

22
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Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector

A

1658

23
Q

Interregnum declared between years…

A

1641-1660

24
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Charles II (Charles Stuart) became king

A

1660

25
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James II became King

A

1685

26
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James announced his baby was to be raised Catholic

A

1688

27
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Kings peers pledged an alliance with William of Orange (Dutch Leader)

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November 1688

28
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James II makes an attempt to escape and flee to France but is arrested by fishermen but then tries to escape again and successfully does so

A

December 1688

29
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James dies is exile

A

1701

30
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Mary and William of Orange become K&Q

A

1701

31
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The Indian Rebellion

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1857

32
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Creation of the East India Company (EIC)

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1600

33
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War over trading rights between English and Mughals

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1686

34
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Robert Clive segmented EIC position in India

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1757

35
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Industrial Revolution

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1760-1840

36
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Invention of spinning Jenny

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1764

37
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Invention of cotton gin

A

1793

38
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Patents laws creation

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1790

39
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Steam Engine

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Late 1700 Thomas Newcomen and James Watt

40
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Cheeper ways to make Steel and Iron

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Abraham Darby and Henry Bessemer

41
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Seed Drill

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Jethro Tull

42
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4 crop rotation system

A

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