Dates Year 8 Flashcards
Charles summons new parliament
1628
Charles king and marries Henrietta Maria
1625
Buckingham assassinated
Aug 1628
11 Year tyranny/Personal Rule
1629-1640
Charles and Laud changes to the church
1633
Charles and Laud try to change Scottish prayer book
1637
Scots sign National Covenant
1638
Charles raised an army using coat & conduct money to fight against Scots
1639
Charles finally summons Parliament - End of personal rule
1640
Short Parliament
1640
Charles pays £850 for Scot’s to stop invading England
1640
New demands (religion) from Parliament, so extreme that MPs were divided, Charles refuses demands
1641
Charles tries to arrest 5MPS by storming into HOC (broke tradition) but MPS already escaped
Jan 1642
Militia Ordinance- Catholic rebellion began in Ireland, splitting army (half Parliament, half Charles)
March 1642
19 Propositions further divides Charles and Parliament, however both sides now have military support
June 1642
Charles declares war on Parliament - CIVIL WAR BEGINS!
Aug 1642
Solemn League covenant signed between Scots and Parliament
1644
Battle of Marston Moor - Parliament win
1644
New Model Army created (by Parliament)
1645
Battle of Naesby
1645
Charles arrested for treason - sentenced to death and executed
Jan 1649
Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector
1658
Interregnum declared between years…
1641-1660
Charles II (Charles Stuart) became king
1660
James II became King
1685
James announced his baby was to be raised Catholic
1688
Kings peers pledged an alliance with William of Orange (Dutch Leader)
November 1688
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
December 1688
James dies is exile
1701
Mary and William of Orange become K&Q
1701
The Indian Rebellion
1857
Creation of the East India Company (EIC)
1600
War over trading rights between English and Mughals
1686
Robert Clive segmented EIC position in India
1757
Industrial Revolution
1760-1840
Invention of spinning Jenny
1764
Invention of cotton gin
1793
Patents laws creation
1790
Steam Engine
Late 1700 Thomas Newcomen and James Watt
Cheeper ways to make Steel and Iron
Abraham Darby and Henry Bessemer
Seed Drill
Jethro Tull
4 crop rotation system
Townsend