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1
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King James I reigned from what Years

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1603 - 1625 (22 Years)

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What year was king James born

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1566

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What Year was King James crowned King of Scotland

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1567

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4
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Who were King James Parents

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Mary Queen of Scots and Henry Stuart Lord Darnley

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What was James I claim to the throne of England

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Great Great Grandson of Henry VII through Margerate (sister of Henry VIII)

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What forced James to avoid the elaborate public events celebrating his accesion

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The risk of Plague

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Who in 1603 was dismissed as Captain of the Guard and later imprisoned in the tower

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Sir Walter Raleigh

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Why was Walter Raleigh imprisoned

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Conspiracy to replace James with his Catholic Cousin Arabella Stuart

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What Plot was discovered in 1603

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Bye Plot

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What was the Bye Plot

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1603 - a conspiracy, by Catholic priests and Puritans aimed at tolerance for their respective denominations, and to kidknap James I

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Who surrendered in 1603 ending a war with whom

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Hugh O’Neil ending the war with Ireland

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What did Parliament debate in 1603

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England, Wales and Scotland should become unified (there is little enthusiasm)

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The Treaty of London in 1604 ended what

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Hostilities with Spain

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What was the union that accompanied the Treaty of London in 1604

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Prince Henry was engaged to the Spanish Infanta Anna daughter of Philip III

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what was summoned in 1604 to review the Church of England

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The Hampton Court Conference

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What was the outcome of the Hampton Court Conference of 1604

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The Elizabethan Settlement was retained Existing anti Catholic laws were kept in force

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17
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What title was given to Robert Cecil in 1605

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Earl of Salisbury

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18
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Who led the consipiritors to blow up parliament

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Robert Catesby and Thomas Percy

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19
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Where was Guy Fawkes from

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Yorkshire

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20
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Who derailed the plot of 1605

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Francis Chesham

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21
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Why did Francis Chesham warn Lord Monteagle

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he realized that a number of his Catholic friends would be killed

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22
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what did Francis Bacon write in 1605

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The Advancement of Learning (an attempt to promote experimentation in science)

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What was imposed on Catholics in 1606

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Recussancy Laws and a new Oath of Allegiance

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What expedition set out in 1606

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To cross the Atlantic and re-establish the colony of Virginia

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What Play was written in 1606

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Macbeth

26
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What Favorite of King James I was knighted in 1607

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Robert Carr

27
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What Settlement was established in 1607 (Englands first permanent settlement)

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Jamestown in Virginia

28
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How did James strengthen English rule in Ireland

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commissioners were appointed to oversee the Plantation of Ulster with English Settlers

29
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What did Salisbury endeavor to do in 1610

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Persuade Parliament to accept a “Great Charter”

30
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What was Salisbury’s Great Charter

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Designed to ease the Kings financial difficulties with a grant of regular subsidies

31
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Did Parliament accept Salisbury’s Great charter

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No

32
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Why was Arabella Stuart imprisoned in 1610

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For marrying the Earl of Hertford another claimant to the throne

33
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Parliament was disolved in feb 1611, with a brief exception in 1614, James I ruled without Parliament until when

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1621

34
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The Authorized Bible was published in what year

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1611

35
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How many scholars and how many years did it take to complete the Authorized bible

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54 scholars, after 4 years work

36
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The last of what happened in 1612

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two extreme protesants ecame thelast heretics to be burned at the stake

37
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What did James I decide to do followig the death of Salisbury

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Elcted to become his own secretary of state

38
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who died in 1612

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12 year old Prince Henry dies (Charles becomes heir apparent)

39
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What scandel was created in 1613

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When the countess of Essex sued for divorce to marry Sir Robert Carr (The King intervenes on her behalf)

40
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Who was married in 1613

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James daughter Elizabeth marries Frederick the Elector Paletine of the Rhine

41
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How did James I daughter Elizabeth marrying Frederick elector Paletine of the Rhine dash the hopes of conservatives

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They were anxious to see a Spanish match

42
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How were Spanish relations improved in 1613

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James I friendship with the new Spanish ambassador

43
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What was the Parliament called by James I in 1614 in the hopes of raising badly needed taxes but was quickly dissolved

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Addled Parliament

44
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Who succeeded Northampton as Lord Treasurer after his death in 1614

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Earl of Suffolk

45
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What negotiations began in 1614

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for a marriage between Charles and a Spanish princess

46
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Why was Somerset (Robert Carr) and his wife arrested in 1615

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On suspicion of murdering Sir Thomas Overbury

47
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What did the Spaish demand as part of the Negotiations of he marriage between Charles and the Infanta

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Any Children born to the couple are raised Catholics (James I persists with he marraige)

48
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What was the verdict of the Overbury murder by the Somerset in 1616

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Found guilty but spared the death penalty

49
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Who was released from the tower in 1616

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Sir Walter Raleigh (To prepare an expedition to Guinea)

50
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Who died in 1616

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Shakespear

51
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How did Raleigh create a crisis in 1618

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By attacking a Spanish settlement in Guinea creating a crisis in Anglo-Spanish relations (He was later imprissoned and exected)

52
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Who was appointed Lord Chancellor in 1618

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Francis Bacon

53
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What War commenced in 1618

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Thirty Years War

54
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the 30 years war commenced after what

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after Bohemians rejected their king-elect Emperor Ferdinand II in favour of Frederick of the Rhine

55
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what relation was Frederick of the Rhine to James I

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Son in Law

56
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What were suspended in 1618 after the Thirty Years War commenced

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negotiations with Spain

57
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Who died in 1619

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James Queen Anne of Denmark (The Kings finanicial problems are so astute that her embalmed body lies in state for 10 weeks before sufficient fuds can be found for her funeral)

58
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Inigo Jones began work on what in 1619

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Banqueting House at Whitehall

59
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in 1620 James I entered into a treaty with whom? and agreeing to what

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Spain, agreeing to the marriage of Prince Charles to the Infanta

60
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What happened to Prince Frederick of the Rhine in 1620

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He was driven out of Bohemia following the Battle of the White Mountain

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