the early british empire

The Early British Empire

The Early British Empire

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In 1497, the British Empire didn't exist, neither did Britain.

The Tudor dynasty

The Tudor dynasty

King Edward the Sixth of England

King Henry the Eighth of England

King Henry the Seventh of England

The Tudor dynasty

The Tudor dynasty

Queen Elizabeth the First of England

Queen Mary the First of England

The anglo-spanish conflict

The anglo-spanish conflict

CAUSES

-Religion -Elisabeth behaded Philip II 's wife (Mary Stuart)

THE WAR

- in 1588 the Spanish Armada clashes with England - the Spanish Armada loses

EFFECTS

-Protestantism Protestantism remained firmly rooted in England and in the Netherlands

James VI

James VI

REFORMS

- Monarchical centralisation: •religious → strengthened the anglican church ↪ riots •economic → taxation ↪ fiscalism •political → deprived the House of Commons of power •justice→ created King’s courts •foreign affairs→ Jamestown

Jamestown

Jamestown

-1606→ The Virginia Company received the permission by James VI to settle in the new world -1607→ 100 colonist arrived in the new world ↪ John Smith took charge and thanks to him there was a period of peace -1609→ Smith left for England and interrupted the communication with the Natives ↪starving times -another ship with colonist arrived ↪ John Rofe→tobacco ↪ Lord Delaware→ mili- tary raids against Natives -1614→ Rofe married Pochaontas in exchange for peace -1619→ House of Burgesses was established

The civil war

The civil war

(1642-1651)

CAUSES

-Charles I dissolved the Parliament -fiscalism -Religion

THE REBELLIONS

- Two factions: ➤ Round heads: led by Oliver Cromwell ➤ Nobility: against Parliament - 1644 and 1645: battles of Marston Moor and Naseby

EFFECTS

-1649:King Charles I was excecuted -abolishment of the House of Lords -Commonwealth and the English Republic were proclaimend

Charles II

Charles II

(1642-1651)

REFORMS

- Two factions: ➤ Round heads: led by Oliver Cromwell ➤ Nobility: against Parliament - 1644 and 1645: battles of Marston Moor and Naseby

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MARY I

• She married Philip II of Spain
• She confiscated Irish lands to give them to the British for settlement
• When she died in 1558, the crown passed to her sister Elizabeth I

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the tudor dynasty

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HENRY VII

He improved the trading situation of England by hiring Giovanni Caboto, a sailor who became the first man to set foot in North America, mistaking it for China. Henry the seventh was succeeded by his son, Henry the eighth.

ELIZABETH I

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• She was a Protestant and restored many laws, which punished Catholics,

• She helped the Netherland's protestant part of population and privateers to turn against Spain
• She sent many explorers in the New World
• had Mary, the Queen of Scots, beheaded in 1587 because she did not want Scotland to return to Catholicism.
• She founded the East India Company,

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the tudor dynasty

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EDWARD VI

He succeeded his father, Henry VIII and shortly after was succeeded by his sister Mary I

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he himself had declared the King of Ireland

Henry the seventh was succeeded by his son, Henry the eighth.

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HENRY VIII

• He contributed to the expansion of English possessions by incorporating Wales into the Kingdom of England and giving it representation in Parliament.
• In 1534, Henry separated from Rome, creating the Church of England
• Hehimself had declared the King of Ireland

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Henry the seventh was succeeded by his son, Henry the eighth.

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