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.

King Edward the Sixth of England

King Henry the Eighth of England

The Tudor dynasty

King Henry the Seventh of England

The Tudor dynasty

Queen Elizabeth the First of England

Queen Mary the First of England

The Tudor dynasty

The Tudor dynasty

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

EFFECTS

THE WAR

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

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

CAUSES

The anglo-spanish conflict

The anglo-spanish conflict

- 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

REFORMS

James VI

James VI

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

(1642-1651)

The civil war

The civil war

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

EFFECTS

THE REBELLIONS

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

-Charles I dissolved the Parliament -fiscalism -Religion

CAUSES

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

• 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

MARY I

the tudor dynasty

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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.

HENRY VII

• 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,

ELIZABETH I

the tudor dynasty

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

EDWARD VI

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

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he himself had declared the King of Ireland

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• 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

HENRY VIII

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

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