HENRY II: “murderer” - stain on his honour The greatest prince in Western Europe - the Angevin Empire (he inherited many lands, also married Eleanor of Acquitane). In France Henry II (the vassal of French king) had more lands than the king himself. The Father of
THE STUARTS (1603-1714) Mary Stuart's son - James VI of Scotland became James I of England. He was holding two crowns - personal union between England and Scotland. Not political! Countries had separate parliaments. Political union was set later, in 1707. James descended from Henry VII. James I C...
COLONISATION OF AMERICA 1497 - Newfoundland - first colony 1584 - Sir Walter Raleigh - Virginia, but it didn't survive 1607 - first settlement of Jamestown - survived (established during the reign of James I) 1620 - Mayflower - Plymouth, Massa...
WILLIAM IV (1830-37) Younger brother of George IV. He was not trained, he had no idea how to rule the country. He was 64 when he got the throne (oldest monarch to be crowned). 1830 - Tory Government, believed that only property owners should be in Parliament. They wanted no reforms. Whigs - they ...
THE ANGLO-SAXON INVASION The year 449 has been traditionally accepted as the year of the Germanic conquest of the Island, although Germanic raids had been harassing (nękać) Britain for over two centuries prior to (przed czymś, wcześniej od czegoś) 449. 449 - The “Old English” begins. King Arthur -...
QUEEN ANNE Mary I's protestant daughter. Jacobites decided to act - Jacobite revolt 1715, but they failed. 1745 - another Jacobites' attempt. James II's grandson Prince Charles Edward Stuart (called Bonny Prince Charlie) landed on the coast of Scotland in 1746, but was defeated by British army at ...
TUDOR MONARCHS - THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE TUDOR MONARCHS: Henry VII Henry VIII Edward VI Mary I Elisabeth I Henry - Lancaster - Margaret Beaufort - his mother was John of Gaunt daughter. War of Roses - Richard III believed to has murdered his nephews, Henry Tudor was outraged (oburzony) with ...
THE BRITISH EMPIRE 16th-17th century One quarter of the world's population by 1922 approximately a quarter of the Earth's total land area territories and trading posts “The Sun never sets on the British Empire” COLONIES Copper (miedź), tea, ti...
THE MIDDLE AGES NORMAN RULE 1066-1154 (Henry II new dynasty - Plantagenets) Norman Coat of Arms Norman Family Tree WILLIAM I THE CONQUEROR England was subdued (podbita) by him; he used England mainly to take money from it. He spent most time in N...
ELISABETH I - Mary I's half-sister and heiress. No children. Under her reign one of most important issues was question of religion. Mary was devoted catholic, Elisabeth was different. She wanted to find sensible solution, to satisfy both: Catholics and Protestants. Unfortunately she failed because ...
