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British History, Kings:, King Richard I and John Lackland: - Coggle Diagram

- - - - LANGUAGES:
        Latin for church
        French for court
        Anglo saxon for poor people
        
        SHIELD MONEY: money instead of military service
        CONSTITUTION OF CLARENDON: to reduce power of church and give more to king.
        COMMON LAW: (almost) everyone judged equally by the king's court
    - - Richard I goes on 3° Cruzade and John Lackland is king:
        imposes too many taxes, no freedom.
      - PAESANT REVOLTS: obligate King John to sign
        MAGNA CHARTA: reduce king's powers, give rights to prisoners.
- - - - with the ACT OF SUPREMACY, King Henry VIII splits from Roman church and becomes
        HEAD OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH.
      - King can marry Anne Boleyn, has a daughter Elizabeth.
        Believe Elizabeth is illegitimate, Anne Boleyn is killed.
      - Marries Jane Seymour, has a son: Edward.
        
        Edward is young and ill when becomes King Edward VII
        Dies aged 9.
        
        Mary becomes Queen: she is Christian, hates Protestants and kills many. "Bloody Mary"
        Married to Philip II of Spain
        
        Elizabeth I becomes Queen.
        Fearing that she is illegitimate, people want Mary Stuart, her cousin, to be Queen, so, Mary is killed.
        Period of splendor: theaters, expansions, fleet.
        War against Spain (Philip II wants the Throne)
        Defeats the Invencible Armada.
        Has no heirs.
- - - - King Charles I is an ABSOLUTIST protestant, doesn't accept the Parliament and only uses it to get money for expeditions.
        This leads to --> CIVIL WAR: Parlamentarians VS Royalists
        
        Parlamentarians WIN:
        Oliver Cromwell becomes LORD PROTECTOR:
        
        creates the Govern
        
        creates the Commonwealth
        
        the country becomes a REPUBLIC
        
        MONARCHY IS ABOLISHED
        
        When Oliver Cromwell dies,
        his son Richard Cromwell POORLY takes control.
        
        The parliament RESTORE THE MONARCHY:
        RESTORATION:
        Charles II becomes king, reopens theatres.
- - - - Mary II:
        
        signs the BILL OF RIGHTS: reduce power of monarchy.
        -signs TOLERANCE ACT: religious tolerance EXCEPT for Catholics
        
        signs ACT OF SETTLENT: when William d'Orange will die, the reign will be given to the Hannover heirs (Mary's sister, Anne).
        
        Queen Anne becomes queen in 1707.
        
        signs ACT OF UNION: Scottish and English Parliament are joined. UNION BETWEEN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND