| Name |
Date of Reign |
Key Events |
Colonies |
| Henry VII |
1485-1509 |
Cabot Voyages |
none |
| Henry VIII |
1509-1547 |
Founded Church of England |
none |
| Edward VI |
1547-1553 |
Forty-Nine Articles;
First Book of Common Prayer |
none |
| Bloody Mary |
1553-1558 |
burned Protestants at the stake;
joined Spain in war against France |
none |
| Elizabeth I |
1558-1603 |
defeated Spanish Armada;
"Virgin Queen" |
Roanoke |
| James I |
1603-1625 |
first use of African slaves;
King James version of the Bible;
"The Wisest Fool in all of Christendom";
unified English and Scottish thrones |
Jamestown;
Plymouth |
| Charles I |
1625-1649 |
dismissed Parliament;
beheaded;
English Civil War |
Massachusetts |
| Oliver Cromwell |
1649-1659 |
dictator;
stopped colonization;
Puritan Revolution;
outlawed dancing, plays, and pubs |
none |
| Charles II |
1660-1685 |
Indian slave trade |
Carolinas;
Pennsylvania;
New York;
Connecticut |
| James II |
1685-1688 |
granted minorities the right to worship;
last Catholic monarch;
Glorious Revolution;
abdicated the throne |
none |
| William III and Mary |
1689-1702 |
came to power as a result of the Glorious Revolution;
salutary neglect;
collapse of Dominion of New England;
King William's War; |
none |
| Anne |
1702-1714 |
Queen Anne's War (War of Spanish Succession);
had lots of children & became depressed |
New Jersey |
| George I |
1714-1727 |
Navigation Laws still laxly enforced |
none |
| George II |
1727-1760 |
King George's War;
loved his fat wife |
Georgia |
| George III |
1760-1820 |
French Revolution;
American Revolution;
Stamp Act;
Boston Tea Party |
none |
Poultry
