click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
British Monarchs
Sisk- APUSH
| 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 |