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Gr 7 History Ch 15
Grade 7 History Ch 15 Review - People
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Julius Caesar | conquered the Celts about 50 years before the birth of Christ |
| Augustine | the first archbishop of Canterbury |
| Alfred the Great | the first great king of England |
| Canute the Dane | the Viking who ruled England, Denmark, and Norway as a great empire |
| William, Duke of Normandy | the man who became known as William the Conqueror after defeating Harold Godwin at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 |
| Henry II | the first in the line of Plantagenet kings |
| Richard I | the English king known for his love of Crusades |
| King Job | the most hated kin of English history |
| Simon de Monfort | called was is remembered as the first meeting of Parliament in 1265 |
| Edward I | the king whose "model Parliament" resulted in representative government becoming a regular feature of English government |
| Joan of Arc | led the French army in the Hundred Years' War |
| Henry IV | the first king in the Lancastrian dynasty |
| Henry VII | the first Tudor king of Englan |
| Henry VIII | the English monarch who divorced Catherine of Aragon because he wanted a male heir; the king who broke from the Catholic church and made himself head of the Church of England |
| Edward IV | Henry VIII's only male heir under whose rule Protestantism progressed |
| Mary I | the queen who resolved to return the English nation to the Roman church and became known as "Bloody Mary" because about 300 persons were martyred during her reign. |
| John Foxe | English historian that wrote the Book of Matyrs |
| Elizabeth I | "The Virgin Queen" who was beloved for her remarkable character and extraordinary performance as ruler of England |
| Philip II | the king of Spain who was determined to overthrow Elizabeth and make the Catholic queen of Scotland queen of England |
| Mary Stuart | the Queen of the Scots whose mother planned to depose Elizabeth to make Mary queen of England |
| John Knox | the outstanding leader of the Scottish Reformation |
| William the Silent, Prince of Orange | the leader who led the Dutch patriots in defense of Protestantism in the Netherlands and became known as the "father of his country" |
| John Hawkins | the one who built up the English fleet |
| Sir Francis Drake | the Englishman who attacked and raided Spanish ships with Elizabeth;s knowledge and approval |
| William Shakespeare | perhaps the greatest writer the world has ever known; the author of 38 plays that were performed at Globe Theater |
| James I | the first Stuart king of England who had scholars produce the King James or Authorized Version of the Bible |
| Charles I | the "Man of Blood" who was tried and executed by Cromwell's army |
| Oliver Cromwell | the military genius who became Lord Protector of England after the English Civil War |
| Charles II | the king under whom the monarchy was fully restored by 1662 |
| James II | the king who tried unsuccessfully to reimpose Romanism on England |
| William III and Mary II | the king and queen of England as a result of the Glorious Revolution |
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