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How are Elizabeth and Mary of Scots Related?

How are Elizabeth and Mary of Scots Related?. Henry VII. Arthur. Henry VIII. Anne Boleyn. King James IV of Scotland. Margaret. James V. Elizabeth I. Mary, Queen of Scots. Mary was pushed from Scotland due to a revolt led by Calvinists. Mary fled to England

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How are Elizabeth and Mary of Scots Related?

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  1. How are Elizabeth and Mary of Scots Related? Henry VII Arthur Henry VIII Anne Boleyn King James IV of Scotland Margaret James V Elizabeth I Mary, Queen of Scots Mary was pushed from Scotland due to a revolt led by Calvinists. Mary fled to England Elizabeth executes Mary, Queen of Scots because Mary is plotting against her…

  2. Heirs to the Throne • Who were the mothers of these monarchs? • Who succeeds Henry VIII first?, second? Mary Elizabeth Edward

  3. Edward VI (1547 – 1553) • Was loved by his father, and so brought up Protestant • Strengthened Protestant rule in England, and Protestant influence in the Church • Followed by?

  4. Queen Mary Tudor - Bloody Mary • Restored Catholicism • Restored the Pope to rule over the Church in England • Cancelled Act of Supremacy • Married Philip II, Son of Charles V of Spain • Persecuted Protestants • (1553 – 1558)

  5. Queen Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603) • The “Virgin Queen” never marries • But “marries England” • Protestant - Anglican • Gets Parliament to re-pass • Act of Uniformity • Act of Supremacy • Executes her cousin, Mary Queen of Scots • Defeats Catholic Philip II and the Spanish Armada

  6. Elizabeth I • Major Problems: • Religious • Financial • Parliament • Mary Stuart • Spanish • An heir…. • Questions… • What kind of queen was she? • How do you know? • Why did she do what she did? • What could she have done differently?

  7. Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603) • Major Problems: • Religious • Act of Supremacy • Act of Uniformity • Compromises • Puritans’s demands • Financial • Parliament • Mary Stuart • Spanish • An heir…

  8. Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603) • Major Problems: • Religious • Financial – funds tight: no colonies, few taxes • Elizabeth’s stinginess • Jt stock companies • Drake’s 1577 round the world voyage: 4600% profit! • Raleigh – “Virginia”/Roanoke • Sea dogs • Parliament • Spanish • Mary Stuart

  9. Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603) • Major Problems: • Religious • Financial • Parliament • Puritans were a growing, outspoken bunch • Would not pass bills for new taxes • Mary Stuart • Spanish • An heir…

  10. Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603) • Major Problems: • Religious • Financial • Parliament • Mary Stuart • Scottish Presbyterians exiled Catholic monarch • While in England she agreed to support a plot to overthrow Elizabeth • Spanish

  11. Mary Queen of Scots Flees Presbyterian Uprising Remember John Knox? Conspired against Elizabeth, though she was Elizabeth’s 2nd cousin

  12. Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603) • Major Problems: • Religious • Financial • Parliament • Mary Stuart • Spanish – annoyed them greatly! 5 Ways • Helped Dutch revolt • Helped Henry IV in France • Result: Protestants v Catholic Armada 1588

  13. 1588: A Historical Storm plus…? Spain: 8000 sailors, 20,000 soldiers, 130 ships England: Drake and Howards 65 ships and 10,000 soldiers

  14. Thames River From the English Channel inland to London…

  15. Ben Jonson on Shakespeare • “He was not of an age, but for all time.”

  16. London, 1588 • Celtic village, then Roman: Londinium • Built up by Anglo-Saxons in Middle Ages, inside 1 sq. mile walls • 878AD, King Alfred def. Viking try at takeover • Europe’s most populous city – 200,000 Will. Shakespeare (1564-1616) • Wrote 38 plays • Added about 1700 words • Bump, critic, courtship, dwindle and lots more… • Before The Theatre was built…how was theater performed?

  17. 1600 - London was Bustling! London Bridge, Thames River • Velvet-clad merchants and ragged poor • Noise • Fire and plague (16 major outbreaks 1348-1700) • Elegant & raw • Boaters and Water carriers • Cappers and Barbers • Coneycatchers – • slang for theft through trickery (today, a “con”) • Vagabonds • Criminals/Jailers • 200 crimes punishable by execution Sir Francis Drake

  18. Globe Theatre by James Burbages’ sons, 1599 Father built first in 1576, called simply “The Theater”

  19. The rest of the chapter in a nutshell: 17th Century England • Political Tension: Monarchy v. Parliament • Divine Right of Kings : James asserts • Demand for More Rights - Petition of Right • Major issues: Use of money • English Civil War : A new kind of war • – Charles I beheaded • Protestants v. Protestants Puritans v. Church of England • Roundheads v. Cavaliers • Puritan Victory: Commonwealth of England • Oliver Cromwell – assumes role of a Puritan dictator • Restoration of Monarchy – Charles II • Protestantism v. Catholicism Part II • Demand for more Rights (Writ of Habeas Corpus) • Fear of Catholicism in kings – James II • Glorious Revolution – James II overthrown • Power of Parliament v. King • Mary and William – limited monarchs • English Bill of Rights

  20. James (Stuart) I 1603-1625 • Elizabeth dies at 69 : Tudors… • Protestant - Church of England, but… • Puritans and Presbyterians protested “Catholic Rituals” • Divine Right of Kings • His mother was? • Parliament – he demanded money for wars • but politics was beneath him • Major Accomplishments- • King James Bible • Jamestown, VA settled under his reign 1607

  21. King of Scotland,James I of England (was also James VI of Scotland) • Edinburgh Castle

  22. Charles I (Stuart) 1625- 1649 • Son of James I • God’s annointed – very proud • Worsened problems • Finance - Wars (at first, w / Spain and France) • Forced nobles to pay loans or imprisoned them • Quartered troops in private homes • Religion – 1000s of Puritans flee • Is Bishop Laud a secret Catholic? • Parliament • A deal is struck in 1628 • He signed the Petition of Right 1628 Not part of the deal: Then he did not call Parliament to meet for 12 years (1629-1640)

  23. Petition of RightIdeas that later became part of the US Constitution • The King May Not • Imprison people without due cause • (6th Amend. US Const.) • Tax without representation • (Decl. of Indep.) • Quarter troops in private homes • (3rd Amend. US Const.) • Impose martial law in peacetime • (US Constitution)

  24. Charles I v The Scots !! • English Puritans and Scottish Presbyterians argued with Charles • Archbishop William Laud • Upset Scots created an army • Urges Charles to invade Calvinist Scotland! • Need for money led to parliament passing laws limiting the King’s rights in 1641

  25. King Decided to Arrest Parliament’s Leaders 400 Swordsmen • “The birds are flown” • Londoners are furious with the king’s attempt • Charles goes north to raise an army Oliver Cromwell 1599-1658

  26. English Civil War1642-1649 • Cromwell’s New Model Army v. King’s Forces • 100,000 died in the war • Fought mainly with swords, simple muskets, cannons. • Kings Army: Cavaliers • Nobles and Church Officials • (insult from Spanish)

  27. The Roundheads • Parliament's New Model Army was comprised of 22,000 men, mostly Puritans: • Twelve regiments on foot: • 15,000 infantry • 2/3 musketeers, 1/3 pikemen • Eleven regiments of cavalry • 7,000 horsemen or dragoons • Artillery : 50 pieces

  28. Cromwell’s Roundheads defeat the King’s Cavaliers • Parliament seeks to disband the New Model Army; • But Cromwell refuses • Cromwell defeats an army sent by Parliament • Captures Charles I • TRIAL

  29. TRIAL Parliament v Royalists Question: Should King Charles I be executed? • Your contentions and evidence??

  30. Charles I ‘s EndA first: public trial and execution of a monarch (Jan 30, 1649) “The season is so sharp as probably may make me shake, which some observers may imagine proceeds from fear.”

  31. Oliver Cromwell • 1649 – Commonwealth of England • After four years, in 1653, Cromwell dissolved Parliament and the Constitution • Took title of LORD PROTECTOR, A Dutch political cartoon

  32. The Commonwealth of England created good and bad laws • Toleration Act; all may practice their faith • Jews no longer banned • Schools and universities open to all • But, After Parliament was dismissed, strict Puritan laws were created by Cromwell • No Sunday recreation • Social restrictions: No dancing, no theater • Sometimes dismissed habeas corpus • Invaded Ireland - Catholics – Drogheda!

  33. Lord ProtectorRichard Cromwell • 1658 - 60 • Lacked charisma and support of people • Forced out • “Tumbledown Dick!”

  34. John Milton Paradise Lost • A Puritan epic poem • Why must man endure such suffering and pain?

  35. King Charles II and The Restoration(1660-1685) • Charles I family had fled to France • Reasonable ruler, sought to restore religious liberty • Upset Parliament - the Anglican Church • Makes a secret deal with French King, Louis XIV • Habeas Corpus Act passed by Parliament • Charles dies w/out an heir (childless) …uh oh!

  36. The Merry Monarch!

  37. James II (1685-1688) • Brother to Charles II, son of Charles I • Political parties form: Tories and Whigs • What excited people’s fears? • Converted to Catholic • But his oldest child is Mary, a Protestant lives in Holland • Then has another child • Appointed Catholics to high office • Puts an army outside London • James II then suspended Parliament • Whigs and Tories combined… • They invited Mary and William (Prince of Orange) to rule on one condition…that they do what???________________

  38. Trivia Jamestown is named for James I…. What American city was named for James II? Hint: Before he was King James II he was the Duke of_____. While Duke his forces seized this city from the Dutch. Because there was already a city with the same name in England this American city’s name begins with the word “New”.

  39. “GLORIOUS REVOLUTION”1688 • William & Mary - agreed to less power than earlier kings • Little bloodshed in England • Main bloodshed is in Ireland – • James II flees there • Defending James II, Irish soldiers overwhelmingly defeated • John Locke writes the English Bill of Rights. • Winners – Parliament and Protestantism • Losers - Monarchy, Catholicism, Irish and James II

  40. General John Churchill deserted James II and joined William • A Tory, he at first supported James. • James II insulted him • Offended, he switches sides • No fighting in England, but in Ireland, yes • His descendent was a prime minister of England _____________?

  41. English Bill of Rights 1688and American borrowings… • King can’t suspend the laws of Parliament • (see Declaration of Independence) • Parliament had to meet frequently • (US Constitution) • Elections should be free and fair • (US Constitution) • Debates in parliament should be subject to freedom of speech • (US Constitution) • No Taxes without approval of Parliament • (US Constitution) • No Standing Army without approval of Parliament • (See US Constitution) • No excessive Bail • (see US 8th Amendment)

  42. How did Hobbes’ and Locke’s Views Differ? • Where do we see each of their viewpoints in the world today?

  43. Thomas HobbesPolitical Writer and Philosopher • 1651 Wrote Leviathan • Devised “The Social Contract” theory • Leaders are given Power by the People • But leaders must ensure lives and order • People are NASTY, BRUTISH AND GREEDY • Conclusion: Leaders need to be incredibly Powerful • Hobbes saw people at their worst – • The Civil War was a bloody time Leviathan = Sea Monster All Powerful Monarch

  44. John Locke Political Writer and Philosophe • Optimistic about Man and Society • In his life he experienced the Glorious Revolution where few people died. • Society did not need an Absolute Monarch, • the best government is a limited Government. • Wrote Essays on Government (1690) • Agreed with Hobbes about the Social Contract, but • People have Natural Rights- Include Life and Liberty • Government must protect Life AND Liberty Property • Power of Government should be LIMITED • Revolution is justified if Government fails to properly Govern • Wrote the English Bill of Rights (also called the Declaration of Rights)

  45. Tower of London-Where the Kings and Queens lived Today, the crown jewels are kept there

  46. Are people naturally inclined to Good or Bad? • Locke versus Hobbes • Who deserved their punishment more: King Charles I or James II ?

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