1600 – 1700: The Stuarts, civil war and the Glorious Revolution

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10 stories from this era

1. 1603–1611One king, two crownsabout 3 min2 questions
2. 1603–1640King versus Parliament: the Divine Right of Kingsabout 2 min1 question
3. early 17th centuryThe Ulster plantationsabout 2 min1 question
4. 1637–1642The English Civil Warabout 3 min1 question
5. 1644–1660Oliver Cromwell and 11 years without a kingabout 4 min4 questions
6. 1656–1720A growing population: new arrivalsabout 2 min1 question
7. 1660–1679The Restoration: Charles II comes backabout 4 min2 questions
8. 1660s–1680sThe Royal Society and Newtonabout 2 min1 question
9. 1685–1692James II and the Glorious Revolutionabout 4 min2 questions
10. 1689–1695The Bill of Rights: the start of constitutional monarchyabout 3 min1 question

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