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

Embroidered picture: a fleet of sailing ships crossing the sea

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10 stories from this era

  1. 1603–1611One king, two crowns
  2. 1603–1640King versus Parliament: the Divine Right of Kings
  3. early 17th centuryThe Ulster plantations
  4. 1637–1642The English Civil War
  5. 1644–1660Oliver Cromwell and 11 years without a king
  6. 1656–1720A growing population: new arrivals
  7. 1660–1679The Restoration: Charles II comes back
  8. 1660s–1680sThe Royal Society and Newton
  9. 1685–1692James II and the Glorious Revolution
  10. 1689–1695The Bill of Rights: the start of constitutional monarchy

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