Chapter 15 The english Nation Flashcards

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conquered the celts about 50 years before the birth of Christ

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Julius Caesar

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the earliest knows inhabitants of the British isle

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Celts

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The Jutes, angles, and Saxons. pagans that worshiped many gods

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Anglo Saxons

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what was the greatest Saxon poem

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beowolf

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a missionary appointed by the pope. became the first Archbishop of Canterbury

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Augustine

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THE FIRST GREAT KING OF ENGLAND

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Alfred the great

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who ruled England, Denmark, and Norway as a great empire?

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Canute the Dane

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brought feudalism in England to full force, his victory at the battle of Hastings became known as the Norman conquest

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William the conqueror

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the battle in 1066 when William defeated Harold and his army?

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Battle of Hastings

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9
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the modern day census

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doomsday book

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10
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line of kings

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Plantagenet

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a descendant of William the conqueror, became king and began the Plantagenet. common law and trial by jury

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Henry II

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laws common to all English men

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common laws

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the English king known for his love of the crusades

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Richard the lion hearted

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14
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the most hated king of English history

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King John

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15
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the ancient rights and privileges of the people clearly defined

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Magna Carta

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restrains rulers from violating their freedoms

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Constitutional government

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called what is remembered as the first meeting of parliament

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Simon de Montfort

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Began model parliament in 1294, this established a representative government in England

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the peasant girl who claimed to hear “heavenly voices”

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house of Yorks vs the house of lancasters

lancasters won

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1485-1603

who was the first Tudor ruler?

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who was the first Tudor king of England

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the absolute, unlimited rule of the Tudor monarchs

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Tudor absolutism

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who was the daughter of king Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain?
Catherine of Aragon
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24 year old who Henry wanted to marry
Anne Boleyn
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9 years old when he came to throne
EDWARD VI
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"Bloody Mary" | resolved to return the English nation to the roman church
Mary I
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Henry VIII's daughter, nicknamed "good queen bess"
Elizabeth I
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opened violently with the execution of preachers
Scottish reformation
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who was the leader of the Scottish reformation
John Knox
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who built the English ships
John Hawkins
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who attacked and raided Spain's ships
Sir Francis drake
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who defeated the Spanish Armada
England
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when William Shakespeare wrote his plays during Elizabeth's reign
Elizabethan age
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what group of people wanted to purify the Church of England
Puritans
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wanted each local church to be independent
separatists
37
when was the King James Version of the bible made?
1611
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reaffirmed the liberties and rights which Englishmen had won in the past
Petition of Right
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those who were against the king
Roundheads
40
those who were for the King
Cavaliers
41
built a reputation as a military genius. leader of parliament
Oliver Cromwell
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military dictatorship from Cromwell
commonwealth
43
agreed to obtain toleration for English Catholics and to join the roman church himself
Treaty of Dover
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group who opposed Charles II
Whigs