Name Drop: Great Britain Flashcards
(38 cards)
Claimed French Throne: Sparked 100 years War
Edward II
Early part 100 years War
Edward III
Agincourt: Beloved English King
Henry V
Last York King: Hated: Believed to manipulative and evil
Richard III
Helped Unify England
Edward I
Defeated Richard III, Created Court of Star Chamber: First Tudor
Henry VII
Created Church of England: 6 wives
Henry VIII
Wives of King Henry VII
Catherine of Aragon: Divorced Anne Boleyn: Beheaded Jane Seymour: Died Anne of Cleves: Divorced Catherine Howard: Beheaded Catherine Parr: Survived
Nine Day Queen
Lady Jane Grey
Bloody Catholic, Married to Phillip II of Spain
Mary I
Younger Brother of Elizabeth and Mary Tudor
Edward VI
Powerful Queen of England: Last Tudor
Elizabeth I
Executed by her cousin Elizabeth, Catholic: Babington plot
Mary Queen of Scotts
First Stuart: Divided church, alienated parliament, pro-catholic, divine right
James I
Arrogant King: Defeated and executed in the English Civil War
Charles I
Puritain Military Dictator, won English Civil War
Oliver Cromwell
Merry Monarch, 12 illegitimate children
Charles II
Catholic Sympathizer, people got angry: fled during Glorious Revolution
James II
Glorious Revolution put in place puppet monarchs
William and Mary
First Prime Minister: Whig Party and Parliament
Sir Walpole
Prime Minister: 7 Years War:
William Pitt the Elder
Supported American Revolution, British political radical
John Wilkes
Invented Tory Party, Led England against Napoleon, Raised Taxes and crushed radicals
William Pitt the Younger
Irish political theorist, condemned French Rev
Edmund Burke