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Stuart Britain |
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| The Stuarts had ruled  Scotland since 1371, but James VI of Scotland was the first Stuart king of  England. |
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| 1603 |
James VI of Scotland becomes
James I of England uniting the two kingdoms |
| 1605 |
Guy Fawkes is thwarted when he tries to blow up Parliament.
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| 1606 | The Union Flag adopted as the National Flag
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| 1620 |
The Pilgrim Fathers set sail for New England from Plymouth, aboard the 'Mayflower' |
| 1624-30 | War with  Spain |
| 1626-9 | War with  France |
| 1629 | Parliament dissolved by King Charles |
| 1642 - 1651 | Civil War |
| 1649 | King Charles executed |
| 1649-1650 | Cromwell's conquest of  Ireland |
| 1650 - 1652 | Cromwell's conquest of Scotland |
| 1652 | Tea arrives in  Britain |
| 1653 | Cromwell proclaimed Lord Protector |
| 1660 | Restoration of the Monarchy under King Charles II |
| 1664-1665 | The Great Plague breaks out and up 100,000 people die in London |
| 1666 | Great Fire of London |
| 1690 |
The English &  Dutch
defeat the Irish & French at the Battle of the Boyne |
| 1692 | William III massacres the Jacobites at Glencoe |
| 1707 |
Act of Union between Scotland
and England. The Scottish parliament was dissolved and England and
Scotland became one country. |
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