James VI/I

To Read or Not to Read

100

This King James VI/I work was considered one of the first anti-smoking publications

A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco

200

Daemonolgy was concerned about this figure's influence on earth

Satan

300

Basilikion Doron was first addressed to this royal figure 

James VI/I's eldest son Henry

400

These two ideals filled much of James VI/I's A True Law of Free Monarchies

Absolutism and the Divine Right of Kings

500

This 'Scottish Play' was written under the reign of James VI/I in England

Macbeth

A Man Can Die But once

100

Combining both the flags of Scotland and England, this was the flag design approved for the Union of the Crowns

Union Jack

200

James ended this major conflict in 1604

Anglo-Spanish War

300

The King James Bible replaced these two Bible translations, becoming one of the major English Bible translations

The Bishops and Geneva Bibles

400

James VI/I granted plots of land in this region in the British Isles to his soldiers

Northern Ireland

500

This attempted religious legislation significantly frustrated the Kirk

Five Articles of Perth

I Dote on His Very Absence

100

James VI viewed the culture of this rugged region as a direct threat to his royal authority

The Scottish Highlands

200

James VI/I returned to Scotland this many times after being crowned the King of England

Once

300

The plotters of this event sought a Spanish invasion to restore this religion and strengthen James's claim to the English throne

The "Spanish Blanks" Affair

400

This 1582 event saw Protestant nobles kidnap the young king to free him from "evil" counselors

The Ruthven Raid and the "Black Acts"

500

This 1592 act gave Presbyterians their full court structure but let King James VI keep a key lever of royal control.

The "Golden Act"

Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears a Crown

100

The Gunpowder Plot was organized by members of this religious group, angry over the king's strict laws

Catholics

200

This man was caught guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder beneath Parliament on November 5th 1605

Guy Fawkes

300

This 1612 declaration claiming free speech rights in Parliament was ripped out of the record by James 1

The Protestation of 1621 

400

Nicknamed for its incompetence, this 1614 parliament passed no laws before being dissolved

The Addled Parliament

500

James 1 frequently argued with parliament over this major issue

Taxation

Double, Double Toil and Trouble

100

These individuals were nearly always women and prone mostly to minor personal acts against those they knew, seduced by either greed or need for revenge.

Witches

200

At the end of this century, James VI had ultimately lost his confidence in believing in the existence of witches, withdrawing his involvement in witch trials and ultimately upsetting the church and his English supporters

16th Century

300

This figure wrote a tragedy that included witches in order to please James VI, but failed to do so as the King no longer strongly believed in them

Shakespeare

400

While on route to Denmark in order to marry this princess, James VI was forced to turn around and return to Scotland following a heavy storm that he believed to have been the result of witchcraft.

Anne of Denmark

500

James VI hated witches so much, he was even personally involved in the prosecution of these witches in 1590-1591

North Berwick Witches