E.D.t.E.o.E.
Between the _____________ and the ________________ centuries, the growth of England fluctuated, sometimes losing land and sometimes gaining it. In _____________, the empire joined with Scotland under one crown in what history calls the _____________ ______________ ________________ _________________.
10th
16th
1707
Act of Union 1707
When he took the English throne, being king was nothing new to James; he had been the king of Scotland since the ripe old age of ____________ ______________ old, when his mother had been forced to abdicate the throne. James dreamed of uniting England and _______________.
one year
Scotland
Those who supported Charles were called ________________; the supporters of Parliament were called _______________, because of their short, cropped hair.
Cavaliers
Roundheads
________________ is a remote part of Panama -it is the most southern part of Central America and is connected to South America. Although beautiful in a wild, rugged, jungle-river-swamo way, ____________ is not traveler-friendly.
Darién
Darién
King James did not like the _____________ or the version of the ______________ that they used.
Puritans
Bible
The daughters of King Henry VIII, ______________ and _______________ ______________, were the ________________ of England.
Mary
Elizabeth Tudor
queens
The people of England and Scotland were not fond of each other, which thwarted James' plan for unity. It was not until much later (long after James' reign) in ________________-________________ that the separate Parliaments of Scotland and England agreed to join and become ________________ _________________.
1706-1707
Great Britain
The Roundheads controlled _______________ and the ____________ _____________, as well as holding the rights through the law to ______________ _______________ to fund their army.
London
English Navy
raise taxes
To finance the Company of Scotland's idea of creating a trading port in the New World, the people of Scotland emptied their pockets, raising what is approximately $___________________ in American money. Between July of _____________ and late _______________, hundreds of the approximately ______________ Scottish settlers died either on the voyage over or by sickness or starvation.
$83,410,220
1698
1699
2,500
The _______________ version, was similar to a study Bible, with notes and annotations in the margins outlining teachings. These notes were what _______________ ______________ did not like because they often seemed to challenge the authority of the king. ___________ ___________ also liked the traditional rituals and rites of ceremony used by the ______________ ____________ so much that it made him angry that the ________________ wanted freedom from them.
Geneva
King James
King James
Anglican Church
Puritans
Mary, known as __________________ for her cruelty to Protestants, did not leave an heir to the throne when she died after being queen for only _____________ years. After her sister's death, Elizabeth came to the throne, and for ____________ years was a popular queen, well-loved by most of her subjects, especially the Protestant ones.
"Bloody Mary"
5
45
King James' reign in England was marked by poor judgement, favortism, and bad decisions. It didn't help matters that James was sympathetic to the _______________ _______________ ambassador _______________ _______________ _____________ _______________, who seemed to have a strange power over the English king, which angered the many Protestant members of Parliament.
Catholic Spanish
Diego Sarmiento de Acuña
After several years of fighting, _____________ ______________, a member of Parliament, gathered a professional army and destroyed the king's forces in _______________. A death warrant, signed by _____________ high officials of the court, was issued for the arrogant king. In _____________, King Charles I was executed.
Oliver Cromwell
1645
59
1649
For that time period, the land was basically unihabitable with malaria-carrying mosquitos. Without the help of the English, who didn't want to anger the Spanish, the Scottish settlers really had no hope of survival. The failed expedition dashed all hope of Scotland's independence, brought their economy to a crash, and paved the way for the ____________ ____________ ____________ ___________ ______________.
Act of Union of 1707
King James wanted a version of the Bible that was free of all of the ______________ sentiment. ___________-___________ English Bible scholars were appointed to work on the script, and to make sure it was fair, the king made sure there were Anglicans of varying backgrounds and beliefs on the teams.
Puritan
Forty-seven
___________________, ________________ ______________ _____________, was the great-niece of Henry VIII, and she was also the mother of the _____________ ______________ who commissioned the version of the _________________ that is still widely used today.
Mary
Queen of Scots
King James
Bible
James wanted to align with __________________ _______________ in hopes of marrying his elder son to the Spanish princess, while Parliament wanted to fight against Spain on the side of _________________ _________________ in the ______________-_______________-___________.
Catholic Spain
German Protestants
Thirty-Years-War
After the execution, Sir ______________ ______________ became the ____________ _______________. For the first and only time in its history, England was not a monarchy. In a revolutionary time period, _______________ worked to reform laws and increase Britain's trade, raising the status of his country to that of a leading European power. _______________, an English soldier and statesman, was a _______________ who held his beliefs very deeply. Although he has been described as religiously tolerant by many historians, his tolerance did not reach to the _______________.
Oliver Cromwell
Lord Protector
Cromwell
Cromwell
Protestant
Catholics
Charles and his family fled from London to France, and Parliament declared his actions an ______________ of his _______________. William and his wife, Mary, jointly ruled and worked with Parliament to set up a new type of government. This transitional period, which happened between ______________ and ______________. is called the ______________ ______________. This ________________ permanently established Parliament as the ruling power of England. This shift of power did not remove the monarchy; instead, it gave Parliament much more power in relation to the ruler.
abdication
throne
1688-1689
Glorious Revolution
revolution
_____________ _____________ refers to the island that England is on and that it shares with Scotland and Wales.
Great Britain
When Elizabeth I of England died, she left no heir to the throne. ______________, the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, was the king of _________________. He was Elizabeth's distant cousin and heir to the throne of _______________, _______________, and _______________.
James
Scotland
Scotland
England
Ireland
Due to disputes with parliamentary members, Charles dissolved Parliament - not once, but twice. The stubborn king did not summon Parliament from _____________ - ______________, and for ____________ years, ruled on his own. In ______________, Charles was so desperate for funding to end a Scottish revolt, that he summoned another Parliament. In that same year, two Parliaments were summoned, with the first being dissolved after only five weeks. The second Parliament immediately passed an act saying that it could not be dissolved without its own consent.
1629-1640
11
1640
When Cromwell died in _____________, _____________ ______________ returned from exile to reinstate the monarchy in Britain. This King _____________ wsa a better ruler and had more trustworthy and knowledgeable advisors to help him work with all of the religious factions that had been bickering and fighting for so long. Many of his subjects welcomed a return to a mostly stable monarchy. This period of English history is known as the ________________ _________________. _______________ ______________ reigned until his death in ________________.
1658
Charles II
Charles
Restoration Period
Charles II
1685
In the Act of Union of 1707, both England and Scotland made demands and compromises, and although there was still mistrust on both sides, the two countries joined. The flag became a mixture of the two countries individual colors and designs. Scotland kept its independence as far as religious and legal system, but "_____________, ____________, ______________, ______________, _____________, and ____________ became one."
coinage
taxation
sovereignty
trade
parliament
flag
The _____________ ____________ is a reference to how the various countries were united togetehr under one throne. _____________, ____________, _______________, and ____________ ____________ are all part of the same nation, ruled by Parliament and the British monarch. However, they are all also unique countries in their own right with some degree of self-control.
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland