THE STUART PERIOD - JAMES I

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THE STUART PERIOD

JAMES I

- Elisabeth died , James VI of Schotland, son of Mary Stuart, became king of England (James I)

- relations between the C 838d35i rown and the Parliament deteriorated

- James beleived that he had the divine power to be king

- he changed tax rules without consulting parliament

- he decided to support the anglican church so a ggroup of catholics planed to blow up, the king and the parliament during the official opening of government

- the group of terrorist was headed by Guy Fawkes and was called THE GOUPOWDER PLOT

THE MAYFLOWER

- the anticatholic lords became very severe

- in 1620, a group of catholics escaped persecutions in England

- they sailed the north America on a ship called the Mayflower, they established the first free colony in north America

- these people were called the pilgrim fathers