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Nov 13, 2018 · The return of Parliament. Charles’s Scottish subjects rebelled against him because of his religious reforms. That was the beginning of, per capita, the bloodiest war in the history of the British Isles. The Scots had allies in England, members of the nobility like Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick, who was the greatest privateering peer of his day ...
Nov 14, 2023 · Charles and Camilla’s primary residence is Clarence House in London, where they have resided since their 2005 wedding. The king spent most of his early years living in the royal residence, which ...
Sep 12, 2015 · They limited the resources sent to America. The Spanish royal court viewed American colonies as sources of wealth to finance more-important European adventures. King Charles I of Spain was also Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and both he and his son Phillip II spent much of Spain's resources trying to dominate portions of Europe
Fernão de Magalhães, d. 1521 (Ferdinand Magellan) Expedition (1519–1522): Five ships (Trinidad, San Antonio, Concepción, Victoria, Santiago), 237 men. Charge (by King Charles I of Spain): To reach the Spice Islands via South America and to gain exclusive European rights to spices. Accomplishments: First circumnavigation of the world ...
Charles now made a final attempt to repeat the tactics that had worked in 1629. Early in 1642 he ordered the arrest of five of his leading opponents in the House of Commons, including Hampden of the ship money case. The five took refuge in the privileged political sanctuary of the City of London, where the king could not reach them.
The Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) between Spain and Portugal, dividing the non-European world between them, gave the Portuguese a legal claim to a large part of the area to be called Brazil. The Portuguese came upon the Brazilian coast in 1500 on the way to India and would doubtless have acted much as they did with or without the treaty.
James I, Charles I, and the English Civil War. James I. Click the card to flip 👆. Son of Mary, Queen of Scots, Catholic but religiously tolerant, ostracized Puritans, causing many to flee to America. Click the card to flip 👆. 1 / 14.
