US History timeline & concept chart: 10th-16th centuries pre-colonial Native Americans to early North American colonization (Spanish, French, Dutch): Difference between revisions
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* 1517 Protestant Reformation | * 1517 Protestant Reformation | ||
* 1527 Henry VIII separates from Catholic Church | * 1527 Henry VIII separates from Catholic Church | ||
* the Commonwealth | * 1642–1651 English Civil War | ||
* 1649-1653 Oliver Cromwell & the Commonwealth of England (Protestant rule) | |||
* 1649 Maryland Toleration Act (religious tolerance) | * 1649 Maryland Toleration Act (religious tolerance) | ||
* 1661 "English Restoration" of Charles II | * 1661 "English Restoration" of Charles II | ||
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** Williams named Rhode Island "Providence Plantation" and established religious tolerance | ** Williams named Rhode Island "Providence Plantation" and established religious tolerance | ||
* English Civil War, 1642–1651 = religious conflict that spills over to colonies | * English Civil War, 1642–1651 = religious conflict that spills over to colonies | ||
** Charles I executed in 1649 | |||
** the war continued until 1651 when Charles II was exiled | |||
** "Royalists" v. "Parliamentarians" | ** "Royalists" v. "Parliamentarians" | ||
* 1649-1653 Oliver Cromwell & the Commonwealth of England (Protestant rule) | |||
** the Commonwealth marked by political dissention | |||
** only Cromwell held it together, falling apart a year after his death in 1658 and his son's unsuccessful rule | |||
** "Restoration" of Charles II in 1660 | |||
* see also Thirty Years' War, 1618–1648 | * see also Thirty Years' War, 1618–1648 | ||
* American colonial anti-Catholicism drives colonial identity and serves as catalyst for American Revolution following British take-over of French-Canadian Catholic provinces in Canada | * American colonial anti-Catholicism drives colonial identity and serves as catalyst for American Revolution following British take-over of French-Canadian Catholic provinces in Canada | ||