Jump to content

US History timeline & concept chart: 10th-16th centuries pre-colonial Native Americans to early North American colonization (Spanish, French, Dutch): Difference between revisions

Line 296: Line 296:
|- style="vertical-align:top;"  
|- style="vertical-align:top;"  
|
|
* 1517 Protestant Reformation<br><br>
* 1517 Protestant Reformation<br>
* 1527 Henry VIII separates from Catholic Church<br><br>
* 1527 Henry VIII separates from Catholic Church<br>
* 1642–1651 English Civil War<br><br>
* 1642–1651 English Civil War<br>
* 1649-1653 Oliver Cromwell & the Commonwealth of England (Protestant rule)<br><br>
* 1649-1653 Oliver Cromwell & the Commonwealth of England (Protestant rule)<br>
* 1649 Maryland Toleration Act (religious tolerance)<br><br>
* 1649 Maryland Toleration Act (religious tolerance)<br>
* 1661 "English Restoration" of Charles II
* 1661 "English Restoration" of Charles II
* 1688-1689: Glorious Revolution (Catholic James II deposed & replaced by Protestant rulers William & Mary)
* 1688-1689 Tolerance Act of 1688 & English Bill of Rights of 1689
||
||
=== Martin Luther & Protestant Reformation ===
=== Martin Luther & Protestant Reformation ===
=== Pilgrims, Puritans & Massachusetts colonies ===
=== English Civil War ===
=== Religious conflict & persecution as push factor on migration to colonial America ===
=== Religious conflict & persecution as push factor on migration to colonial America ===
=== Rhode Island & religious freedom ===
=== Rhode Island & religious freedom ===
=== Quakers ===  
 
=== Quakers & Pennsylvania ===
 
 


||
||
Line 322: Line 335:
** only Cromwell held it together, falling apart a year after his death in 1658 and his son's unsuccessful rule
** 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
** "Restoration" of Charles II in 1660
* 1688-1689 "Glorious Revolution
** James II (followed Charles II) deposed after imposing authoritarian rule
*** James II was Catholic
** William of Orange invades and takes crown as co-regent with Mary II (daughter of James II; she was an Anglican not a Catholic)
** Tolerance Act of 1688: religious rights to non-conformist protestants
** English Bill of Rights of 1689: clarified royal succession & protected certain rights of citizens
* 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