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 years war with France with battles won by both sides.&nbsp; War of the Roses 1458-1487 between the Duke of Lancaster and the Duke of York.&nbsp; The Duke of Lancaster won the war by killing the Duke of York.&nbsp;
 '''1484 Parliament declared all men to be freeman!''' The serfs and common people of England were now free to own land, to come and go, leave at will, but still had to pay taxes and obey the laws of the land.&nbsp; Prior to this time the records were in Latin.&nbsp; English was established as the spoken and written language.&nbsp; Rules of writing and speaking followed as English evolved.&nbsp; The Catholic Church retained their services in Latin.
-'''1538 King Henry VIII orders parishes to begin keeping vital records within their parishes.&nbsp; '''Not all the churches started keeping christenings, marriage, and burial records.
+'''1538 King Henry VIII ordered parishes to begin keeping vital records within their parishes.&nbsp; '''Not all the churches started keeping christenings, marriage, and burial records.
-'''1542 Thomas Cromwell '''established the Church of England as the state religion by overthrowing the Catholic Church.&nbsp; King Henry VIII had killed any one who opposed him including the Earl of Montgomery and&nbsp;the Abbott of Glastonbury.&nbsp; The king had destroyed all the statues of saints, did away with priories, nunneries, monks, nuns, established divorce and created his new church&nbsp;called the Church of England.&nbsp; King Henry had his wives killed who bore him daughters and Thomas Cromwell for finding him a wife who bore a girl.&nbsp; King Henry's only son Henry died at the age of 18 leaving Mary(Catholic) and Elizabeth(Church of England) to fight over the throne.
+'''1542 Thomas Cromwell '''established the Church of England as the state religion by overthrowing the Catholic Church.&nbsp; King Henry VIII had killed any one who opposed him including the Earl of Montgomery and&nbsp;the Abbott of Glastonbury.&nbsp; The king had destroyed all the statues of saints, did away with priories, nunneries, monks, nuns, established divorce and created his new church&nbsp;called the Church of England.&nbsp; King Henry had his wives killed who bore him daughters and Thomas Cromwell beheaded for finding him a wife who bore a girl.&nbsp; King Henry's only son Henry died at the age of 18 leaving Mary(Catholic) and Elizabeth(Church of England) to fight over the throne.&nbsp; After years of fighting, Elizabeth became the Queen of England.&nbsp; Mary fled to Scotland where she was known as Mary Queen of Scots.&nbsp; She had a son&nbsp;James before being killed.&nbsp;&nbsp;James became King of England and Scotland in 1603.
+Puritan Movement:&nbsp; The Puritain Relgions flurished and thir leaders established Emanuel College in 1584 at Cambridge University.&nbsp; Emanuel college taught the Protestant doctrine and men to be ministers like Benjamin Childe.
+-89 War with Spain.&nbsp; England defeated Spains naval "Armada" making England the ruling power of the world.
+King James had the bibical scholars of the world translate the manuscripts of the Greek Bible into the King James Version of the Bible.
+!641 Oliver Cromwell invaded Ireland and put down the Irish rebellion and re-established the Scottish and English rule in Ireland.
+King Charles I had religious protestant demonstrators killed in Leicestershire.&nbsp; Parliament declared treason on Charles I for having religious demostrators killed.&nbsp; King Charles financial policies and religious policies causethe country to be divided.&nbsp;
+- 1651 England's Civil War. &nbsp; The English Civil War became a religious war between the Protestants and the Church of England.&nbsp; The&nbsp;Protestants won the war destroying most of the Castles in England that were used as strongholds by King Charles' army.&nbsp; Charles fled to Scotland but was returned to England where he was tried and beheaded for treason.&nbsp; Oliver Cromwell became&nbsp;the Lord Protector&nbsp;of England&nbsp;from 1651-1660.&nbsp; Oliver's son Richard became Lord Protector, but was overthrown by the House of the Lords.&nbsp; The Lords placed&nbsp;Charles&nbsp;II on the throne of England.&nbsp;
+Charles II 1661.&nbsp; King Charles II persecuted the Protestants by arresting them and sentencing them to prison on trumped up charges.&nbsp; To avoid being arrested, over twenty thousand Protestants fled England for for the colonies and Canada.&nbsp; After filling the prisons, the prisoners were transported to to Canada, the Colonies, Islands, Africa, and Australia.
+Charles II declared to be Catholic, found guilty, and ablacated the throne.
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