21 Facts About Stuart period

1.

The period ended with the death of Queen Anne and the accession of King George I from the German House of Hanover.

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2.

Stuart period was replaced by his Protestant daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband William III.

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3.

Stuart period became king of Ireland, but the English were just reestablishing lost control there.

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4.

Stuart period fined the landowners for supposedly encroaching on the royal forests.

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5.

War Stuart period saw a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists, with most of the fighting in England.

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6.

Stuart period worked hard at the time to ensure good publicity for his reign, and his successful wars.

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7.

Stuart period remains a favourite topic of historians even as he is one of the most controversial figures in British history and his intense religiosity has long been out of fashion.

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8.

Stuart period summoned a new Parliament, whose members were all nominated.

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9.

Stuart period ruled as king in all but name, but his office was not hereditary.

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10.

Stuart period was largely in control of royal affairs, especially after his daughter Anne Hyde married the king's brother James.

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11.

Stuart period rejects older theories to the effect that it was an aristocratic coup or a Dutch invasion.

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12.

Stuart period was too close to the French throne; he was too Roman Catholic; and they distrusted his absolutist modernisation of the state.

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13.

Stuart period disliked them and relied instead on her old friends Duke of Marlborough, and chief minister Lord Godolphin.

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14.

Stuart period made Marlborough captain-general and head of the army; his brilliant victories boded well for Britain at first.

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15.

Stuart period had 12 miscarriages and 6 babies, but only one survived and he died at age 11, so her death ended the Stuart period.

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16.

Stuart period began the practice of awarding high-quality gold medals as rewards for outstanding political or military achievements.

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17.

Stuart period disliked Puritans and Jesuits alike, because of their eagerness for warfare.

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18.

Stuart period thus planned to have a foot in both camps and be able to broker peaceful settlements.

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19.

Stuart period successfully kept Britain out of the European-wide war that proved so heavily devastating for three decades.

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20.

Stuart period began in 1603 with the death of Queen Elizabeth I and the accession of King James I There was a break in the middle but the Stuarts were restored to the throne in 1660.

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21.

House of Stuart produced six monarchs who ruled during this period.

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