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Restoration

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Stuart Line of Monarchs: Backdrop to colonization of North America

James I (r. 1603-1625)

Settlement of Jamestown (1607)

Puritans flee to the Netherlands (1608)

Charles I (r. 1625-1642)

James I is succeeded by his son Charles I in 1625. Charles hated Puritans even more than his father. Accordingly,

Puritans began to lose hope of reforming the Anglican Church; in fact, many of them fled for their lives.

Nearly 50,000 Puritans will leave England between 1620 and 1640

English Civil War -1642-1651

A series of armed conflicts and political problems between that pitted the supporters of King Charles I against the supporters of the Long Parliament.
The English Civil War led to the trial and execution of Charles I, the exile of his son, Charles II.

INTERREGNUM
Oliver Cromwell - 1649-1658