Leading Facts

The Leading Facts of English History

Name: The Leading Facts of English History
Author: Montgomery, D. H. (David Henry), 1837-1928

作者：Montgomery, D. H. (David Henry), 1837-1928
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The Leading Facts of History Series
The Leading Facts of English History
Revised Edition
Preface
David H. Montgomery
Contents
Suggestions to Teachers
Leading Dates
THE LEADING FACTS OF ENGLISH HISTORY
FIRST PERIOD[1]
BRITAIN BEFORE WRITTEN HISTORY BEGAN
1. The Earliest Inhabitants of England.
2. The Britons
3. The Religion of the Britons; the Druids.
4. What we owe to Prehistoric Man.
SECOND PERIOD[1]
THE GEOGRAPHY OF ENGLAND IN RELATION TO ITS HISTORY[2]
5. Geographical Names given by the Britons and the Romans
6. Saxon and Danish Names.
7. Norman Names.
8. Climate.
9. Industrial Division of England.
10. Eastern and Western Britain compared.
11. Influence of the Island Form on the Roman Invasion
12. Influence of the Island Form on the Saxon Invasion.
13. Influence of the Island Form on the Danes and Normans.
14. Influence of the Channel in Later History.
15. England as a Commercial Center.
THIRD PERIOD[1]
ROMAN BRITAIN, 55 B.C.; 43-410 A.D.
A CIVILIZATION WHICH DID NOT CIVILIZE
16. Europe shortly before Caesar's Invasion of Britain.
17. Caesar's Campaigns.
18. Caesar reaches Boulogne and crosses over to Britain, 55 B.C.
19. Caesar's Second Invasion of Britain.
20. The Third Invasion of Britain by the Romans, 43 A.D.
21. The Romans plant a Colony in Britain, Llyn-din.
22. Expedition against the Druids.
23. Revolt of Boadicea (61).
24. Christianity introduced into Britain.
26. Agricola builds a Line of Forts (7 [END OF LINE MISSING]
27. Roman Cities; London; York.
28. Roman System of Government; Roads.
29. Roman Forts and Walls Defenses against Saxon Pirates.
30. Wherein Roman Civilization fell Short.
31. The Mass of the Native Population Slaves; Roman Villas.
32. Roman Taxation and Cruelty.
33. The Romans compelled to abandon Britain, 410.
34. Remains of Roman Civilization.
FOURTH PERIOD[1]
THE BATTLES OF THE TRIBES--BRITAIN BECOMES ENGLAND
36. The Britons beg for Help; Coming of the Jutes, 449 (?).
37. The Saxons and Angles conquer Britain.
38. Resistance made by the Britons; King Arthur.
39. The Saxons or English force the Britons to retreat.
40. Gregory and the English Slaves.
41. Coming of Saint Augustine, 597.
41. Augustine converts the King of Kent and his People (597).
43. Augustine builds the First Monastery.
44. Conversion of the North.
45. Christianity organized; Labors of the Monks.
46. Literary Work of the Monks.
47. Influence of Christianity on Society.
48. Political Influence of Christianity, 664.
50. How Britain got the Name of England.
51. Alfred the Great.
52. Danish Invasion.
53. The Danes or Northmen destroy the Monasteries.
54. Alfred's Victories over the Danes: the White Horse.
55. The Danes compel Alfred to retreat.
56. Alfred's Great Victory; Treaty of Wedmore, 878.
57. Alfred's Laws; his Translations.
58. Alfred's Navy.
59. Estimate of Alfred's Reign.
60. St. Dunstan's Three Great Reforms (960-988).
61. New Invasions; Danegeld (992).
62. The Northmen invade France.
63. Sweyn conquers England; Canute[1] (1017-1035).
64. Canute's Plan; the Four Earldoms.
66. Edward the Confessor builds Westminster Abbey.
67. Harold becomes King (1066).
68. Duke William prepares to invade England (1066).
69. The Expedition Sails (1066).
70. William lands at Pevensey.
71. King Harold in the North.
72. What Duke William did after Landing.
73. Harold marches to meet William.
74. The Great Battle of Hastings, 1066.
75. Battle Abbey; Harold's Grave; the Beyeu^x Tapestry.
77. Fresh Elements contributed by the Danes or Northmen.
78. Summary: What the Anglo-Saxons accomplished.
I. Government
79. Beginning of the English Monarchy.
80. The King and the Witan.
81. What the Witan could do.
82. What the King and Witan could do.
83. Land Tenure before the Conquest.
84. Folkland.
85. Duties of Freemen.
87. Advantages of Feudalism.
88. Political Divisions; the Sheriff.
89. The Courts.
90. Methods of Procedure; Compurgation.
91. The Ordeal.
92. The Common Law.
93. Penalties.
II. Religion
94. The Ancient Saxon Faith.
95. What Christianity did.
III. Military Affairs
96. The Army.
97. The Navy.
IV. Literature, Learning, and Art
98. Runes.
EK HLEWAGASTIR - HOLTINGAR - HORNA - TAWIDO
I, Hlewagastir, son of Holta, made the horn
99. The First Books.
100. Art.
101. Architecture.
V. General Industry and Commerce
102. Farms; Slave Trade.
VI. Mode of Life, Manners, and Customs
103. The Town.
104. The Hall.
105. Life in the Hall.
106. Guilds.
FIFTH PERIOD[1]
THE NORMAN CONQUEST
THE KING AGAINST THE BARONS
Building the Norman Superstructure -- The Age of Feudalism
Norman Sovereigns
107. William marches on London; he grants a Charter to the City.
108. The Coronation; William returns to Normandy.
109. William quells Rebellion in the North (1068).
110. Hereward (1091).
111. Necessity of William's Severity.
112. William builds the Tower of London.
113. William confiscates the Land; Classes of Society.
114. How William distributed his Gifts.
115. The Three Counties Palatine.
117. State of Europe; Gregory's Scheme of Reform.
118. The Pope and the Conqueror, 1076.
119. William a Stern but Just Ruler; the Jews; the New Forest.
120. The Great Survey; Domesday Book, 1086.
121. The Great Meeting; the Oath of Allegiance to William, 1086.
122. The Oath of Allegiance.
123. What William had done.
124. William's Death (1087).
125. His Burial (1087).
126. Summary (1066-1087).
William Rufus[3]--1087-1100
127. William the Conqueror's Bequest (1087).
128. Condition of England.
129. Character of William Rufus.
130. His Struggle with the Barons.
131. William's Method of raising Money; he defrauds the Church.
132. The King makes Anselm Archbishop (1093).
133. William's Merit; his Death.
134. Summary.
Henry I--1100-1135
135. Henry's Charter of Liberties.
136. The Appointment of Bishops settled.
137. Henry's Quarrel with Robert; the "Lion of Justice."
138. Summary.
Stephen--1135-1154
139. The Rival Candidates.
140. The Battle of the Standard (1135).
141. Civil War (1138-1153).
142. Summary.
GENERAL REFERENCE SUMMARY OF THE NORMAN PERIOD (1066-1154)
I. Goverment
143. The King.
144. The Great Council.
145. The Private or King's Council.
146. Tallies.
147. The Curia Regis,[2] or the King's Court of Justice.
148. Trial by Battle.
149. Divisions of Society.
II. Religion
151. The Church.
III. Military Affairs.
152. The Army.
153. Knighthood.[1]
IV. Literature, Learning, and Art
154. Education; Use of Seals or Stamps.
155. Historical Works; the Bayeux Tapestry.
156. Architecture.
V. General Industry and Commerce
157. Trade.
VI. Mode of Life, Manners, and Customs.
158. Dress.
SIXTH PERIOD[1]
THE ANGEVINS, OR PLANTAGENETS, 1154-1399
THE BARONS VERSUS THE CROWN
159. Accession and Dominions of Henry II.
160. Henry II's Charter and Reforms.
161. War with France; Scutage (1160).
162. Thomas Becket.
163. Becket's First Quarrel with the King.
164. The Second Quarrel.
165. The Constitutions of Clarendon, 1164.
166. The King enforces the New Laws; Becket leaves the Country.
167. Banishment versus Excommunication (1164).
168. Prince Henry crowned; Reconciliation (1170).
169. Reneral of the Quarrel; Murder of Becket (1170).
170. Results of the Murder.
171. The King makes his Will; Civil War.
172. The King's Penance (1173).
173. End of the Struggle of the Barons against the Crown.
174. The King again begins his Reforms (1176).
175. Grand Juries.
176. Origin of the Modern Trial by Jury, 1350.
177. The King's Last Days.
178. Summary.
Richard I (Coeur de Lion)[1]--1189-1199
179. Accession and Character of Richard I.
180. Condition of Society.
181. Richard's Coronation.
182. The Crusades (1190); how Richard raised Money.
183. The Rise of the Free Towns.
184. Failure of the Third Crusade.
185. Richard taken Prisoner; his Ransom (1194).
186. Purpose of the Crusades.
187. The Results of the Crusades: Educational, Social, Political.
188. Summary.
John--1199-1216
189. John Lackland; the King's Quarrels.
190. Murder of Prince Arthur.
191. John's Loss of Normandy (1204).
192. Good Results of the Loss of Normandy.
193. The King's Despotism.
194. Quarrel of the King with the Church (1208).
195. The Great Charter.
196. Preliminary Meeting at St. Albans (1213).
197. Battle of Bouvines; Second Meeting of the Barons (1214).
198. The King grants the Charter, 1215.
200. John's Efforts to break the Charter (1215).
201. The Barons invite Louis of France to aid them (1215).
202. King John's Death (1216).
203. Summary.
Henry III--1216-1272
204. Accession and Character.
205. Reissue of the Great Charter.
206. Henry's Extravagance.
207. His Church Building.
208. Religious Reformation; the Friars, 1221; Roger Bacon.
209. The "Mad Parliament"; the Provisions of Oxford (1258).
210. Renewal of the Great Charter (1253).
211. Growing Feeling of Discontent.
212. Civil War; Battle of Lewes (1264).
213. De Montfort's Parliament; the House of Commons, 1265.
214. Earl Simon's Death (1265).
215. Summary.
Edward I--1272-1307
216. Edward I and the Crusades.
217. Edward's First "Complete or Model Parliament," 1295.
218. Conquest of Wales, 1282; Birth of the First Prince of Wales.
219. Conquest of Scotland (1290-1296); the Stone of Scone.
220. Confirmation of the Charters, 1297.
221. Revolt and Death of Wallace (1303).
222. Expulsion of the Jews, 1290.
223. Death of Queen Eleanor.
224. Edward's Reforms; Statute of Winchester (1285).
225. Land Legislation, 1285, 1290.
226. Legislation respecting the Church; Statute of Mortmain, 1279.
227. Death of Edward I.
228. Summary.
Edward II--1307-1327
229. Accession and Character.
230. Piers Gaveston; the Lords Ordainers; Articles of Reform.
231. Scotland regains its Independence; Bannockburn, 1314.
232. The New Favorites; the King made Prisoner (1314-1326).
233. Deposition and Murder of the King (1327).
234. Summary.
Edward III--1327-1377
235. Edward's Accession; Execution of Mortimer.
236. The Rise of English Commerce; Wool Manufacture, 1336.
237. The Beginning of the Hundred Years' War, 1338.
238. Battle of Cr'ecy; the "Black Prince," 1346.
239. Use of Cannon, 1346; Chivalry.
240. Edward III takes Calais, 1347.
241. Victory of Poitiers (1356).
242. Peace of Bre'tigny, 1360.
243. Effects of the French Wars in England.
244. The Black Death, or Plague, 1349.
245. Effect of the Plague on Labor, 1349.
246. Beginning of English Literature, 1369-1377.
247. The "Good Parliament" (1376); Edward's Death.
248. Summary.
Richard II--1377-1399
249. England at Richard's Accession.
250. The New Tax; the Tyler and Ball Insurrection (1381).
251. The Great Uprising of the Laboring Class, 1381.
252. Demans of the Rebels; End of the Rebellion.
253. The New Movement in Literature, 1390 (?).
254. Wycliffe; the First Complete English Bible, 1378.
255. The Lollards; Wycliffe's Remains burned.
256. Richard's Misgovernment; the "Merciless Parliament."
257. Richard deposed and murdered. (1399).
258. Summary.
I. Government
259. Judicial Reforms.
260. Town Charters.
261. Magna Carta, or the Great National Charter.
262. Rise of the House of Commons.
263. New Class of Barons.
264. Land Laws.
II. Religion
265. Restriction of Papal Power.
266. Reform.
III. Military Affairs
267. Scutage.
268. Armor; Heraldry.
269. Chivalry; Tournaments.
270. The Use of the Long Bow; Introduction of Cannon; Wars.
IV. Literature, Learning, and Art
271. Education.
272. Literature.
273. Architecture.
V. General Industry and Commerce
274. Fairs; Guilds.
275. The Wool Trade.
276. The Great Strike.
VI. Mode of Life, Manners, and Customs
277. Dress; Furniture.
278. The Streets; Amusements; Profanity.
SEVENTH PERIOD[1]
The Self-Destruction of Feudalism
Baron against Baron
The Houses of Lancaster and York (1399-1485)
279. Henry IV's Accession.
280. Conspiracy in favor of Richard.
281. Rovolt of the Percies; Bold Step of the House of Commons, 1407.
282. Battle of Shrewsbury (1403).
284. Henry's Last Days.
285. Summary.
Henry V--1413-1422
286. Lollard Outbreak at Henry's Accession.
287. Report that Richard II was alive.
288. War with France (1415).
289. The Great Battle of Agincourt, 1415.
290. Treaty of Troyes, 1420; Henry's Death.
291. Summary.
Henry VI (House of Lancaster, Red Rose)--1422-1461
292. Accession of Henry; Renewal of the French War.
293. Siege of Orleans.
294. Joan of Arc, 1429-1431.
295. Henry VI's Character and Marriage.
296. Poverty of the Crown and Wealth of the Nobles.
297. Disfranchisement of the Common People, 1430.
298. Cade's Rebellion (1450).
299. Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485.
300. The Scene in the Temple Garden.
301. The Real Object of the Wars of the Roses.
302. The First Battles (1455-1460).
303. Battles of Wakefield and Towton (1460-1461).
304. Summary.
Edward IV (House of York, White Rose)--1461-1483
306. The Introduction of Printing, 1477.
307. King Edward's Character.
308. Summary.
Edward V (House of York, White Rose)--1483
309. Gloucester appointed Protector.
310. Murder of Lord Hastings and the Two Princes.
311. Summary.
Richard III (House of York, White Rose)--1483-1485
312. Richard's Accession; he promises Financial Reform.
313. Richard III's Character.
314. Revolts; Buckingham; Henry Tudor.
315. Battle of Bosworth Field, 1485.
316. End of the Wars of the Roses (1485); their Effects.
317. Summary.
I. Government
318. Parliament and the Royal Succession.
319. Disfranchisement of Electors; Benevolences.
II. Religion
320. Suppression of Heresy.
III. Military Affairs
321. Armor and Arms.
IV. Literature, Learning, and Art
322. Introduction of Printing; Books.
323. Education.
324. Architecture.
V. General Industry and Commerce
325. Agriculture and Trade.
VI. Mode of Life, Manners, and Customs
326. Dress.
EIGHTH PERIOD[1]
House of Tudor (1485-1603)
327. Union of the Houses of Lancaster and York.
Origin of the House of Tudor
328. Condition of the Country; Power of the Crown.
329. Growth of a Stronger Feeling of Nationality.
330. Henry's Methods of raising Money; the Court of Star Chamber.
331. The Introduction of Artillery strengthens the Power of the King.
332. The Pretenders Symnel and Warbeck.
333. Henry's Politic Marriages.
334. The World as known at Henry's Accession (1485).
335. First Voyages of Exploration; the Cabots, 1497.
336. Henry VII's Reign the Beginning of a New Epoch.
337. Summary.
Henry VIII--1509-1547
338. Henry's Advantages.
339. The New Learning; Colet, Erasmus, More.
340. Henry against Luther.
341. Victory of Flodden (1513); "Field of the Cloth of Gold" (1520).
342. Henry's Marriage with his Brother's Widow.
343. The King's Anxiety for a Successor; Anne Boleyn.
344. Wolsey favors the Divorce from Catharine.
345. The Court at Blackfriars (1529).
346. Fall of Wolsey (1529).
347. Appeal to the Universities.
348. The Clergy declare Henry Head of the Church, 1531.
349. Henry marries Anne Boleyn; Act of Supremacy, 1534.
350. Subserviency of Parliament.
351. Execution of More and Fisher (1535).
353. Effects of the Destruction of Monasteries.
354. Distress among the Laboring Classes.
355. Execution of Anne Boleyn; Marriage with Jane Seymour (1536).
356. More Marriages (1540).
357. Henry's Action respecting Religion.
358. Henry versus Treason.
359. Henry's Death.
360. Summary.
Edward VI--1547-1553
362. Edward establishes Protestantism, 1549.
363. King Edward and Mary Stuart.
364. Renewed Confiscation of Church Property; Schools founded.
365. Edward's London Charities; Christ's Hospital.
366. Effect of Catholicism versus Protestantism.
367. Summary.
Mary--1553-1558
368. Lady Jane Grey claims the Crown.
369. Question of Mary's Marriage; Wyatt's Rebellion (1554).
371. Devices for reading the Bible.
372. Religious Toleration unknown in Mary's Age.
373. Mary's Death (1558).
374. Mary deserving of Pity rather than Hatred.
375. Summary.
Elizabeth--1558-1603
376. Accession of Elizabeth.
377. Difficulty of Elizabeth's Position.
378. The Religious Problem.
379. The Queen's Choice of Counselors.
380. The Coronation (1559).
381. Changes in the Church Service (1559).
382. New Act of Supremacy; Act of Uniformity; High Commission Court, 1559.
383. The Thirty-Nine Articles (1563); the Queen's Religion.
384. The Nation halting between Two Opinions.
385. The Question of the Queen's Marriage.
386. The Queen a Coquette.
387. Violence of Temper; Crooked Policy.
388. Her Knowledge of Men; the Monopolies.
389. The Adulation of the Court.
390. Grandeur of the Age; More's "Utopia."
391. Change in Mode of Life.
392. An Age of Adventure and of Daring.
393. Literature and Natural Philosophy.
394. Mary Queen of Scots claims the Crown (1561).
395. Mary marries Darnley; his Murder.
397. Elizabeth beheads Mary, 1587.
398. The Spanish Armada.
399. Drake's Expedition; Sailing of the Armada (1588).
400. The Battle, 1588.
402. Insurrection in Ireland (1595).
403. The First Poor Law (1601).
404. Elizabeth's Death (1603).
405. Summary.
General Reference Summary of the Tudor Period (1485-1603)
I. Government
406. Absolutism of the Crown; Free Trade; the Post Office.
II. Religion
407. Establishment of the Protestant Church of England.
III. Military Affairs
408. Arms and Armor; the Navy.
IV. Literature, Learning, and Art
410. Literature; the Theater.
411. Progress of Science; Superstitions.
412. Architecture.
V. General Industry and Commerce
413. Foreign Trade.
VI. Mode of Life, Manners, and Customs
414. Life in the Country and the City.
Ninth Period[1]
House of Stuart (1603-1649, 1660-1714)
415. Accession of James I.
416. The King's Appearances and Character.
417. The Great Puritan Petition (1603).
418. Hampton Court Conference (1604).
420. The Gunpowder Plot (1605).
421. American Colonies, Virginia, 1607.
422. The Pilgrims; the New Power.
423. The Colonization of Ireland (1611).
425. Impeachment of Lord Bacon (1621).
426. Execution of Sir Walter Raleigh.
427. Death of James.
428. Summary.
Charles I--1625-1649
430. The King's Two Mistakes at the Outset.
431. The Second Parliament (1626); the King extorts Loans.
432. ThePetition of Right, 1628.
434. Eliot's Remonstrance (1629).
435. The King rules without Parliament; "Thorough."
436. "Ship Money"; John Hampden refuses to pay it, 1637.
437. Hampden and Cromwell endeavor to leave the Country.
438. The Difficulty with the Scottish Church (1637).
440. The King attempts to arrest Five Members (1642).
441. The Great Civil War, 1642-1649, between the King and Parliament.
442. Cavaliers and Roundheads.
443. How the Country was divided; Rise of Political Newspapers.
445. Marston Moor and Naseby, 1644, 1645.
446. The King and Parliament.
448. Execution of King Charles, 1649.
449. Summary.
The Commonwealth and Protectorate--1649-1660
450. Establishment of the Commonwealth, or Republic, 1649.
451. Radical Changes.
452. Difficulties of the New Republic.
454. Cromwell expels Parliament.
456. Emigration of Royalists to America.
457. Cromwell as a Ruler; Puritan Fanaticism.
458. Cromwell's Religious Toleration.
459. Victories by Land and Sea; the Navigation Act (1651).
460. Cromwell's Death; his Character (1658).
461. The Times needed Such a Man.
462. Summary.
RICHARD CROMWELL--September 3, 1658-April 22, 1659
463. Richard Cromwell's Incompetency.
464. Richard retires.
465. The "Convention Parliament."
466. Summary.
CHARLES II--1660-1685
468. The King's Character.
469. Reaction from Puritanism.
470. The Royal Favorites.
471. The Clarendon Ministry; Punishment of the Regicides.
472. Religious Persecution; Covenanters; Bunyan.
473. Seizure of a Dutch Colony in America (1664).
474. The Plague and the Fire, 1665, 1666.
475. Invasion by the Dutch (1667).
477. More Money Schemes; Declaration of Indulgence; Test Act, 1673.
480. The Rye-House Plot (1683).
481. The Royal Society (1662).
483. Death of Charles.
484. Summary
James II--1685-1689
485. James II; his Proclamation; his Two Objects; Titus Oates again.
486. Monmouth's Rebellion; Sedgemoor, 1685.
487. The "Bloody Assizes" (1685).
489. The Petition of the Seven Bishops, 1688.
490. Birth of a Prince; Invitation to William of Orange (1688).
491. The "Glorious Revolution of 1688; William comes, James goes.
I WILL MAINTAIN THE LIBERTIES OF ENGLAND AND THE PROTESTANT RELIGION
492. Character of the Revolution of 1688.
493. Summary.
WILLIAM AND MARY (House of Orange-Stuart)--1689-1702
494. The "Convention Parliament"; the Declaration of Right. 1689.
495. Jacobites and Nonjurors (1689).
496. The Mutiny Act and the Toleration Act, 1689.
497. The Bill of Rights, 1689, and Act of Settlement, 1701.
498. Further Benefits of the Revolution.
500. Battle of the Boyne, 1690; Treaty of Limerick.
501. Massacre of Glencoe (1692).
502. La Hogue; the Peace of Ryswick, 1697.
503. The National Debt, 1693; the Bank of England, 1694.
504. William's Death.
505. Summary.
ANNE--1702-1714
506. Accession and Character of Anne.
507. Whig and Tory; High Church and Low.
508. The War of the Spanish Succession, 1702.
510. The Powers behind the Throne; Jennings against Masham.
511. Dr. Sacheverell (1710).
512. The Peace of Utrecht, 1713.
513. Union of England and Scotland, 1707.
514. Literature of the Period; the First Daily Paper.
515. Death of the Queen.
516. Summary.
GENERAL REFERENCE SUMMARY OF THE STUART PERIOD
1603-1714 (Commonwealth, 1649-1660)
I. Government
II. Religion
518. Religious Parties and Religious Legislation.
III. Military Affairs
519. Armor and Arms.
IV. Literature, Learning, and Art
520. Great Writers.
521. Progress in Science and Invention.
522. Architecture.
523. Education.
V. General Industry and Commerce
524. Manufactures.
525. Commerce.
526. Roads and Travel.
527. Agriculture; Pauperism.
VI. Mode of Life, Manners, and Customs
528. Dress.
529. Coffeehouses.
530. The Streets of London.
531. Brutal Laws.
TENTH PERIOD
The House of Hanover (1714) to the Present Time
532. Accession of George I.
The House of Hanover, also called Brunswick and Guelf
533. Character of the New King.
534. Rise of Cabinet Government; the First Prime Minister.
535. The "Pretender"; "The Fifteen" (1715); the Septennial Act (1716).
536. The South Sea Bubble, 1720.
537. How a Terrible Disease was conquered, 1721, 1796.
538. How Sir Robert Walpole governed.
539. Summary.
George II--1727-1760
540. Accession and Character.
541. The War of Jenkins's Ear (1739).
543. Invasion by the "Young Pretender"; "The Forty-Five."[1]
545. The Seven Years' War in Europe and America, 1756-1763.
547. Summary.
George III--1760-1820
548. Accession and Character; the King's Struggle with the Whigs.
549. Taxation of the American Colonies.
550. The Stamp Act, 1765.
551. The Tea Tax and the "Boston Tea Party," 1773, with its Results.
552. The American Revolution; Independence declared, 1776.
554. The Lord George Gordon Riots (1780).
555. Impeachment of Warren Hastings (1788).
557. War with France (1793-1805); Battle of the Nile; Trafalgar, 1805.
558. Second War with the United States, 1812-1815.
559. Battle of Waterloo, 1815.
560. Increase of the National Debt; Taxation.
561. The Irish Parliament; the Irish Rebellion (1798).
562. Union of Great Britain and Ireland, 1800; Emmet.
564. Discover of Oxygen (1774); Introduction of Gas (1815).
565. Steam Navigation, 1807, 1819, 1840.
566. Literature; Art; Education; Travel; Dress.
567. Last Days of George III.
568. Summary.
GEORGE IV--1820-1830
569. Accession and Character of George IV.
570. Discontent; the "Manchester Massacre" (1819).
571. The Six Acts (1819); the Conspiracy.
572. Queen Caroline.
573. Three Great Reforms.
574. The New Police (1829).
575. Death of the King (1830).
576. Summary.
WILLIAM IV--1830-1837
577. Accession and Character of William IV.
578. Need of Reform in Parliamentary Representation.
579. "Rotten Boroughs."
580. The Great Reform Bill.
581. The Lords reject the Bill; Serious Riots (1831).
582. Passage of the Great Reform Bill, 1832; Results.
583. Abolition of Slavery, 1833; Factory Reform, 1833-1841.
585. Summary.
VICTORIA--1837-1901
586. The Queen's Descent; Stability of the Government.
588. The House of Lords in the Past and To-day.
589. The Queen's Marriage (1840).
590. Sir Rowland Hill's Postal Reforms, 1839.
591. Rise of the Chartists (1838-1848).
592. The Corn Laws (1841).
593. The Irish Famine, 1845-1846.
594. Repeal of the Corn Laws, 1846-1849; Free Trade established, 1869.
596. The Opium War (1839); the War in the Crimea (1854).
597. The Great Rebellion in India, 1857.
598. Death of Prince Albert; the American Civil War, 1861.
599. Municipal Reform (1835); Woman Suffrage; the Jews.
602. The Elementary Education Act, 1870.
603. The First Irish Land Act, 1870.
604. Distress in Ireland; the Land League (1879).
605. The Second Irish Land Act (1881); Fenian and Communist Outrages.
608. Further Extension of the Right to Vote, 1832-1894.[2]
610. Reforms in Law Procedures.
611. Reforms in Criminal Courts and in the Treatment of the Insane.
612. Progress in the Education of the Masses.
614. Transportation and Communication.
615. Light in Dark Places; Photography; the New Surgery (1834-1895).
616. Progress of the Laboring Classes; Free Trade, 1846.
617. The Small Agricultural Holdings Act; the Agricultural Outlook.
618. The Colonial Expansion of England.
619. England's Change of Feeling toward her Colonies.
620. The Condition of Ireland; International Arbitration.
622. England in Egypt; Progress in Africa.
623. The Boers; the Boer War, 1899; Death of Queen Victoria (1901).
624. Summary.
EDWARD VII--1901-1910
626. The League of Empire.
627. The King's Influence in Behalf of Peace.
628. The Politcal Battle in England; Labor gets into Parliament, 1906.
629. The Budget; Woman Suffrage; the Content with the Lords.
630. A New Parliamentary Election; the Lords accept the Budget.
631. New Warships; a New Domesday Book; Death of King Edward.
632. General Summary of the Development of the English Nation.
General Summary of English Constitutional History[1]
1. Origin and Primitive Government of the English People.
2. Conquest of Britain; Origin and Power of the King.
3. The Witenagemot, or General Council.
5. Beginning of the Feudal System; its Results.
6. William the Conqueror and his Work.
7. William's Norman Successors.
9. Rise of Free Towns.
10. John's Loss of Normandy; Magna Carta.
12. Edward I's "Model Parliament"; Confirmation of the Charters.
16. James I; the Divine Right of Kings; Struggle with Parliament.
17. Charles I; Forced Loans; the Petition of Right.
18. "Thorough"; Ship Money; the "Short Parliament."
19. The "Long Parliament"; the Civil War.
24. William and Mary; Declaration of Right; Results of the Revolution.
26. Reforms in the Courts; the Toleration Act; the Press made Free.
28. George III's Revival of "Personal Monarchy"; the "King's Friends."
29. The American Revolution.
CONSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENTS
THE PETITION OF RIGHT
June 7, 1628
The Act of Settlement, 1700-1701.[2]
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS AND LAWS
I. The Constitutions of Clarendon, 1164.
II. Bill of Attainder, 1321.
III. The Great Statutes of Praemunire, 1393.
IV. Habeas Corpus Act, 1679.
VI. William the Conqueror's Charter to London (S107).
DESCENT OF THE ENGLISH SOVEREIGNS FROM EGBERT TO GEORGE V*
A CLASSIFIED LIST OF BOOKS OF ENGLISH HISTORY
General Histories
English Constitutional History
General Works of Reference
Works of Reference to be found in Libraries
I. The Prehistoric Period
II. The Roman Period, 55, 54 B.C.; A.D. 43-410
III. The Saxon or Early English Period, 449-1066
IV. The Norman Period 1066-1154
V. The Angevin Period, 1154-1399
VI. The Lancastrian Period, 1399-1461
VII. The Yorkist Period, 1461-1485
VIII. The Tudor Period, 1461-1485.
IX. The Stuart Period (First Part), 1603-1649
X. The Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 (see Preceding Period)
XI. Stuart Period (Second Part) 1660-1714
XII. The Hanoverian Period, 1714 to the Present time
SPECIAL READING REFERENCES ON TOPICS OF ENGLISH HISTORY[1]