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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1285

Henry VI to Henry VII

A quick overview of the Kings of England from Henry VI in 1422 to Henry VII in 1485.

Below is a brief overview of the Kings of England from Henry VI, Duke of Lancaster, who lost out to Edward IV, Duke of York, in 1471, to Henry VII, who became the last King of England to win his crown on the battlefield.

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1286

Henry VII to Mary I

A quick overview of the Kings and Queens of England from Henry VII in 1485 to Mary I in 1553.

Below is a brief overview of the Kings of England from Henry VII, the last English monarch to win the crown by right of battle, to his grand-daughter Mary I, the country’s first undisputed Queen regnant.

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1287

Mary I to James I

A quick overview of the Kings and Queens of England from Mary I in 1553 to James I in 1603.

Below is a brief overview of the Kings of England from Mary I, who almost let England fall into the hands of Spain, to James I, a Scottish King who inherited the English crown.

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1288

James I to the Interregnum

A quick overview of the Kings of England from James I in 1603 to the Interregnum in 1651.

Below is a brief overview of the Kings of England from James I in 1603, in whose reign the first American colonies were established, to the Interregnum in 1649, when for eleven years England was a republic.

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1289

The Interregnum to Anne

A quick overview of the Kings and Queens of England from the Interregnum in 1651 to Queen Anne in 1702.

Below is a brief overview of the Kings of England from the Interregnum in 1649, when for eleven years England was a republic, to Queen Anne in 1702, the last of the Stuarts and the first ruler of Great Britain.

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1290

Anne to George III

A quick overview of the Kings and Queens of England from Queen Anne in 1702 to George III in 1760.

Below is a brief overview of the Kings of England from Queen Anne in 1702, the last of the Stuarts and the first ruler of Great Britain, to the reign of George III and the upheavals of the French Revolution in 1789 and American independence in 1776.

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