Tudors And Stuarts

Until 1603 England was ruled by the Tudors and Scotland was ruled by the Stewarts.

In 1603 King James VI of Scotland became ruler of England as well, joining England and Scotland together as the United Kingdom. He was then known as King James I, since no previous English king had been called 'James'. His family name also changed spelling from 'James Stewart' to 'James Stuart'.

In 1605 Guy Fawkes and several others plotted to blow up King James I at the opening of Parliament on 5 November. The plot was discovered and the event is remembered every year on Bonfire Night.

BBCi Links

• Life in Scotland
• Tudor Cooking
• Elizabethan Spying Game - can you crack the code?
• Dressing up games - see if you can dress these Tudors & Victorians
• What the Tudors and Stuarts did for us
• Guy Fawkes quiz

Royal Links

• The English Tudors - Henry VII, his son Henry VIII and his three children Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I
• The Scottish Stewarts
• The United Kingdom

schoolshistory.org.uk

• Significant events of the Tudor period
  • The battle of Bosworth Field
  • The Split with Rome
  • The Protestant Reformation

• Family Tree showing connection of Queen Elizabeth II to King Harald of Norway

Related pages: The Victorians, Norway A Country In Europe

Category: History

Author: Mrs Hubbard