Short History of Tutor and Stuart Periods in English History

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Short History of Tutor and Stuart Periods in English History

The royal House of Tutor in England was one of the most influential and powerful houses ever in British History. The house of Tutor contained at least two of England's most famous monarchs: Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. The Tutor family was in power in England from 1485 to 1603. Henry VII was the first Tutor in England to take power from the famous House of York. The House of York contained Richard III better known as Richard the Lionhearted who was one of the leaders of the second Crusade.

The house of Tutor brought England from one of the least powerful powers in Europe to be the supreme power of the world. In 1492 when Spain was the first country to capitalize of the discovery of the new world Spain became the richest nation in Europe. With that money they were able to finance the worlds most power navy at the time, which was called the Spanish Armada. When Philip II of Spain sent his entire armada with thirty thousand troops to invade England, the smaller faster English fleet defeated his giant armada. From that point on Spain was never a giant world power again and England reigned supreme for centuries. The monarch in power when this great battle happened was Elizabeth I.

An equally famous royal family of England was the House of Stuart. This family lasted from 1603 until 1714. One of the interesting periods of English happened during the rule of this family. The English Civil War left England with a huge distrust of the royalty on the thrown. The result was a large religious revolution in England and an abolishment of the monarchy in England replaced with a fundamentalist ruler Oliver Cromwell. In 1653 Oliver Cromwell was declared Lord Protector of England. Oliver Cromwell was a very dominating person. He was a former general in the Roundhead Army that fought in the English Civil War. (They were called "Roundheads" because they were the first army to cut their hair really short much like today's armies' do.) His son Richard Cromwell was nowhere near the man his father was. After about a year with Richard on the thrown the English people removed him and restored the monarchy in England.

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