Untitled THE STUART PERIOD JAMES I - Elisabeth died , James VI of Schotland, son of Mary Stuart, became king of England (James I) - relations between the Crown and the Parliament deteriorated - James beleived that he had the divine power to be king - he changed tax rules without consulting parliament - he decided to support the anglican church so a ggroup of catholics planed to blow up, the king and the parliament during the official opening of government - the group of terrorist was headed by Guy Fawkes and was called THE GOUPOWDER PLOT THE MAYFLOWER - the anticatholic lords became very severe - in 1620, a group of catholics escaped persecutions in England - they sailed the north America on a ship called the Mayflower, they established the first free colony in north America - these people were called the pilgrim fathers Continua »
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