英和和英

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The Stuart period of British history usually refers to the period between 1603 and 1714 and sometimes from 1371 in Scotland. This coincides with the rule of the House of Stuart, whose first monarch was James VI of Scotland. The death of Queen Elizabeth I without any heirs, last of the Tudors, left England without any English King or Queen. The English were now ruled by a Scottish king. The regicide of King Charles I brought a temporary end to the rule by the Stuarts. England then became a Republic under Oliver Cromwell. The Stuarts were then restored to the throne under Charles II in 1660. The period ended with the death of Queen Anne and accession of George I from the House of Hanover. The Stuart era experienced many changes: a gunpowder plot, civil and naval wars, a glorious revolution, regicide of a king, a republic, the great plague, and a great fire in London. This was the era of Shakespeare, Wren, Galileo, Newton and Samuel Pepys to name but a few. The era saw the settlement of the Americas, trade with the Spice Islands, the birth of steam engines, microscopes, coffee houses and newspapers.