REIGHN OF CHARELS ii (may 29, 1630 – feb 6, 1685)
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Charles did a deal with the Scots and was proclaimed king. With a Scottish army he invaded England but was defeated by Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester in 1651.Charles married his niece Mary to the Protestant William of Orange, partly to re-establish his own Protestant credentials.Charles's reign saw the rise of colonisation and trade in India, the East Indies and America (the British captured New York from the Dutch in 1664), and the Passage of Navigation Acts that secured Britain's future as a sea power. He founded the Royal Society in 1660.
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