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James I (Absolute Monarch) (jul 25, 1603 – jul 25, 1625)

Description:

- Mary Queen of Scots' son (closest relative to Elizabeth- ironic because Elizabeth killed Mary Queen of Scots)

- believed in Divine Right of Kings

- King James Bible (reworded English Bible)

- was King of Scotland and England: both James I of England and James VI of Scotland

- money trouble (taxes, fees, monopolies, tithes)

- religious trouble (Anglicans, Puritans, Catholics):
- Gunpowder plot: they tried to kill him
- Pilgrims were for the New World

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Date:

jul 25, 1603
jul 25, 1625
~ 22 years