Freemason's Hall, London 1717

The Islands of Great Britain and Ireland

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Nations

• England link
• Scotland link
• Wales
• Ireland link

British National Identity 

The Hereditary Principle

The Established Church

• The Act of Supremacy 1534
  • Divorce
• Peace of Westphalia 1648
  • Cuius regio, eius religio (whose realm, his religion)

Protestant Landowning Class

Protestant Monarchy

Elizabeth I 1558-1603

James I and VI of Scotland (1567-1625)

Charles I 1625-1649

• Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector 1653-1658
• Richard Cromwell Lord Protector 1658-1659

Charles II 1660-1685

James II 1685-1688 (d. 1701)

The Glorious Revolution of 1688

William III 1689-1702 and Mary II 1689-1694

• Battle of the Boyne 1689

Queen Anne 1702-1714

• Union with Scotland 1707

Great Britain link

Hanoverian

• George I 1714-1727
  • Invasion of the Old Pretender 1715 (d. 1766)
• George II 1727-1760
  • Invasion of Bonnie Prince Charlie 1745
• George III 1760-1820
• George IV 1820-1830
• William IV 1830-1837
• Victoria 1837-1901

The Office of the Prime Minister

The Established Churches

The Church of England

• The Protestant Monarchy
• The Parish Church
• Wales (disestablished 1914/1920

The Church of Scotland

• Presbyterian

The Church of Ireland

• The Protestant Ascendancy
  • Irish Parliament
  • St. Patrick's Cathedral
  • Trinity College Dublin
• Disestablished 1868

1801 Act of Union with Ireland

• French Revolution/Napoleon
• United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland
• Union Jack

The Role of the Monarchy

Walter Bagehot The English Constitution 1866

dignified

efficient

1922 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

• Protestant North/Catholic South
• 1960s--IRA terrorism
• Good Friday Accords 1998--power sharing

• Scottish Independence Referendum 2014 45% yes

Brexit 2016 52% yes

Dignified Role of the Monarchy

Edward VII 1901-1910

George V 1910-1936

Edward VIII 1936-1936

• Divorce: Wallis Simpson

George VI 1936-1951

• Princess Elizabeth

Elizabeth II 1952-

• Coronation 1953
• Ceremonial

Divorce

• Prince Charles/Lady Diana Spencer 1981
• Divorced 1996
• Death 1997

Ceremonial Recovery

• Diamond Jubilee 2012
• VE Day 2015

Royal Wedding Prince William and Kate Middleton

• Hymns
  • Love Divine All Loves Excelling
  • Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer
  • Jerusalem

The Proms

God Save the Queen 85th Anniversary