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1603
 
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James VI of Scotland inherits peacefully the crown of his English cousin Elizabeth, and becomes James I of England       
1603
 
   
The accession of James I and VI to the throne of England brings the union of the crowns of England and Scotland      
1604
 
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The British king James I launches a blistering attack on the smoking of tobacco, which he considers a loathsome custom       
1625
 
   
On the death of his father, James VI and I, Charles I becomes king of England and Scotland      
1637
 
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Charles I and his archbishop of Canterbury, William Laud, attempt to impose the full Anglican hierarchy on presbyterian Scotland        
1638
 
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A National Covenant, first signed in an Edinburgh churchyard, commits the Covenanters to oppose Charles I's reforms of the Church of Scotland        
1638
 
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Riots erupt in Edinburgh, in response to the attempt by Charles I and Laud to impose a hierarchy of Anglican bishops       
1639
 
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Covenanters seize control of Edinburgh and other Scottish towns, launching the conflict with England known as the Bishops' War       
1640
 
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In need of funds for the Bishops' War in Scotland, Charles I summons parliament to Westminster       
1647
 
   
The Scottish army holding Charles I makes peace with parliament, and hands the king to parliamentary commissioners