History of the United States I / Unit 2 USH1 0166 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Mary, Elizabeth, and the Settlement
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The idea
Mary came to the throne committed to restoring Catholicism, earning the name Bloody Mary for executions of Protestants, often by burning alive.
In practice
Elizabeth ascending in fifteen fifty-eight and reigning until sixteen oh three.
Where people slip
The Church of England became the state church again, keeping the hierarchy and many rituals of the Catholic Church.
Your place on the trail
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