1. THE RENAISSANCE: 1485- 1660

2. Look at the picture on page 239 and consider the following:  Describe the style of dress  What can you infer about the class of the differently dressed people  Explain the differences between the two sets of people  What do you think is going on in the background  Look at the painting’s title on page 238. What insight does the title give about what is going on in the picture  How does knowing the title change your opinion of the questions above

3. Renaissance means rebirth  What information does that definition give you about the time period?  What do you suppose was reborn?  Greek classical literature: what might they have read?  Reformed Latin  Christopher Columbus: what interest did he create?  Leonardo da Vinci and Michaelangelo: led an interest in what?Galileo: sparked controversy in what area?

4. The most important invention of the second millennium  How were books produced in the Middle Ages  How important was reading to the general public  Who was Johannes Gutenberg  What came to England in 1476 The printing press  Is this still an important invention today

5. The Reformation  What needed to be reformed?  Why?  Who led this reformation  What power did this give King Henry VIII?

6. Henry VIII  Most famous for what?  Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced beheaded, survived  Also known for  Creating the Royal Navy which would help England how?  Spread English power, language and literature world-wide

7. Edward VI 1538-1553  Youngest child and only son, child of wife #2  Reign1547-1553: what do these years tell us about him

8. Mary (Bloody Mary)  Daughter of Catherine of Aragon  Catholic: what trouble might that cause?  How might she get the name Bloody Mary?  Married to Spanish prince-why is that politically important

9. Elizabeth I-the Virgin Queen  Reign 1558-1603  Anglican-what trouble did that cause  Spanish trouble-what kind?, what happened?  John Smith-how is he connected  North Carolina-how is it connected

10. James VI becomes James I  What is King James credited with “writing”?  From Scotland-where is that compared to England?  Loved Shakespeare

11. After James I  Charles I-beheaded  Oliver Cromwell-ruled as a Puritan dictator  What do you suppose a Puritan dictator would change  What did his rule lead to in America  Charles II-restored the monarchy