Wellcome Collection Petitions "boomed in the 17th Century", giving men and women, rich and poor, a system to resolve conflicts in the courts, in Parliament or before the monarch Most of the women ...

In the 18th century, Britain had a well-established empire of colonies in the Americas. By 1740, the British government had allowed thirteeen colonies to develop in British America. The British ...

This led to greater opposition to him from Catholics, including the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, which attempted to kill the King and blow up Parliament. The plotters were caught and were executed for ...