England

Land of the English

Written by dragon_wing

Notable Wars

• 1688: Nine Years War (Scotland, England, Spain, Portugal, France)

• 1717-1720: War of the Quadruple Alliance (Spain, England, France)

Notable Laws and Acts

• Test Act (1670-1828): A series of penal laws that served as a Religious test for public office imposed various civil disabilities on Roman Catholics and nonconformists.

• The Septennial Act 1715, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It was passed in May 1716 .It increased the maximum length of a parliament (and hence the maximum period between general elections) from three years to seven.

• Act of Grace and Free Pardon 1717: Hundreds of Jacobites were freed by the Act.

• Transportation Act 1717 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain that established a regulated, bonded system to transport criminals to colonies in North America for indentured service, as a punishment for those convicted or attained in Great Britain, excluding Scotland.

• Irish Parliment Act 1719: Gave English Parliment the right to make laws for Ireland

• Piracy Act of 1721: Whereas the number of persons committing piracies, felonies, and robberies upon the seas is of late very much increased, and notwithstanding the laws already made and now in being, many idle and profligate persons have turned pirates, and betaken themselves to that wicked course of life, whereby the trade and navigation into remote parts will greatly suffer unless some further provision be speedily made for bringing such persons and all others who shall be any ways aiding and assisting, or in confederacy with them, to condign punishment

Structure

• The King of England - George 1

• Prime Minister- Robert Walpole

• Chancellor - Lord James Stanhope

• Lord President of the Council - Charles Townshend

• First Lord of the Treasury - Charles Spenser

Public Agenda

Expansion and trade

History

Civilized by Roman invasion in the early AD. Gauls are taken over by mass invasion and assimilation of Roman forces and people, eventually leading to England.

Demography and Population

• 1.2% -landowners

• 24% -farmers and freeholders

• 3% -professionals, including clergy

• 3% -merchants and shopkeepers

• 4% -artisans and handcraftsmen

• 26% -laboring people and out-servants

• 29% -cottages and paupers

• 6% -armed forces

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Flag Design

• St. Geroge's Cross: Red

• Union Flag: Blue and White lines

Founding Date

1061

Type

Geopolitical, Country

Capital

London

Training Level

Professional

Demonym

English

Leader

George 1

Government System

Monarchy, Crowned Republic

Power Structure

Transnational government

Economic System

Mixed economy

Currency

Pounds, shillings, and pence

Legislative Body

• House of Lords

• House of Commons

Official State Religion

Protestantism

Subsidiary Organizations

• South Sea Company

Controlled Territories

• Bideford
• Devon
• London
• Manor of Bideford
• South Carolina

Neighboring Nations

• Ireland
• Scotland
• Wales

Notable Members

• George 1
• James Stanhope

Related Ethnicities

• Ethnicity: English

Holidays

• (Easter was the start of the Christian year till 1752 when the Gregorian calendar was adopted)

• February 2: Candlemass (Candles are brought to church to be blessed)

• May Day: First Day of Summer (Cattle lead out through the smoke of bonfires for good luck.)

• June 21/22: Midsummer

• October 31st: All Soul's Day

• November 5th: Guy Fawkes Day (burning of the guy, effigies)

• December 24/25: Midwinter's Day/ Christmas (The mistletoe sprig, traditionally placed over a doorway by a woman, was connected with Celtic fertility rites conducted at this time so that children would be born in Summer, as the time of plenty.