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  • ...rk as well drawn up as the subject could possibly admit. The dedication to Charles II., instead of being filled with mean, flattering encomiums, abounds with bol
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  • ...chment which he showed by bursting into tears on hearing of the death of [[Charles II]]. <ref>[http://www.electricscotland.com/history/other/ruddiman_thomas.htm
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  • ...ngest son of Sir Alexander Monro of Bearcrofts, a colonel in the army of [[Charles II]] at the [[battle of Worcester]]. John Monro was a surgeon in the army of K
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  • ...pment, and Circumstance of English Liberal Thought from the Restoration of Charles II until the War with the Thirteen Colonies'' (1959, 2004). [http://oll.libert
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  • ...n|religious]] activities viewed as troublesome for [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] (reigned 1660-1685).<ref>Walmsley (1998: 1; 3).</ref> The castle soon beg
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  • North Carolina is named after King [[Charles II of England]], as ''Carolus'' is Latin for Charles.
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  • ...beth I|Queen Elizabeth I]], and was nicknamed the ''Old Dominion'' by King Charles II because Virginia remained loyal to the crown during the [[English Civil War
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  • ...emselves to have their lines of communication cut, followed the young King Charles II into England. Cromwell surrounded and destroyed the Scottish army at Worces ...for less than a year, whereupon Parliament restored the monarchy, under [[Charles II]]. After the king was restored, in 1661, Oliver Cromwell's body was dug up,
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  • ...ber 1666 for [[religion|religious]] activities viewed as troublesome for [[Charles II]] (reigned 1660-1685).<ref>Walmsley (1998: 1; 3).</ref> The castle soon beg
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  • ...e execution of Charles I in 1649 and the Restoration of the monarchy under Charles II in 1660 during which the various governments of the Commonwealth and Cromwe '''The Restoration'''. Charles II (1660-85)[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/charles_ii_king.sht
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  • ...ere to play a important role in the wars and in the later reinstatement of Charles II. Though Charles then turned to persecutor trying to stamp out the Covenante
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  • ...to Episcopacy. The Presbyterians of that time were near enough the days of Charles II and James VII to understand what that meant. When resistance to the occupat
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  • ...panish possessions between them, to be carried into effect on the death of Charles II of Spain. With this trump card up his sleeve Louis accepted the [[Treaty of ...this point Louis arranged the secret [[Treaty of Dover]] (May 1670) with [[Charles II]] of England by which the two kings undertook to wage a war of exterminatio
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  • In March 1681, King Charles II, in payment of a longs-standing debt to Admiral [[William Penn (Admiral)|Wi
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  • ...iam Penn (Quaker)|William Penn]], whose late father was owed money by King Charles II, in 1682 received ownership of [[Pennsylvania, history|Pennsylvania]], whic
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  • In 1660, following the [[Restoration]] of [[Charles II]] the Church of England was re-established as the official church. Quakers
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  • ...ons into English): "{Monarch's first name and ordinal}, ({Country})". Thus Charles II (Spain)" ...Wikipedia has a disambig page that leads to strange results--for example "Charles II" also includes the great political philosopher Montesquieu (they use an inc
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  • ...n she is not in residence. The Palace was started in 1501 and completed by Charles II. Adjacent to the Palace is '''Holyrood Abbey''', an Augustinian Abbey built
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  • ...sh Restoration|restoration]] of the monarchy under [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] discredited republicanism among England's ruling circles. However they we
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  • King Charles II of England included the Tennessee country in the Carolina grants of 1663 an
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  • ...- and "sovereign default" was a frequent occurrence. In England, however, Charles II's "Stop of Exchequer"<ref>[http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cg
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  • ...n|Restoration]], in recognition of Virginia's loyalty to the crown, King [[Charles II of England]] bestowed Virginia with the nickname "The Old Dominion", which
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  • ...the persons forming it might be imprisoned, and even hanged. By an act of Charles II, while there was no law against blasphemy in Scotland, '''if any person or
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  • ...d]] (now in the Federated States of Micronesia) "La Carolina" after [[King Charles II]] of Spain. The name was later generalized to include all the islands.{{Ima
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  • ...1649–1651) saw fighting between supporters of [[Charles II of England|King Charles II]] and supporters of the [[Rump Parliament]]. The Civil War ended with the P ...ivil War led to the trial and execution of Charles I, the exile of his son Charles II and the replacement of the English monarchy with the [[Commonwealth of Engl
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  • ...ounded [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charles Town]], named in honor of King Charles II.
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  • ...oroughbred racing]] is also very popular in England. It originated under [[Charles II of England]] as the "Sport of Kings" and is a royal pastime to this day. Wo
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  • ...e [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] (originally Charles Town for [[Charles II of England]]), thus beginning the English colonization of the mainland. The
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  • ...ment," and the new version of the Metrical Psalms. Following the return of Charles II to the throne in Restoration of 1660 and the "killing time" of the Covenant
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  • ...well]] dissatisfaction with the various factions led to the Restoration of Charles II. Nevertheless, by the end of the Stuart era a political consensus had emer
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  • ...h, until Lady Gilbert's death in 1936. A statue of [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] was carved by Danish sculptor [[Caius Gabriel Cibber]] in 1681 and placed
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  • ...priated the islands from [[Bahadur Shah of Gujarat]]. They were ceded to [[Charles II of England]] in 1661, as [[dowry]] for [[Catherine de Braganza]]. These isl
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