Eleriin Müüripeal 2013 Charles II 16301685 reigned 16601685 Exile and regaining of the throne Power severely limited by Parliament Cavaliers and Roundheads gt The Tory and The Whig parties ID: 599277
Download Presentation The PPT/PDF document "Charles II, the Plague and The Great Fir..." is the property of its rightful owner. Permission is granted to download and print the materials on this web site for personal, non-commercial use only, and to display it on your personal computer provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright notices contained in the materials. By downloading content from our website, you accept the terms of this agreement.
Slide1
Charles II, the Plague and The Great Fire
Eleriin Müüripeal
2013Slide2
Charles II
1630-1685 (reigned 1660-1685)
Exile and regaining of the throne
Power severely limited by Parliament
Cavaliers and Roundheads => The Tory and The Whig partiesSlide3
The Plague
Hot summer + poor sanitary conditions = an outbreak of plague in London demanding over 100,000 lives.
caused by disease-carrying fleas carried on the bodies of rats.
"Ring-a-ring of roses,
A pocketful of posies,
Attischo
, Attischo,We all fall down."Slide4
The Great Fire of London
September 2, 1666, Pudding Lane
80 % of the city proper destroyedSlide5
Was there anything positive about the Great Fire?
Yes!
Mass death of the rats
The new look of London – Sir Christopher Wren
Slide6
Sources
http://
www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/greatfire.htm
http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Great_plague_of_london-1665.jpg
http://
www.historylearningsite.co.uk/plague_of_1665.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_EnglandHandouts “British history”, compiled by R. Kuuskor & M. Saar