Pfour Kings From The House Of Stuart Sat On The English Throne From 1603 To 1688 It Was A Time Of Great Religious Struggle And Political Instability The Gunpowder Plot Nearly Wiped Out King James I The Thirty Years War Broke Out On The Continent A Civil War Erupted That Led To The Public Beheading Of King Charles I And The Birth Of A Commonwealth Headed By Oliver Cromwell London Was Ravaged By The Plague And The Great Fire Of Londonp