The United Kingdom（Period 2 Reading）
party t air pollution, air pollution-nitrogen oxides, air pollution-sulphur 94, air pollution-volatile organic compounds, antarctic-environmental protocol, antarctic-marine living resources, antarctic seals, antarctic treaty, biodiversity, climate change, desertification, endangered species, environmental modification, hazardous wastes, law of the sea, marine dumping, marine life conservation, nuclear test ban, ozone layer protection, ship pollution, tropical timber 83, tropical timber 94, wetlands, whalingsigned, but not ratified: air pollution-persistent organic pollutants, climate change-kyoto protocolgeography - note:lies near vital north atlantic sea lanes; only 35 km from france and now linked by tunnel under the english channel; because of heavily indented coastline, no location is more than 125 km from tidal watersking james ⅰ
biography
an infant king.james charles stuart was born on june 19, 1566 at edinburgh castle in scotland.his father, lord darnley, was murdered in early 1567 before young james was 1 year old.his mother, mary queen of scots, subsequently ascended（上升） to the scottish throne.her reign（統治）, however was short lived and she was forced to abdicate（退位） in favor of her son on july 24, 1567.little james was crowned king james ⅵ of scotland five days later at the tender age of 13 months.reformation leader john knox preached the sermon at his coronation（加冕禮）.
教學資源集散地。" type="#_x0000_t75">james’ mother, mary, was imprisoned in england by her cousin queen elizabeth and 19 years later, in february of 1587, was executed for her part in the conspiracy（陰謀） to assassinate（暗殺）queen elizabeth.king james never knew his mother.and so, like many monarchs of the time, king james was reared by neither father nor mother but rather by tutors.of his four tutors, perhaps one of the most influential was george buchanan, a staunch（堅定的）calvinist.it was under mr.buchanan’s strict teaching methods that king james became one of the most learned and intellectually curious men to ever sit on any throne. mr. buchanan was 64 years old when he began tutoring the young king.king james begins to reign in scotland.
king james began to rule his native scotland when he was 19 years old.a few years later, he took anne of denmark to be his queen.king james loved his wife and wrote beautiful poetry for her.together they had nine children.once, when the king and queen were out hunting, queen anne accidentally killed the king’s favorite hunting dog, jewell.the queen felt badly about this and the king bought her a gift to ease her mind of this incident.