The Protestant Reformation

The Protestant Reformation

1. Martin Luther

   • wanted a Catholic church reformation
   • nailed the 95 reasons how the church needed to change to the doors

2. happened because of the printing press

   • invented by Johann Gutenberg
   • people were given their own bibles
     • they discovered that indulgences weren't in them
       • which lead to...

3. the king wanted to divorce his wife

   • Catholic church did not allow that
   • King Henry VIII
     • broke off from the Catholic church and formed the church of England
       • Spanish were not happy about this, so they built
         • Spanish Armada
           • 130 warships to try to defeat the Queen of England
             • the Spanish were defeated
               • this allowed the other countries to start exploration
                 • And that is how the great race to colonize the New World began