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Flashcards by Rebecca Seickel, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Rebecca Seickel
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Catherine of Aragorn | First wife 1. Princess Mary is the only surviving child 2. Catholic 3. Married Arthur (brother of Henry VIII) 4. Married Henry after her husband's death 5. She is too old to give birth so Henry sent her off to a castle after annulling their marriage 6. Died of Natural Causes |
| Anne Boleyn | Second wife 1. Had daughter Elizabeth the I 2. She was protestant 3. Promised King Henry a son 4. Her family wanted power 5. Charged with adultery, incest and plotting to murder the king 6. Executed |
| Jane Seymour | Third wife 1. Had Prince Edward 2. Catholic 3. Died during childbirth 4. Henry's only "real" wife |
| Anne of Cleves | Fourth Wife 1. Protestant 2. Foreign princess painted by Hans Holbein 3. Was sent away and given money 4. Called Henry's sister 5. Died of natural causes |
| Kathryn Howard | Fifth wife 1. Catholic 2. Flirty, had affairs 3. Executed |
| Catherine Parr | Sixth wife 1. Protestant 2. Last wife (Henry died of an ulcer) |
| Annulment | a marriage was invalid and becomes null and void; (never took place) |
| Divorce | recognizes that you had a wedding and marriage |
| Who was the heir after Henry's death? | Prince Edward VI (son of Jane) but he dies as a teen People believe that Mary should be on the throne (daughter of Catherine) |
| What does Mary want to do to England? | Eradicate the Protestants Called Bloody Mary for burning Protestants |
| Why does Mary not like Elizabeth? | She is a protestant and bastard child Elizabeth's mother is the reason that Mary's was sent away |
| Who did Mary marry? | King Philip of Spain (unpopular because people believed Spain was to take over England) |
| Act of Supremacy | States that the King was the only Supreme head of the Church of England |
| Thomas Seymour | Catherine Parr's husband who liked Elizabeth He got her arrested for thought of high treason when she was 15 This affected her title She was not allowed in court so she grew apart from Edward. |
| Why were people worried with Mary on the throne? | She was a Catholic and many of them were Protestants Thought England would fall under Spanish rule |
| Why was Elizabeth imprisoned? | Mary heard of a plot to get Elizabeth on the throne. She didn't kill Elizabeth though because Elizabeth was popular among the people and there was little evidence. |
| Why was Elizabeth named the heir? | Mary agreed to make Elizabeth the heir because after Elizabeth it would fall into the hands of Mary who had married Francois. The French and Spanish were enemies so this would prevent Spain from obtaining the land. |
| Why couldn't Elizabeth marry a noble? | The nobles would get jealous and erupt into a civil war. |
| How did Elizabeth change the Church of England? | Took ultimate control of the Church (she was the Supreme Governor) Created the Anglican church Promoted church attendance on Sundays and holidays (A fine would be collected if the people did not attend church) Used the prayer books of Edward VI Clergy member had to swear an oath to the Queen Tries to bring everyone together |
| Tension between Spain and England? | Spain was Roman Catholic and England was protestant According to Spain, Elizabeth was illegitimate Elizabeth encouraged pirates who plundered Spain's ships |
| What did Spain start in 1585? | Spain started gathering a fleet of ships to attack England and take over Elizabeth's throne. |
| Who would the Spain put on England's throne if they won? Did they win? | They would instead put Mary the Queen of Scots on it or Spain's princess Isabella. The English won. |
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