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The English Monarchy

The English Monarchy. Tudors. First Tudor King was Henry VII who stabilized England Henry VIII established the Anglican church His son, Edward VI, ruled only six years Mary I was first reigning queen of England. Henry VII. Henry VIII. Mary I. Edward VI. Bloody Mary.

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The English Monarchy

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  1. The English Monarchy

  2. Tudors • First Tudor King was Henry VII who stabilized England • Henry VIII established the Anglican church • His son, Edward VI, ruled only six years • Mary I was first reigning queen of England Henry VII Henry VIII Mary I Edward VI

  3. Bloody Mary • Devoted Catholic and wanted to convert England back • Persecuted Protestants and had 300 people burned at the stake • Even Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury was executed “Bloody” Mary

  4. Elizabeth I

  5. Elizabeth Elizabeth’s Coronation • Took power in 1558 • Strengthened Protestantism • She never married • Closest relative and heir was Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic • She and Phillip II of Spain planned to over throw Elizabeth Philip II Mary, Queen of Scots

  6. Mary, Queen of Scots

  7. Sir Walter Raleigh

  8. The Coup’sDemise • Mary was found guilty of conspiring to kill Elizabeth • She was beheaded • Phillip had to plan another overthrow • English defeated the Spanish Armada Philip deployed his Armada to defeat Elizabeth

  9. English Defeat of the Spanish Armada

  10. Religion • Puritans wanted to purify the Anglican church • It was still to Catholic • Religious unrest continued while the Puritans tried to change the church

  11. Wooing Parliament House of Lords • Elizabeth handled Parliament by listening to them, but not doing what they said • Made up of two houses: House of Lords-nobility House of Commons- gentry (landowners) and burgesses (professionals)

  12. James I • 1603- succeeded Elizabeth • King James VI of Scotland and King James I of England • Believed in divine right of kings • Commissioned a translation of the Bible in English (KJV)

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