Early Tudor Period

Question 1

How did Henry VIII transform England from a small provincial kingdom into a modern nation-state?

Answer 1

1. centralized power
2. new political elite
3. new educational system
4. modernized the army, a brand new navy

Question 2

The three main factors in the shift to modernity

Answer 2

1. money
2. specialized knowledge
3. representational system of power politics

Question 3

Why did Henry VII come to power in 1485?

Answer 3

old nobility died out during the wars of roses, Henry VII came from lower nobility –> new court officials lower nobility- gentry, Henry has power over them; there is no old nobility left to protest