Foreign Policy

Question 1

When did Henry enter an alliance (the Holy League), with Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and the papacy, against France?

Answer 1

1510

Question 2

When did Henry send an attack to the south-west of France of 10,000 soldiers?

Answer 2

1512

Question 3

When was the ‘Battle of the Spurs’ won and the capture of Therouanne and Tournai?

Answer 3

1513

Question 4

When did James IV of Scotland (allied with France) invade England - the Battle of Flodden?

Answer 4

1513

Question 5

When did Charles V and HRE Maximilian sign the Treaty of Cambrai with France?

Answer 5

1517

Question 6

When was the Treaty of London signed?

Answer 6

1518

Question 7

When did Henry and Francis met at the ‘Field of the Cloth of Gold’?

Answer 7

1520

Question 8

When was the Treaty of Burges negotiated by Wolsey with Charles V?

Answer 8

1521

Question 9

When was the Battle of Pavia?

Answer 9

1525

Question 10

When did Henry ally with France in the Treaty of Amiens?

Answer 10

1527

Question 11

When did Charles and Francis sign the Treaty of Nice?

Answer 11

1538

Question 12

When was the Pact of Toledo?

Answer 12

1539

Question 13

When did Henry marry Anne of Cleves?

Answer 13

1539

Question 14

When was there an invasion of the Pale by two Irish nobles?

Answer 14

1539

Question 15

When was the Battle of Solway Moss, and the death of James V?

Answer 15

1542

Question 16

When was the Treaty of Greenwich created as a marriage alliance between Edward and Mary?

Answer 16

1543

Question 17

When did Henry capture Boulogne with his invasion of France alongside Charles V?

Answer 17

1544

Question 18

When was the Battle of Ancrum Moor?

Answer 18

1545

Question 19

When was peace agreed between England and France?

Answer 19

1546

Question 20

When were Henry’s 4 succession acts?

Answer 20

1534 - declared Mary illegitimate + succession would rest with Anne’s children
1536 - declared Elizabeth illegitimate + in the absence of a legitimate heir Henry could legitimise his son (who later died the same year)
1544 - re-legitimated Mary and Elizabeth + affirmed Henry’s right to choose the succession
December 1546 - confirmed succession + if his children died without heirs Henry’s sister Mary would succeed + set up Regency Council