Foreign Policy 30s And 40s

Question 1

Post BWR?

Answer 1

Threat of CV
AB wanted french alliance
Growing division between H and Francis I
Crom wanted alliance w German princes

Question 2

1538?

Answer 2

H excommunicated
Auld alliance renewed

Question 3

1540s?

Answer 3

H divorced Anne of Cleves
Fall of Cromwell

Question 4

1542?

Answer 4

Charles V and H agree joint invasion of France
H invaded fr in 1544. CV betrayed England and made peace w Francis despite deal not to

Question 5

1543?

Answer 5

Henry at war w Scotland - Battle of Solway Moss
Scot: H tried to meet w nephew James V for Scottish alliance by J never turned up as he didnt want to be dominated by H
Instead J allied w fr renewing auld alliance
H annoyed at tries to teach him a lesson by raiding Scotland

Question 6

Battle of solway moss?

Answer 6

• Scots retaliated
• J convinced that eng forces were weak
• However 10,000 Scottish men defeated by 3,000 English men

Question 7

What was the 1544 rough wooing?

Answer 7

H ordered invasion of Scot - tobring to end to Auld Alliance
He was also angered that the Treaty of Greenwich (when the Scots agreed that Mary would marry Henry’s son Edward) had been rejected.

Question 8

When did the Mary rose sink?

Answer 8

1545 - sunk itself trying to defend England