Henry VII Foreign Policy

Question 1

What were Henry VII’s foreign policy aims

Answer 1

Peace and National Security
Defence of English Trade Interests
Recognition of the Tudor Dynasty

Question 2

What were pensions?

Answer 2

Payments made from a foreign power

Question 3

What is an embargo?

Answer 3

A ban on trade to punish a target and prevent it from carrying out certain policies

Question 4

What was the Hanseatic league?

Answer 4

A commercial union to control trade in the Baltic sea

Question 5

Who were the Merchant Adventurers?

Answer 5

A trading organisation which dominated the cloth trade

Question 6

What was the Hundred Years War?

Answer 6

A conflict that lasted on and off from 1337 to 1453, fought between England and France

Question 7

Who was the King of France?

Answer 7

Charles VII

Question 8

Who was the leader of Brittany and married the King of France?

Answer 8

Duchess Anne

Question 9

Who was the couple who married to unite the crowns of Spain?

Answer 9

Isabella and Ferdinand

Question 10

Who was the leader of the Holy Roman Empire?

Answer 10

Maximilian

Question 11

Who was the sister to Edward 4th and Richard 3rd and the step mother in law to Maximilian?

Answer 11

Margaret of Burgundy

Question 12

Who was the daughter of Spanish monarchs and had an agreement to marry Arthur Tudor?

Answer 12

Catherine of Aragon

Question 13

Who was the son of Maximilian and the leader of Burgundy?

Answer 13

Phillip of Burgundy

Question 14

Who was the king of Scotland and married Margaret Tudor?

Answer 14

James IV

Question 15

Who was the uncrowned King of Ireland?

Answer 15

Earl of Kildare

Question 16

Who was the king of Ireland?

Answer 16

Gerald FitzGerald

Question 17

When was the Treaty of Redon signed?

Answer 17

1489

Question 18

Who was the Treaty of Redon signed with?

Answer 18

Brittany

Question 19

What was the Treaty of Redon?

Answer 19

An agreement that Henry VII would assemble an army to support Brittany to support them in exchange for a pension to be paid to England

Question 20

When was Medina Del Campo signed?

Answer 20

1489

Question 21

Who was Medina Del Campo signed with?

Answer 21

Spain

Question 22

What was the purpose of Medina Del Campo?

Answer 22

To support the marriage between Arthur Tudor and Catherine of Aragon, agree no support for pretenders, agree mutual protection and to lower tariffs

Question 23

When was the Treaty of Etaples signed?

Answer 23

1492

Question 24

Who was the Treaty of Etaples signed with?

Answer 24

France

Question 25

What was the purpose of the Treaty of Etaples?

Answer 25

To stop fighting in exchange for a pension from France and France stopping their support for Perkin Warbeck

Question 26

When was the Embargo?

Answer 26

1493

Question 27

Who was the Embargo with?

Answer 27

Burgundy

Question 28

What was the Embargo placed for?

Answer 28

Due to Burgundy’s support for Perkin Warbeck

Question 29

When was Poynings Law passed?

Answer 29

1495

Question 30

Who was Poynings law with?

Answer 30

Ireland

Question 31

What was Poynings Law?

Answer 31

Poynings Law meant that the Irish parliament could not pass laws without consent from Henry VII

Question 32

When was Intercursus Magnus signed?

Answer 32

1496

Question 33

Who was Intercursus Magnus signed with?

Answer 33

Burgundy

Question 34

What was Intercursus Magnus?

Answer 34

The revival of trade between England and Burgundy and the end of the Embargo

Question 35

When was the Truce of Ayton signed?

Answer 35

1497

Question 36

Who was the Truce of Ayton signed with?

Answer 36

Scotland

Question 37

What was the purpose of the Truce of Ayton?

Answer 37

It was a truce to end fighting between England and Scotland and an agreement for Scotland to hand over Perkin Warbeck

Question 38

When was the Marriage between Arthur Tudor and Catherine of Aragon?

Answer 38

1501

Question 39

When did Arthur Tudor die?

Answer 39

1502

Question 40

When was the Treaty of Perpetual Peace?

Answer 40

1503

Question 41

Who was the Treaty of Perpetual Peace signed with?

Answer 41

Scotland

Question 42

What was the purpose of the Treaty of Perpetual Peace?

Answer 42

An agreement to long lasting peace between England and Scotland

Question 43

When was Intercursus Malus signed?

Answer 43

1506

Question 44

Who was Intercursus Malus proposed with?

Answer 44

Burgundy

Question 45

What was the purpose of Intercursus Malus?

Answer 45

To try and further England’s trade interests, however it was never passed

Question 46

When was the Treaty of Windsor signed?

Answer 46

1506

Question 47

Who was the Treaty of Windsor signed with?

Answer 47

Burgundy and Spain

Question 48

What was the purpose of the Treaty of Windsor?

Answer 48

Proposed marriage between Henry and Philip’s sister (Archduchess Margaret) which never happened. Agreed Henry’s recognition of Juana and Philip as rulers of Castile to strengthen their claim to the throne