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What languages did Henry speak

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French, Italian and Latin

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How many wives did Henry have

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6

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What is the rhyme to remember what happened to Henry’s wives

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Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived

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What were his wives in order called

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Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Katherine Parr

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How many children did Henry have

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3

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What were his children called in order

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Mary I, Elizabeth I and Edward VI

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Why did Anne Boleyn always wear gloves

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Because she had an extra thumb on her left hand

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What was Henry’s interests

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Composing music, jousting, archery and horse riding

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List 4 reason why Henry was a SAINT

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Henry found the navy and helped keep England safe
Henry was a clever scholar
Henry found the Christ church collage
Henry stopped foreign interference with England’s affairs

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List 4 reasons why Henry was a SINNER

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He made himself head of the England church
He dealt savagely with the uprising in the north
He shut down all monasteries and took all riches
Henry executed 2 wives and men who opposed him

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Why did Henry divorce Catherine of Aragon

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Because he was a married for 20 years and need a son

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Why did Henry change religion

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He needed a divorce to marry Anne Boleyn

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What did Henry do to get money

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Ship it down all monasteries

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Why did the English like the Protestant idea

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They wanted the bible and services in English

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How and when did Edward die

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1553 and typhus

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How long was Lady Jane Grey on the throne for. And what relation does she have with Edward

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She lasted 9 days and was Edwards cousin

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What was Mary Tudor known as

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Bloody Mary

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18
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What was Mary’s saying

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TURN or BURN

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Who was king of Scotland and what relation did he have with Henry

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King James V and was Henry’s VIII nephew

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Why did Henry and James fight

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To see who got to rule the boarder area

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21
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Which country did James turn to when he needed help

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France

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Who did James marry

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Mary of Guise

23
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They had a daughter what was her name and when was she born

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Mary (Mary queen of Scots) born in 1542

24
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When did her father die

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When she was a week old

25
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Where did her mother sent Mary when she was too young to rule

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France her home country

26
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What age was Mary when she was promised a marriage and who was it too

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She was 6 and she was going to marry further King Francis

27
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When did Mary marry

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15

28
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When did Francis become king

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1559

29
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Why was Mary forced to leave England

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Because her husband died and was forced to leave

30
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Who was starting to attack Mary of guise in Scotland

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The Protestant under the leadership of John Knox

31
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When did Mary of Guise did and when did Scotland become a Protestant country

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She died in 1560

Scotland became Protestant in 1561

32
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Why was Mary unwelcome in Scotland

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Because she was practising Catholic

33
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What relation was Elizabeth to Mary Queen of Scots

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2nd cousins

34
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Who did Mary Marry second

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Lord Darnley

35
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What type of person was Darnley

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Jealous, cruel, stubborn, drunken

36
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What was Rizzio doing when Darnley came in and grabbed him

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He was playing the harp for Mary and her ladies

37
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How many times was Rizzio stabbed

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56

38
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Why did Darnley kill Rizzio

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He thought they were having affairs

39
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What was Mary and Darnleys son called

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James VI

40
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Who had Mary fallen in love with

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Earl of Bothwell

41
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When was Darnley killed and how

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He died on the 9th February 1567
No one knows how he died all we know is that he was found on the ground with his servers strangled and the house was blown up

42
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Why did Mary come to England

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For help from her cousin

43
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What did Elizabeth do with her

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Put her in the Tower of London

44
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Why was Elizabeth worried about marry if she let her go

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Because Elizabeth didn’t have any children and would have to pass the throne to Mary who was Catholic

45
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Who planned to Mary Marry and replace Elizabeth

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An Italian man Ridolfi

46
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What happened in France

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Mary’s relatives came together

47
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What made it possible for Mary to write to friends

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Agents

48
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How did they communicate

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By letters in codes

49
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What was the plot involving a foreign invasion

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Babington plot

50
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Why was Mary not able to be tried by English courts

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Because she was Scottish

51
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Why did Elizabeth not believe the evidence

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She thought it was forged or Mary may have been tricked

52
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Who did Mary write letters to

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To powerful leaders abroad asking to be help for escape

53
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What did Elizabeth do with Catholics

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She lets Protestants worship and Catholics worship privately

54
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Hat did Elizabeth do to make herself look good

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Get especially beautiful paintings painted and to send them to everyone

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