Protestant Reformation

Question 1

When does henry viii become king

Answer 1

1509

Question 2

The 95 theses

Answer 2

1517 Martin Luther nails his criticisms to a church door in Wittenburg

Question 3

When do the religious wars break out

Answer 3

1524-31 in germany and switzerland

Question 4

Henry ends marriage

Answer 4

1528-33 henry and catherin of aragon can’t produce a male heir so henry marries anne boleyn

Question 5

Act of supremacy

Answer 5

1534 henry makes a new church and breaks with the catholic one

Question 6

Destruction of the monastries

Answer 6

1536 henry closes down and destroys all monastries, by 1540 all of them are shut

Question 7

The reformation accelerates

Answer 7

1547-52 edward vi makes big changes to the english church making it more protestant

Question 8

Edward dies, mary becomes queen

Answer 8

1553 jane grey is queen for 9 days but then mary takes over

Question 9

Return to Catholicism

Answer 9

1553-58 Mary reintroduces Catholicism. 300 people are burned at the stake for refusing to accept the changes.

Question 10

• Death of Mary, succession of Elizabeth

Answer 10

1558 Mary has no children with her husband Phillip II of Spain and dies with no direct heir. Mary’s half sister Elizabeth is declared Queen

Question 11

• Elizabethan Religious Settlement

Answer 11

1558-59 Elizabeth tries to steer a middle way with some catholic and protestant traditions

Question 12

• Start of the ‘Eighty Years War’ in the Low Countries

Answer 12

1568 Dutch Protestants rebel against the rule of Catholic Spain, beginning a struggle that lasts for decades. Elizabeth is pressured to intervene.

Question 13

• Mary, Queen of Scots is executed

Answer 13

1587 Elizabeth feels increasingly rivaled by Mary who is her Catholic rival to the throne. After years of imprisonment, Mary is beheaded.

Question 14

• The Spanish Armada

Answer 14

1588 The Spanish attempt to invade England. The invasion fails.