Relations with foreign powers

Question 1

2 main influences on marys foreign powers

Answer 1

desire to restore papal supremacy
advance phillips cause as her choice of husband

both achieved in 1554

Question 2

when was the pope elected

Answer 2

anti-spanish pope paul IV in 1555

Question 3

what did the election of the anti-spanish pope lead to?

Answer 3

renewed war between France and Spain
despite the terms of the marriage treaty, mary decided to support spain, going to war against france (indirectly the papancy)

Question 4

when was the war + what happened

Answer 4

1557
England declared war on France and sent troops to join Spanish forces. Spanish and English forces defeated France at the Battle of Saint-Quentin. But Spain did not have the money to secure a victory.

Question 5

what did england lose? + what year

Answer 5

their last english posession in france : calais
1558

Question 6

was her foreign relationships successful?

Answer 6

largely unsuccessful : her marriage to phillip neither gained the approval of parliament nor produced a heir + war went to disaster

Question 7

what did the loss of calais mean?

Answer 7

Calais ensured England had a position on the continent. The loss of it meant England lost political power in Europe.
Humiliating for henry