Tudor England

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Tudor England

• Objective Students will be able to explain how
  the Tudor royalty centralized power in the
  English monarchy while dealing with Parliament.

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Tudor England

• Monarchs power was balanced by Parliament and
  Common Law allowed for uniformity across the
  land
• Henry VII (1485-1509) reestablishes royal control
  after the Wars of the Roses
• Financial independence for the monarchy
• Increase the power of Justices of the Peace.
• Increase power and influence of royal council
  (the Star Chamber).

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Tudor England

• Henry VIII
• Used Reformation Parliament to increase power of
  the king (while Parliaments prestige increased
  as well.)
• Royal power increased through the leadership of
  Thomas Cromwell and the Privy Council
• Royal income rose with the appropriation of
  church fees and possession selling of church
  lands to new landowners.

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Tudor England

• Edward VI
• Being a minor, the nobility attempted to take
  back more power.
• Mary I
• In attempt to reestablish Catholicism, provoked
  revolts.
• Gains the name Bloody Mary through burning of
  Protestants at the stake.
• Mary marries Philip II of Spain.

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Elizabeth I

• Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603) championed
  Protestant causes in Europe.
• Queen Elizabeth I reverses Marys edicts.
• 1559, Parliament passes new Act of Supremacy and
  Act of Uniformity.
• Elizabeth has difficulties as a inexperienced
  woman ruler, but she carefully crafted her image
  to instill the love of her people.

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England v. Spain

• Alliance with England ends with death of Mary in
  1558 and the accession of Elizabeth.
• England was an unlikely foe to Spain (lost
  possessions in Europe, had no overseas
  possessions)
• Elizabeth helps Protestant Netherlands gain
  independence from Spain.
• Philip plots to re-impose Catholicism in England.

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The Armada, 1588

• Elizabeth supported the Dutch Revolt and English
  privateers regularly attacked Spanish colonial
  shipping.
• Philip II attempts to invade England to end
  Protestant resistance.
• Fleet attempts to pick up Spanish troops in the
  Netherlands for invasion.
• Armada is harassed by smaller, better armed and
  more maneuverable English fleet.

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The Armada, 1588

• The combination of better English seamanship and
  bad weather (the Protestant Wind) defeated the
  Spanish.
• Forced to return home via northern route - half
  the fleet lost.
• Marked the beginning of the rise of England as a
  major power with national identity.

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Document Based Questions Queen Elizabeth I
Against the Spanish Armada, 1588

• What does Elizabeth say about her subjects and
  her relationship to them?
• How does she describe herself as a ruler and
  leader?
• Why does Elizabeth feel England will be
  victorious in the coming battle?