Great Britain Dbq

While in a time of the English Church being under the control of the Catholic Church and Pope in Rome, King Henry VIII claimed the power of controlling the whole English Church through the Act of Supremacy. This caused for any that are still supporting the Pope and the power of the Catholic Church to be destroyed in the King’s eyes, especially monasteries. With the country no longer under the Catholic rule, it soon became a Protestant country.

Desiring marriage to his mistress Anne Boleyn, and a subsequent male heir to the throne, King Henry VIII of England stood before the pope with a plea. He wanted to divorce his then wife Catherine of Aragon, who he had come to despise for failing to produce a male heir, and instead marry Anne. However, this request was met with adamant refusal by the pope, who deemed the divorce unholy as it was against the Catholic faith. Upon hearing that his request was denied, Henry became livid and, in with the Act of Supremacy, ordained himself the head of the Anglican Church. He then proceeded to divorce Catherine and take Anne as his new bride. But Henry’s actions against the Catholic Church did not stop there.

During the 1500s, the citizens of England were overcome with multiple transitions of religion due to their monarch. The first notable instance of religious alteration was when Henry the VIII took the throne. During his reign, he ruled the Act of Supremacy, which separated England from the Catholic Church, and so Henry VIII established the Church of England, of which he was the leader of. This individual action indirectly prompted many other spiritual changes that would take place in England during the years to come, led by his successors. Even if his ruling may have ultimately been positive, it is utterly clear that at the time, Henry VIII's reformation was motivated purely by his selfish desires for a male heir. This was very dissimilar to Martin Luther's reformation, which was led by Luther's faith and loyalty to god. Though the two men both transformed the perception of religion in Europe drastically, the advancements were made for vastly different reasons. (#8)

In 1533, Henry VIII became obsessed with Anne Boleyn. Henry VIII asked the pope to annul his almost 20 year marriage to Catherine de Aragon. When the pope refused, Henry VIII founded his own church. He named is Church of England and he proclaim himself to be the head of the new founded church. People started to move to America where they wanted freedom of religion (Khle, 2009).

Contrary to an average American's belief on how Americans actually came to be, they did not do it completely on their own or the perfect American way. In fact, it all started around the seven years war when Great Britain beat France in the war for world empire. By doing this they also opened the lands west of the Appalachian Mountain for settlement. In order to win this war the british had to rack up a great amount of debt and mortality. They were able to do all of this without the slightest of help from the colonies and afterwards most british people were unhappy with colonists because of their lack of sympathy and support. The colonists simply stopped focusing on Great Britain in general and more on expanding their own territory to the newly opened lands. Almost everyone in the colonies now thought themselves as no longer British and started creating their own American identity.

Religious conflict in england, King Henry the VIII broke with the roman catholic church in the 1530’s, created the English protestant reformation.

Henry the 8th lead the English Reformation in 1534 by passing the Supremacy of the Crown Act, creating the Anglican Church in England. In response to these movements, the Catholic Church established the Council of Trent, marking the start of the Catholic Reformation. The Reformation changed the society in Europe with political and religious changes that set the course for history and the

What caused the colonies to separate from Great Britain was that Great Britain decided that people in the colonies needed to have troops to maintain the peace between the colonists. They hated that the British had neglected them for so long and then out of nowhere they came and made changes that the colonies did not agree on. This caused some major controversy between the colonist and the troops, that later lead to the event of the Boston Massacre, where five colonist where killed. To make matters worst the Parliament decided to tax the colonist for the “helping” of the troops as well as restricting where people could settle. In 1764 and 1765 the sugar and stamp act were passed latter followed by the taxation on imports such as paper, pain,

The economy of the colonies was also impacted. Britain's attempts to raise revenue after the war caused tension among the colonies. With the end of salutary neglect, a stricter enforcement of mercantilism and new policies soon replaced it. Facing the enormous debt of the war, the British realized, “not only [was the] revenue impaired, but the commerce of the colonies diverted from its natural course” (Doc F). In order to resolve this issue, they decided to impose taxes on the colonists through various acts such as the Revenue Act, Sugar Act, and, most notably, the Stamp Act of 1765. The act, passed by British Parliament, imposed a direct tax on the colonists, requiring them to pay for a stamp on all printed materials. These various acts sparked

The New Reformation was an era with new ideas and feud between religions. In the 1500s, England believed in brand new things. Autocrats enforced the eulogized religion. Academies taught religions authorized by autocrats. Failing to comply with the eulogized religions is punishable by confinement, laceration, and death penalty. Complying with the wrong religion has its own risks for privy treasure, laxity, and vitality. Queen Mary accepted the Catholic religion and charred the Protestants alive and victimized them. Queen Elizabeth accepted and allowed Protestantism to be a religion. Queen Elizabeth allowed people to accept the Catholic religion without being persecuted. The Catholics desired to substitute Mary and replace Queen Elizabeth. (Linda Alchins, Religion in Elizabethan England, paragraph # 3). Catholics thinks that

The colonists had many reasons to not obey the king. The reasons are, the colonists were able to govern themselves for years and now British wants control, even though they have taken care of themselves for a long time. Also the colonists weren’t equally represented. Lastly there was Salutary Neglect, which is the unofficial British Policy that enforced laws on american colonists. Additionally, the colonists were governing themselves for a while and now the british want control over them.

Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I may have been the English Reformation’s greatest benefactors, all because of self interest. Henry VIII was not originally Protestant, but after the pope denied him of his divorce, Henry VIII took things into his own hands. Due to the power kings had in the Middle Ages, Henry VIII was able to control Parliament and force it to do whatever

The English Reformation caused an uproar within my town, neighbors, and even my father was not happy with it. Even though, many people did not agree with most of Henry VIII political views, it was tolerable up until now. Based on my father, an English Reformation is when the “Church of England broke away authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church” (76). This then provides Henry VIII power and total control over the churches. Under his control, the churches did not feel right as he took away the beliefs and morals of being a Catholic. Many Catholics hope for the revoke of the English Reformation and return of the Church of England in its old ways. As others and my father did believe that changes should be made in regarding of the Reformation

The writer’s emphasis is on the ‘intentionality’ of this reformation. The Tudor Reformation was carried out with extremely personal motive. As explained above, Henry VIII’s religious reformation was an event caused by his personal desire to marry Anne Boleyn. It was revealed by an attempt that Hnery tried to appeal to Pope Clement Ⅶ that his marriage was illegal according to the

England’s dissent from the Catholic Church began with King Henry VIII (1491-1547). After Catherine of Aragon failed to produce a male heir, Henry demanded a divorce from her. The Pope denied Henrys request which led to Henry dissolving all ties with the Roman Catholic Church and changed the direction of religion in England. Henrys VIII motives for change were for personal gain rather than changing religious beliefs (Christianity in Britain, 2011). A law was passed in 1534 allowing Henry VIII to declare himself the head of the new Church of England, this move allowed Henry VIII to divorce Catherine and marry Anne Boleyn – the second of six wives (Steele & MacDonald, 2007).