Supreme Governor of the Church of England

changed the way the church was run throughout England. One of the most important happenings in England, was the Reformation. It was a series of events in the 16th century, where England broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and the authority of the pope. It was a religious and political movement. England could now see the decline of feudalism, the rise of nationalism, the rise of the common law and the downfall of the Roman Catholic Church, with the Pope as the leader. In England power will change

citizens enabled people to take the harsh step and relocate. Specifically, the Puritans, a non-separating (from the Church of England) protestant group, migrated to the New World to fulfill their desire to practice their Puritanical beliefs freely. The Puritans disapproved the Anglican Church of England, because it held a lot of catholic remains in spite of breaking apart from the Catholic Church. When pointing this difference out, King James I ordered the persecutions of Puritans. Thus to escape the harsh

Before Elizabeth’s reign, religion in England was not stable and uniform. Elizabeth’s father, Henry VIII wanted a male heir to continue his reign. His first wife, Catherine of Aragon could not provide a male heir for him. This made Henry resort to attempting to get the Pope’s permission for a divorce which eventually ended in Henry being excommunicated from the Catholic religion when he declared himself the head of the Church in The Act of Supremacy of 1534. Although he was no longer Catholic, Henry

greatest monarchs England ever had, but she faced many disagreements and challenges against her ability to properly control England during her reign because she was a woman. Those religious oppositions against her gender influenced her rule greatly, eventually leading to her regal and authoritative responses. The regal responses reassured the people of her ability to control England, while the authoritative responses reestablished the fact that she was to be the only supreme ruler in England and no one

The Tudor dynasty ruled England for over a century. Out of the five monarchs who ruled during the Tudor dynasty, Queen Elizabeth I was perhaps the most influential and famous ruler. She had a major role in shaping England into the country into the country that it is today. Many events occurred in her life that led her to her decisions as a queen. Although many believed Queen Elizabeth was incapable of ruling England, she proved to be a powerful leader who benefited the country, besides the end of

According to Pitt, the people of that society believe that “man represented the supreme height of God`s creation, while women were inferior to him.” (Pitt, 16) and in the New Testament advised wives to submit to their husbands. In the traditional view of the hierarchical Elizabethan society, women were expected to be obedient. For the

Witchcraft in New England was easier to prove, compared to the English laws where witchcraft was seen as heresy against the church. Approximately 1,500 people in England were killed; but, over three centuries in New England tens of thousands where killed. Many historians believe that many of the witchcraft fears in New England were related to the settlements by the Puritans (Trask 1). In the beginning of the century in Massachusetts

Parliament stated that she was the only supreme governor of the state. (Doc 3) Because Parliament, the only strong national governing body other than Elizabeth I, supported her and validated her right to rule, there was no allowance of speculation or doubt. Others stated that Elizabeth I’s gender

Luther, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I to the development of the Reformation. The development of the reformation was due to the contribution of three key icons of Martin Luther,Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. The effort made by each of them helped reform the church and the events that followed in the counter reformation. Martin Luther entered an Augustinian monastery and was ordained a priest in 1507. He lived in Germany in the state of Saxony, where he became a lecturer at the university of Wittenberg. His

available farmland, they were forced to the outskirts of the colonies and quarreled with both other white settlers and the Native American population. Their cultural qualms with the king of England, however, made them valuable resources for the fight for American independence. 2. “Praying towns”: Praying towns in New England were villages in which Native Americans were taught the ways of Christianity and how to live a European lifestyle. These praying towns not only brought many Native Americans over time