Have you guessed the last unnamed hero? Unexpectedly he wanted to marry Elizabeth, the First.
DATA BASE - MODERN BRITAIN. PERIOD OF GREAT EMPIRES
Listen and complete the chart
| 1485 | The War of the Roses ends. ………………. crowned king. |
| 1497 | ……………… sails from Bristol and discovers North America |
| 1509 | Henry VIII succeeds to the throne |
| 1534 | Henry VIII forms the ' …………………………..’ |
| 1536 | Act of Union joins England and ……………………… |
| ………. | Destruction or closure of 560 ……………… and …………… houses |
| 1558 | …………………. begins her ………… year reign |
| 1570 | Sir ………………… sets sail for his first voyage to the West Indies |
| 1588 | The English defeat …………………………………………………….. |
| 1591 | First performance of a play by ………………………………………… |
| 1600 | First British involvement in the Indian continent - ………….. Company |
3. Read a passage below and answer the questions:
1) Why did Henry VIII break from communion with the Catholic Church?
2) How many wives did Henry VIII have?
3) What is the name of his Catholic wife? The mother of Elizabeth? The mother of a lone male heir, Edward?
The Tudors
The Tudor period would prove to be eventful. The Renaissance reached England through Italian courtiers, who reintroduced artistic, educational and scholary debate from classical antiquity.
During this time England began to develop naval skills, exploring the West. Henry VIII broke from communion with the Catholic Church, over issues relating to divorce, under the Acts of Supremacy in 1534 which proclaimed the monarch head of the Church of England. Contrary to much of European Protestantism, the roots of the split were more political than theological.
Henry VIII was the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. The significance of Henry's reign is overshadowed by his six marriages:
ü Catherine of Aragon (widow of Arthur) - daughter, Mary;
ü Anne Boleyn - daughter, Elizabeth;
ü Jane Seymour - lone male heir, Edward;
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Anne of Cleves, the German princess;
ü Catherine Howard;
ü Catherine Parr.
There were internal religious conflicts during the reigns of Henry's daughters; Mary I and Elizabeth I. The former attempted to bring the country back to Catholicism, while the later broke from it again more forcefully asserting the supremacy of Anglicanism.
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Beginning of the British Empire
An English fleet under Francis Drake defeated an invading Spanish Armada during the Elizabethan period. Competing with Spain, the first English colony in the Americas was founded by explorer Walter Raleigh in 1585 and named Virginia.
The East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company
Originally chartered as the "Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies", the company rose to account for half of the world's trade, particularly trade in basic commodities that included cotton, silk, indigo dye, salt, saltpetre, tea and opium.
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