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At the beginning of its reign, Henry VIII was catholic.
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This act followed the divorce of Henry VIII with Catherine of Aragon. It gives the right to the king to annul marriages.
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After Henry's divorce with Catherine of Aragon, The Pope never recognized Ann Boleyn as the legitimate King's wife and, therefore, he excommunicated Henry VIII.
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After his excommunication, the Act of Supremacy put Henry VIII at the Suprem Head of the Church of England. It weakened the power of the Pope in England.
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Through this act, the Wales were officially integrated to England.
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Catholic revolt in response of the changes caused by the establishment of the Church of England (ex.: destruction of monasteries).
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Edward VI was the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymore. He succeeded to his father when he was only nine yeasr old.
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Edward VI was a protestant and during his reign he attempted to turn the Church of England more protestant. The Book of Common Prayer was the book of prayer for the Anglican Communion and it was the first with all the prayers in English. -
Mary I of England, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, was catholic. She is also known as "Bloody Mary" because of the violent repression against protestants which happened during the Catholic Restoration.
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Also called the "Elizabethan era" or "The Golden Age". Elizabeth I of England was the daughter of Henry VIII and Ann Boleyn. Unlike Mary I, she had been raised in a protestant faith. As a matter of fact, mist of her supporters were protestants who had fled the Catholic Restoration.
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After the Catholic Restoration led by her predecessor, Elizabeth I had to reinstall the Church of England.
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Like her father (Henri VIII)before her, Elizabeth I of England was excommunicated after putting the Church of England back.
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It is the Poor Law of 1572. Many Poor Laws were voted by the Parliamaent during Tudor's dynasty as the poverty was rising in England. Their purpose were mostly to settle a system of poor relief. The one of 1572 established a hierarchy between the poors (to give them what they needed depending on what "type" of poor they were) and especially a punishment for vagabonds.
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During Elizabeth's reign, many catholic plots to replace her by Mary of Scots (who, unlike Elizabeth, was catholic) were discovered. The last one was in 1586 and it was led by Anthony Babington. It caused Mary's execution (who had been imprisoned for nineteen years).
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The battle ended with the victory of England. This is a very important victory as the Armada was known to be "invicible".