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The House of Lancaster sezied the throne from the house of Plantagenet
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War of the Roses For a hundred and ten years, the houses of Lancaster and York battled to determine who was the more powerful house and subsequently the true heir to the English throne.
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The House of York were descendents of Edward III, the member of the House of Plantagenet that was usurped.
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Henry VII was the son of a Lancaster family and he married Elizabeth of York. The marriage ended the War of the Roses by combining the two houses. For more info
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Henry and Anne marry. She uses her influence over him to have the monarchy separate from the Catholic Church. She encouraged protestantism. Her influence over Henry VIII changed the way monarchs viewed the Church and its authority.
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Henry VIII passed an act declaring all monasteries to be dissolved. This meant that all monasteries would pledge their property to the Church of England, which was ruled by Henry VIII.
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As the only male heir, Edward VI took the throne after his father Henry VIII. Edward was only a boy and very sickly. Lady Jane Grey ruled alongside him as his regent until his early death. For more info
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Henry VIII and his six wives Henry VIII took the throne with peaceful transfer from his father upon his father's death.
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Mary I, a Catholic believer, takes the throne after Edward VI as the next legitimate heir of Henry VIII. Mary I was a cruel leader and the English did not like her. For more info
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Elizabeth I was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Henry's second wife. Many people thought Elizabeth was illegitimate and had no right to the throne. She became one of the strongest female monarchs to ever rule. For more info
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WHII.2 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the political, cultural, geographic, and economic conditions in the world about 1500 A.D.(C.E.) by
b) describing artistic, literary, and intellectual ideas of the Renaissance;
c) describing the distribution of major religions; The English monarchs starting with Henry VIII represent a break with the Catholic Church's control over rulers and a growth of absolutism. This timeline serves as an introductory piece to the study of abolsutism.
