Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church and established the Church of England after the Pope denied his request for a divorce from his first wife. His son Edward took Protestant reforms further, replacing Latin services with English and allowing priests to marry. Mary then became queen and forcibly restored Catholicism, burning hundreds of Protestants at the stake and forcing priests to separate from their wives. Elizabeth later balanced Catholic and Protestant interests by allowing both English and Latin services, and letting priests marry again while distancing the monarch's role from the head of the church.

2. Religious Rollercoaster
Henry VIII was all around the rollercoaster. He started out catholic then he realised that
his wife ‘Catherine or Aragon’ was to old to have anymore children so he wanted a
divorce. He told the priest but the Catholic religion doesn’t allow divorces so he decided
to break with Rome and start his own church – The Church of England! Straight away he
divorced Catherine which made him Protestant.
Edward was Henry’s first son and he was all Protestant and no Catholic. He changed the
Church by the age of 9. He changed the Church Services from Latin to English and
allowed Priests to marry! He also scrapped all the beautiful decorations and replaced
them with boring and dull decorations. The Church now looked plain and boring.

3. Religious Rollercoaster
There then comes ‘Bloody’ Mary who took Catholic to a whole new level by burning all
the protestants that didn’t become Catholic to the stake. She burned over 300 people in
5 years. She also forced the Priests to separate from their wives. She re-built the church
and replaced the English services to Latin.
5 years after Mary was called to the throne there comes along a lady called Elizabeth
who considered Catholic and Protestant views. She made it fair for both religions. For
protestants she booted out the Latin services and replaced then once again with English,
she also let the Priests marry again. For Catholics she changes the role of ‘Head of
Church’ to a ‘Monarch Governor’ and she also got a new prayer book!