Very simple presentation on the history of the House of Tudor

1. The Tudors
The birth of the nation state
Sandra Arenas
Felipe Ledezma
Students:

2.  The Tudors ruled from 1485 to 1603
The Tudors
Henry VII Henry VIII Edward VI Elizabeth IMary IHenry VII

3. Henry VII
Reign: 1485 to 1509
 He based royal power on good business sense.
 He wanted to grow English trade in order to
make the Crown financially independent.
 Using the ‘Court of Star Chamber’, he dealt with
lawless nobles.
 Upon his death, he left behind about fifteen
years’ worth of income.

4. Henry VIII
Reign: 1509 to 1547
 He wanted to be influent in European politics.
 He wasted all the money saved by his father.
 Henry disapproved the power of the Church
because he could not control it.
 He became head of the Church in England in
1531. It was legalized by the Parlament in 1534.
 Between 1536 and 1539, monasteries were
dissolved by the Crown in order to make money.

5. Edward VI
Reign: 1547 to 1553
 The country was ruled by a council of keen
Protestant reformers.
 In 1552 it was introduced a Protestant prayer
book.

6. Mary I
Reign: 1553 to 1558
 Upon Edward's death, his cousin Lady Jane Grey
was proclaimed queen, but Mary deposed her.
 Her marriage to King Philip of Spain caused
discontent.
 As Catholic, she burned at the stake about three
hundred Protestants.

7. Elizabeth I
Reign: 1558 to 1603
 She wanted to solve peacefully the problems of
English Reformation.
 The parish, administrated by the parson or vicar,
became the unit of state administration.
 Elizabeth decided not to marry neither French or
Spanish kings, who were Catholics.
 She kept Mary, the Scottish queen, as a prisoner
until 1587, when Spain decided to invade
England.