Henry VIII and his ministers,

1509-1540

Exam Practise Workbook

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Describe two features of Wolsey’s rise to power

Henry VIII’s government

The Treaty of London 1518

England’s war with France 1522-25

The Field of the Cloth of Gold

The Amicable Grant

Henry’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon

The opposition to the annulment

The Boleyn faction

His personality that helped Cromwell become Chief Minister

Cromwell’s work as Chief Minister

Cromwell’s role in the fall of Anne Boleyn.

The Seymour family

Cromwell’s management and use of Parliament

Henry’s marriage to Anne of Cleves

England’s government and control of Ireland

The English church after the Reformation

The Act of Supremacy of 1534

Opposition to the Reformation

The Dissolution of the Monasteries

John Fisher’s opposition to Henry VIII

The Pilgrimage of Grace

Explain why Wolsey’s foreign policy did not win military glory for Henry VIII. (12 marks)

Explain why Wolsey’s domestic reforms were not as successful as he wished. (12 marks)

Explain why Henry wanted to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. (12 marks)

Explain why Henry VIII failed to gain an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. (12 marks)

Explain why Cardinal Wolsey fell from power in 1529-30. (12 marks)

Explain why Cromwell rose to power to be King Henry’s Chief Minister. (12 marks)

Explain why Anne Boleyn was executed in 1536. (12 marks)

Explain why Cromwell made reforms to the government in the 1530s. (12 marks)

Explain why Cromwell fell from power in 1540. (12 marks)

Explain why there was opposition to the break with Rome. (12 marks)

Explain why Sir Thomas More was executed in 1535. (12 marks)

Explain Thomas Cromwell’s role in the enforcement of the English Reformation. (12 marks)

Explain why religious houses were dissolved in the 1530’s. (12 marks)

Explain why Henry decided to close the smaller monasteries in 1536. (12 marks)

Explain why the Pilgrimage of Grace failed in 1536. (12 marks)

‘The opposition of the Emperor Charles V was the main reason why Henry VIII failed to gain an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon’. How far do you agree? (16 marks)

‘Wolsey’s failure to gain an annulment of Henry’s marriage was the main reason why he fell from power in 1529’. How far do you agree? (16 marks)

‘Wolsey’s desire for peace was the main reason why Henry VIII did not achieve military success 1515-25.’ How far do you agree? (16 marks)

‘Wolsey’s greatest success between 1515 and 1525 was the Field of Cloth of Gold’. How far do you agree? (16 marks)

‘The main reason for Anne Boleyn’s execution was that she did not give birth to a son’. How far do you agree? (16 marks)

‘The most important consequence of Cromwell’s reforms of government was the role of Parliament.’ How far do you agree? (16 marks)

‘The main reason for Henry’s campaign against the Pope and the Catholic Church was his wish to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon’. How far do you agree? (16 marks)

‘Thomas Cromwell’s arrangement of Henry’s marriage to Anne of Cleves was the main reason for Cromwell’s fall from power in 1540’. How far do you agree? (16 marks)

‘The main changes to Henry’s system of government and finance in the years 1534-40 was a greater role for parliament’. How far do you agree? (16 marks)

‘Thomas Cromwell fell from power because of the actions of the Duke of Norfolk’. How far do you agree? (16 marks)

‘The main consequence of the Dissolution of the Monasteries was that the King became much wealthier’. How far do you agree? (16 marks)

‘In the years 1534-40 the English church changed very little.’ How far do you agree? (16 marks)

‘The main cause of the Pilgrimage of Grace was the Dissolution of the Monasteries’. How far do you agree? (16 marks)

’The Pilgrimage of Grace was badly led’ How far do you agree? (16 marks)

‘The Pilgrimage of Grace was the most important consequence of the break with Rome during the 1530’s. How far do you agree? (16 marks)