Will England's History Happened?

Often as historians, we ask ourselves what if an event in history never occurred? What would have happened if the Allied nations were defeated by the Third Reich, would Hitler rule the world? What if America lost the Revolutionary War, would the United States ever be formed? History is crowded with what if’s, and it is termed in contemporary history as Alternative history, and is the theme in many different fictional novels, such as The Man in the High Castle, by Philip K. Dick. For example, one could examine the english reformation. In January of 1511 Catherine of Aragon gave birth to a son, Prince Henry. Unfortunately he died unexpectedly after 52 days. Henry VII would then become fixated on a male heir to secure his lineage. With increasing tunnel vision, he proceeded to go through wives like and advisers in an orgy of beheadings similar to someone flipping through a magazine. But, what if Henry and catherine had never divorced. How would england's history be different under King Henry IX. What challenges would he have faced? How would England be affected by the Reformation?
When Henry died an old man in 1547, he was mourned as …show more content…
They would be no need to pass over 50 Catholic heirs before handing the throne to Protestant Hanoverians. There would be no Bonfire Night to commemorate Guy Fawkes botched attempt to blow up parliament. The most significant consequence of Henry IX reign would be that the great colonisation of the New World (colonized by Portugal, England, Spain, and France) would have led to a uniformity of Catholic settlements in North America. No Puritan “Pilgrim Fathers” would have arrived in the New World, who, as like their Catholic englishmen, were criminalised in England from in 1559 for not attending the new Tudor Church’s. Furthermore, the Protestant bond linking that was displayed in England, along with her former colonies, would have never