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22 Cards in this Set
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Where did Henry VII spend his younger years? |
In exile |
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What kind of policies did Henry VII initiate when he became king? |
Policies that consolidated his right to rule and secured the Tudor dynasty |
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What did Henry VII avoid? |
War |
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Who did he centre on swelling? |
Crown coffers |
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How were aristocrats kept in line by Henry VII? |
Through a system of bonds and recognisance |
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At the end of the 16th century, what was England recovering from? |
Thirty years of civil war between the houses of Lancaster and York known as the War of The Roses |
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By 1500 what was the population of England still recovering from? |
The Black Death |
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What kind of society did England have? |
Agrarian society |
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What did Parliament consist of? |
A House of Lords and a House of Commons |
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Who did the King turn to? |
The privy council, which was made of leading nobles and churchmen |
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What did the Justices of the Peace do? |
Made sure that royal will was carried out |
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What bound the inhabitants of England together? |
Their loyalty towards the Catholic church |
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What had grown in power by the time that Henry VIII became King? |
Nobility |
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What was Henry VII determined to do? |
Restore the authority of the crown |
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What council did Henry VII establish? |
Learned in the Law, to oversee the administration of bonds and recognisances |
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Who did Henry VII unite and how? |
He united the House of Lancaster and York through his marriage to Elizabeth of York |
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What did Henry VII manage to withstand? |
Several attempts to challenge his throne |
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What did Henry VII launch in 1491? |
An invasion of France |
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What was Henry VII's invasion of France designed to achieve? (3) |
-save face over the loss of Breton independence -to attain a sizable pension from the French king -a promise that France would not support Yorkist rebels |
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What did most of Henry VII's foreign policy revolve around? |
Diplomacy and the creation of marriage alliances |
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What did marriage treaty happened with Spain in 1489 result in? |
The wedding of Catherine of Aragon to Prince Arthur |
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In 1509, what were 4 things that Henry VIII had cause to be grateful to his father for? |
-the crown's finances were in good health -the localities were by and large under control -the authority of the crown had been restored -a ready made marriage alliance with Spain awaited |
