The Tudor period (1485-1603)

The kings and queens of the Tudor family who ruled England for over 100 years

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In which year did the Tudor period begin? A) 1485 B) 1066 C) 1666 D) 1588
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How many wives did Henry VIII have? A) Six B) Two C) Four D) Eight
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True or false? Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church in Rome and made himself head of the Church of England. A) True B) False
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Which battle in 1485 began the Tudor period? A) Battle of Bosworth B) Battle of Hastings C) Battle of Britain D) Battle of Waterloo
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Put these Tudor monarchs in the order they ruled England. Put these in order: Mary I, Henry VIII, Henry VII, Elizabeth I, Edward VI
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Fill in the blank. In 1588, the English navy defeated the Spanish ___ sent to invade England.
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Who was the mother of Elizabeth I? A) Anne Boleyn B) Catherine of Aragon C) Jane Seymour D) Mary, Queen of Scots
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Why is Elizabeth I sometimes called the 'Virgin Queen'? A) She never married B) She was the youngest queen ever C) She lived in a town called Virginia D) She refused to wear a crown
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True or false? The Tudor period ended when Elizabeth I died in 1603 without a child to take the throne. A) True B) False
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Which famous English writer was working during Elizabeth I's reign? A) William Shakespeare B) Charles Dickens C) Roald Dahl D) J.K. Rowling
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The Tudor period (1485-1603) · for parents and teachers

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1485
The Tudor period began in 1485 when Henry Tudor defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth and became King Henry VII.
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Six
Henry VIII had six wives: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr.
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True
When the Pope refused to let Henry VIII divorce Catherine of Aragon, Henry broke from Rome in the 1530s and made himself head of a new Church of England.
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Battle of Bosworth
Henry Tudor won the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 and became Henry VII, the first Tudor king.
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Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I
The Tudor monarchs in order were: Henry VII (1485 to 1509), Henry VIII (1509 to 1547), Edward VI (1547 to 1553), Mary I (1553 to 1558) and Elizabeth I (1558 to 1603).
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Armada
The Spanish Armada was a fleet of about 130 ships sent by King Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England. It was defeated by the English navy and bad weather.
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Anne Boleyn
Elizabeth I's mother was Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife. Catherine of Aragon was the mother of Mary I, not Elizabeth.
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She never married
Elizabeth I never married. She was called the Virgin Queen, and the American colony of Virginia was named after her.
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True
Elizabeth I died in 1603 with no direct heir. The throne passed to her cousin James VI of Scotland, ending the Tudor period and beginning the Stuart period.
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare wrote his plays during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. His work made the late Tudor period a 'golden age' of English theatre.