Why did Henry VIII break from Rome?

What are the four reason for Henry's break with Rome?

• Popularity and Succession

• Love and Power

• Money and Religion

• War and Protestantism

The Act of Supremacy 1534 was the law in which...

• All taxes payable to the Catholic Church were destroyed and paid to the Monarch instead

• King Henry was declared as the official Head of the Church not the Pope

• Anyone who argued against Henry VIII would face a charge of treason

• All excommunications performed by the Pope were invalid

The Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536 was...

• when Henry married Anne Boleyn in secret

• when Henry VIII ordered for 376 monasteries to be closed down

• the annual tithe being paid to the Church of England rather than the Catholic Church

• the report of Nuns and Monks not living by the rules of St. Benedict.

Thomas Cranmer (Archbishop of Canterbury) wanted Henry VIII to break from Rome because of...

• Money

• Power

• Love

• Religion

Thomas Cromwell (Henry's Chief Advisor) wanted Henry to break with Rome because of...

• Love and Money

• Religion and Money

• Power and Love

• Money and Power

Why did Henry VIII want to divorce Catherine of Aragon?

• He thought she was too old to have anymore children

• He did not love her anymore

• He met Anne Boleyn

• He wanted to anger the Pope

The rule: Anyone who argued against Henry's position as the Head of the Church or of his marriage to Anne Boleyn would face a charge of treason belonged to which law?

• The Act of Supremacy 1534

• The Statute of Restraints in Appeal 1533

• The Treason Act 1534

• The Act of Restraints of Annates 1534

Why did Cranmer (Archbishop of Canterbury) want Henry to break from Rome?

• The Catholic Church was full of sinful priests and only worried about their bellies and beautiful churches

• Creating the Church of England would give Henry ultimate power and control over the Church and Country

• Cranmer wanted the new church to be holy

• The Monarchy would be able to gain more money (through taxes) for war.

Why did Henry VIII need his marriage to Anne Boleyn to be valid and recognised by the people of England?

• It would guarantee him popularity

• He would have more power

• Any son they may have would be the legitimate heir to the throne

• Catholic's still believed that he was married to Catherine

Divorcing Catherine because she was too old and marrying Anne Boleyn in an attempt to have a son (heir) falls into which reason for his break with Rome?

• Religion

• Money

• Power

• Love