The Tudor Research Paper

The Tudors were a very influential group of people in England during their time of rule. Henry VII began the Tudor dynasty and was succeeded by Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I. Henry VII took the throne in 1485 and the Tudors continued to occupy the throne for the following 118 years, also known as the golden age. During the Tudor rule, England became a leading European power and many cultural and social changes took place.

Henry VII was the son of Edmund Tudor. The Tudors were a part of the very powerful family of Lancaster. The death of Henry VII’s father before he was born caused him to become the head of the House of Lancaster. Henry VII was crowned king after he defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth.

He was very faithful towards his Protestant faith as his father was and agreed it should remain England’s sole religion. Edward was only nine years old at the time and he was thought to have been a delicate child and was always in poor health. Before Henry died, he set up a council for Edward and put his uncle, Edward Seymour, as Lord Protector. Edward was basically just the face of the government, while his uncle and the rest of the council appointed by his father, ran the government and made most of the decisions. Edward began showing signs of tuberculosis and people became worried. He was opposed to the thought of his two sisters taking the throne after he died, so he decided to put Northumberland's daughter-in-law next for the throne and her family could take over the throne. She was queen for nine days after Edward died, but the was then overthrown by Mary (Edward

She was considered illegitimate after Henry VIII ended his marriage with Mary’s mother Catherine. When he had his next daughter Elizabeth, Mary was sent to take care of Elizabeth’s every need. Elizabeth then became illegitimate like Mary. As soon as Edward became ill, it was decided that Mary was next in line for the throne. As soon as Mary I became queen, she began trying to get people to convert back to Catholicism. She even had many of the Protestants that followed that faith her father had started, to be burned at the stake. This was the reason people were not happy about Mary becoming queen and why many attempts were made to get her Protestant sister Elizabeth to be queen. Mary was aware of this and imprisoned her sister to keep her from being such a threat. Mary then married a king from Spain with intentions of producing an heir, but that was not accomplished. This relation England now had with Spain brought England into a war with France which caused England’s loss of Calais that was in England’s last possession in France (Mary I). Not long after that, Mary became very ill, was deserted by her husband, and had no children, so when she died her sister Elizabeth I took the