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What man was the first Tudor King of England?
Henry VII
Howard III
George I
Charles II
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Henry VII won the crown of England by claiming victory in what civil war?
The Rising of the North
The Avignone War
The War of the Roses
The War of Rebellion
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Henry VII established what symbol as being the crest of House Tudor?
Two roses; One white and one red
Three keys tied in a red ribbon
A golden lion atop a sword
A green dragon breathing fire
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At what battle did Henry Tudor end the War of the Roses by defeating his rival Richard III?
The Battle of Catalaunian Plains
The Battle of Abritus
The Battle of Bosworth Field
The Battle of Tuona
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As a sign of goodwill and a ploy to cease hostilities, Henry Tudor married what woman from the War of the Roses faction that opposed him?
Antigone of York
Elizabeth of York
Gretchin of Lancaster
Portia of Lancaster
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Henry VII signed the Treaty of Perpetual Peace that, on paper, was meant to end hostilities between England and what other political power?
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Cornwall
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The Tudors added what land of the British Isles, that they had ancestral ties to, under the English crown?
Scotland
Cornwall
Wales
Ireland
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What son of Henry VII became the second Tudor monarch to rule England?
Peter I
Richard III
Edward V
Henry VIII
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Henry VIII founded what religion based on his squabbles with the Catholic Church?
The Anglican Church
The Methodist Church
The Lutheran Church
The Mormon Church
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Thomas Cranmer was appointed by Henry VIII to what position that gave him authority over the new Anglican Church?
The Archbishop of Canterbury
The Primarch of London
The Antipope
The Blessed One of England
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Much of Henry VIII's religious activity was fueled by his desire for an heir. What was the name of the woman who gave birth to the young man who succeeded Henry VIII to the throne?
Jane Seymour
Catherine of Aragon
Elayne Sutherfield
McKenzie Northumberland
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What second wife of Henry VIII was infamously the first he executed for failing to give him a son?
Priscilla Burandy
Ruth Bikel
Magritte Elsas
Anne Boleyn
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Henry VIII, and many of the Tudors in general, had their political prisoners regularly held and tortured in what infamous fortress?
The London Bridgehead
The Black Tower
The White Tower
The Tower of London
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One of the people that Henry VIII had executed for perceived treachery was what famous scholar and author of the philosophical text Utopia?
John Wesley
Thomas More
Nicholas Flamel
William Cecil
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Henry VIII made it so that England's monarch was also the official monarch of what other British Isles land?
Cornwall
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
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What Tudor monarch ascended Henry VIII to the throne?
Edward VI
Henry IX
Albert I
John II
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The first part of Edward VI's reign was controlled by his uncle Edward Seymour who is better known by what title?
Lord Somerset
Lord Quailhurst
Lord Winters
Lord Apostalshire
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After Edward VI passed away as a young man, what next Tudor monarch would become Queen of England for a mere nine days?
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Jane I
Queen Temperance I
Queen Isabella I
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What Queen of England betrayed Lady Jane Grey and then seized the crown for herself?
Joanna I
Mary I
Margarette I
Elizabeth I
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Mary I committed atrocities while trying to convert England to what religion that she practiced?
Judaism
Methodism
Catholicism
Calvinism
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Queen Mary I gained what infamous nickname in reference to her tyranny?
Bloody Mary
Scarlet Mary
Typhoid Mary
Mary Queen of Guillotine
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Following the Siege of Calais, Mary I lost England's last foothold in what rival nation's territory?
France
Switzerland
Germany
Spain
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What final Tudor monarch succeeded Mary I to the throne of England?
Sylvia I
Elizabeth I
Regina I
Francesca I
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Elizabeth I gained what nickname that alluded to the fact that she never married?
The Bachelorette Queen
The Virgin Queen
The Immortal Lily
The Snow Queen
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Elizabeth I's reign was challenged fiercely by what relative who ruled Scotland?
Mary
Ruth
Gwendolyn
Angelise
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Mary Queen of Scots encouraged Catholic English nobles to rebel against Elizabeth I. What is this historic rebellion often called?
Donnelson's Rebellion
The Troubles
The Rising of the North
The Scottish Spring
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What pope caused a major uproar when he told all Catholic English citizens that they didn't need to obey Elizabeth I's laws because she was a Protestant?
Sixtus V
Clement V
Pius V
Urban V
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Elizabeth I was a noted supporter of the arts. She and other members of England's aristocracy watched William Shakespeare and his King's Men troupe perform at what iconic theater in London?
The Nouvelles Theater
The Globe Theater
The Freeman Theater
The Queen's House
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What famous councilman acted as Elizabeth I's political advisor for much of her reign to the point that he was her Secretary of State twice and her Lord High Treasurer for over twenty-five years?
Pierce Ulster
Richard Neville
Henry Burgliss
William Cecil
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One of Elizabeth I's greatest military victories came when her navy destroyed what other country's dominant armada of warships?
France's
Spain's
Germany's
Italy's
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