Henry VIII and Dissolution

What act did Henry use to take money from the Church before the Dissolution?

• Treason Act

• Act for the First Fruits and Tenths

• Act of Supremacy

• Act of Succession

Why did Henry VIII need more money from the monasteries?

• He was greedy

• He wanted to go to War

• The Pope excommunicated him

• He thought the monasteries were corrupt

What position did Henry VIII entrust to Thomas Cromwell in 1535?

• Royal Advisor

• Supreme Head of the English Church

• Vicegerent

• The Dissolutioner

What excuse did Cromwell use to dissolve the monestries?

• They're corrupt

• They don't do anything

• No one is religious anymore

• There should be no one between a person and God

When did Cromwell officially close the small monasteries?

• 1532

• 1534

• 1536

• 1538

When did Cromwell close the big monasteries?

• 1535

• 1537

• 1539

• 1541

The dissolution of the monasteries benefitted....

• Local landowners who wanted to buy the Church land

• The monks who were freed from their vow of silence

• The Catholic people of England

• The Pope

The dissolution of the monasteries disadvantaged...

• Henry VIII

• Thomas Cromwell

• The poor who now had no poor relief (which the monks provided)

• The rich because they had no where to spend their money

In what year was the Pilgrimage of Grace?

• 1534

• 1536

• 1539

• 1540

Where did the Pilgrimage of Grace start?

• Yorkshire

• Lincolnshire

• Hampshire

• Buckinghamshire