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    DRAFT Why did King Henry VIII break with Rome? Introduction Who was H8? Adventurous he liked to upset people ideas of his own selfish person King ruled England made enemies 1) Henry 8 was the king of England and he ruled the land in 1509 – 1547 he was known for replacing the Roman Catholic Church to create the Church of England. He was also known for nocking the monasteries down in England. He had six marriages because he was hoping for a son so the son could be a king. Henry

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    for example economic (money)‚ political (power)‚ religious (faith) and personal (love)reasons. One reason for the break with Rome was political reasons (power) because after losing most his finance in battle against the king of Spain‚ Francis I‚ who was angry at Henry for embarrassing his aunt Catherine of Aragon who at this time was Henry’s wife. When Henry found out the amount of power the Catholic Church in England had‚ he thought if he changed the Religion in England the amount of Power

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    Why did opposition to the Tsar increase in the years 1881-1914 During the period of 1881- 1914 opposition towards the Tsar in Russia increased. The main reasons as to why opposition towards the Tsar arose in Russia can be seen to be as a result of the discontentment growing between the Russian people. A strong sense of discontent spread throughout Russia‚ this because Russia had suffered from extreme domestic and economic troubles in this period. The most significant troubles which Russian citizens

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    “How close to civil war did Britain come between 1912 and 1914?” A civil war between Ireland and Britain seemed inevitable by the 27th of July 1914. Problems had been brewing in Ireland between Protestants and Catholics since the time of Oliver Cromwell. However‚ it was not until the introduction of the third home rule bill which made it seem likely that Ireland would finally be independent‚ that the problems between the Catholic nationalists and Protestant unionist caused major concern for

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    Plan of Investigation Thesis: Why did Britain go to war? Between the late eighteen hundreds and late nineteen hundreds‚ England was described as being in “splendid isolation” from the rest of Europe until 1914. But why did Britain go to war? What rivalries were Britain involved and what treaties dragged her into the war? I need to look through the primary sources such as official reports‚ published interviews‚ addresses‚ and history textbook to gather facts; secondary sources from the internet

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    Why did Henry break from Rome in 1534? There are many reasons to why Henry broke with Rome. In this essay I am going to show you the main reasons why Henry broke with Rome and which one I think is most important. I think the most important reason why Henry broke with Rome was because he wanted power. The reason he wanted power was because it would solve all his problems. In a textbook it said‚ Henry also wanted to control the church. Since medieval times there have been struggles over whether priests

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    behind tax breaks? Currently‚ class warfare has being wage against the wealthy and middle classes. Tax breaks are not for all classes. The elimination of tax breaks could help settle the conspiracy issues of class warfare. Everyone wants to live a good life and have equal opportunities and furthermore‚ we all know that is not new in our society. In our society today‚ arguments are still going on between Democrats and Republicans about the elimination of tax breaks. And the dispute of tax breaks is not

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    Why did Australians volunteer to fight so readily in 1914?’ The outbreak of The Great War in 1914 was the first battle The Commonwealth of Australia fought in as a separate nation. Having been an extremely young nation‚ federating in 1901‚ the country of Australia was still very much tied to their true ‘mother country’‚ Great Britain. Britain was in charge of Australia’s defence in that point in time and had certain obligations to Britain‚ particularly in times of war and conflict. Australians

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    Why did Henry break from Rome? Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church in Rome in 1534 for a number of reasons. These included love‚ money‚ power and religion. The most important reason was his divorce. This was important for a number of reasons. Firstly‚ he would be rid of the ugly Catherine Of Aragon and he could marry Anne Boleyn instead. Henry never did get on well with Catherine and he decided to divorce her. Another important reason was money. This was because when Henry did break with

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    How valid is the claim that in 1914 states went to war due to fear rather then motives of gain?Austria ’s quarrel‚ Germany ’s warOne of the theories about the outbreak of the First World War is that nations went to war not to necessarily gain something but mainly because of fear which caused by many different factors. Europe before the war can be compared to a round-about with the countries involved‚ Germany being the central pole‚ speeding up and thus causing the nations into uncontrollable chaos

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