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King henry VIII died in 1547 and each of his three children took the throne one after the other 

king edward son of hane seymour was first and was just nine  when he took the throne and died 6 yrs later due to sickness 

edward was ed by a lot of advisors who were strong protestants and thus passed a lot of laws strengthening the religion in england 

queen mary I 

Mary was the daughter of catherine of aragon 

first queen of england 

Was a catholic who returned enlish church to the rule to the rule of the pope 

her efforts met with considerable resistance within england 

mary had many protestants executed and was called bloody mary as a result 

Queen elizibethe 

restored portestantism to england 

in 1559 parliament set up the church of enfland or anglican church with elizabeth as its headd this was the only legal church in england 

did make some deals to appease both protestant and catholics when forming the anglican church 

she was queen when england began thinking about 

luther and the protestant reformation crash course 

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