PROTESTANT ENGLAND AND ITS GROWING EMPIRE

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PROTESTANT ENGLANDAND ITS GROWING EMPIRE

• The Protestant Reformation
• Martin Luther
• John Calvin
• Henry VIII
• Queen Elizabeth
• Roanoke Island

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The Protestant Reformation

• Martin Luther 1517 and the 95 theses
• Protested Catholic corruption, wealth, power
• Translated Bible into German
• Gods grace, not Priest, path to salvation.
• John Calvin Geneva
• Predestination, the Elect.
• Protestant Ethic
• Individualistic, democratic
• Hard Work, Thrift, Temperance
• Max WeberProt. Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism

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Martin Luther
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Wittenberg Church 1517
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Protestant England Expands

• Henry VIII divorces Catherine of Aragon
• Starts Church of England 1534
• Protestant w/ many Catholic ceremonies
• Puritans / Separatist want pure Protestantism
• Queen Elizabeth Head of Church
• Sir Francis Drake, The Sea Dog
• Wins war with Spanish Armada (1588)
• England tries to take over Ireland

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Henry VIII 1534
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Elizabeth I 1558-1603
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England and the New World

• John Cabot explores Newfoundland 1497
• Sebastian Cabot Hudson Bay 1508
• England claims North America
• Elizabeth avoids American colonization
• Push/Pull from England 1580-1650 pop
• explosion, city poverty, primogenitor, religious
  freedom, land, escape troubles, new life
• Propaganda Richard Hakluyt get rich
• Roanoke Island Sir Walter Raleigh
• First colony fails
• Second colony vanishes 1590

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Roanoke Island South Carolina
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Roanoke Mystery