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- - - - Henry VII encouraged trade, increasing trade by building a merchant fleet
        
        He also encouraged the emergence of a prosperous middle class.
        
        Henry VIII
        
        He was Henry VII's second son
        
        He came to the throne in 1509
        
        He married Catherine of Aragon
        
        In 24 years of marriage, Catherine gave Henry his daughter Mary
        
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        Wrote a Latin treatise defending the sacraments, earning him the title of "Defender of the Faith"
        
        1509-1547
  - - - She faced many problems: marriage and succession, religious division, domestic discontent and foreign threats.
        
        Unlike Mary I, she showed religious tolerance, reinforcing Protestantism in the Church of England but allowing Catholics right of worship
        
        She never married, and used this as a political weapon against men she wanted to keep in good graces
        
        She encouraged the growth of culture, inspiring literature, music, drama and poetry
        
        Elizabeth saw England's main rival as Spain
        
        Elizabeth took active interest the navy and ship-building, which would eventually lead England to defeat Spain's Armada
        
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        She was a "Queen married to her people", and this idea led her to gain the nickname "the Virgin Queen"