What was the immediate case of henry vllls breank with the catholic church in 16th century england?

It was the lack of a male heir to ensure the perpetuation of the Tudor monarchy.

Indeed, Henry VIII was married to Catherine of Aragon, who did give him a male heir who unfortunately died within a few weeks of his birth. Their second issue was a female daughter and at the time no English monarch had ever been a female. Henry became infatuated of Anne Boleyn, a noble woman of middle rank. He tried to get Pope Clement VII to annul his marriage with Catherine in order to marry Anne Boleyn but since the Pope refused, he decided to break away with the Catholic church and start the English Reformation.

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superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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