Tudor Fact File

1.The Tudor family ruled England from 1485-1603.

3.During this time people were discovering more about the world by exploration

4.An Important discovery was that Christopher Columbus discovered America.

5.England had a good reputation for having a strong Navy.

6.Religion was very important in Tudor times . Everyone had to go to church.

7.If you were Protestant it meant you would be executed by Mary.

8.Mary had 280 people killed and that's only in 5 years. That gave her the name Bloody Mary.

9.It wasn't all bad in Tudor times. Music and dances were very popular.

10.Theatres were also very popular in Tudor times, which is how William Shakespeare got to be so famous.

11.Executions and punishments were also another type of entertainment, but that doesn't sound very fun today.

2. The six Tudor monarchs are Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Lady Jane Grey, Mary I and Elizabeth I.