HIST 2055 Chapter : English Colonization US 1 3
Document Summary
English colonization: the chesapeake: background to english colonization, england"s role in europe, protestant reformation: prior to, the entire western world was catholic. Starts off because martin luther criticized the catholic church. Luther really pissed off by selling of indulgences to reduce the amount of time a soul spends in purgatory. In 1500s, church is renovating the basilica and needs money so they are selling lots of indulgences to make money. So luther comes up with his 95 theses and nails it to the church door in germany listing his concerns with the catholic church. Meant to start a conversation about reforming the catholic church, not split it up. Since he was kicked out of the catholic church, other people break themselves away and start the protestant reformation and start their own religions. King of spain tries to kill protestants and lots of warfare stems from it: henry viii: england is catholic. When luther starts talking england not paying marries her.
