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CLEP Western Civ I

Category - Early Modern Europe

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The daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon, who was the British queen who rose to power after her half-brother died? A staunch Catholic, she was known by her more “bloody” nickname because of all the Protestants persecuted under her reign.
  1. Victoria
  2. Mary I
  3. Mary, Queen of Scots
  4. Jane Grey
  5. Elizabeth I
Explanation
Answer: B - Mary I, also known as “Bloody Mary”, ruled England after her brother Edward VI died from a mortal illness. She quickly reversed her brother’s pro-Protestant changes in government in order to revert back to Roman Catholicism, which washer religion. Because of her rapid restoration of Roman Catholicism, many Protestants were burned and suffered the Marian Persecutions under her governance.
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