ENGLISH SOVEREIGNS SOVEREIGN REIGN RELIGION MAJOR EVENTS EFFECT ON COLONIES Henry VIII 1509-1553 Anglican English Protestant Reformation no interest Mary 1553-1558 Catholic persecution of Protestants - beheaded after coup - fear of Spanish Catholicism no interest Elizabeth I (virgin queen) last of Tudor dynasty 1558-1603 Anglican sets temperament for constitutional monarchy - establishes Anglican church Puritans (Calvinists) challenge official Church defeat of Spanish Armada makes England a world power -search for "northwest passage" begins - Roanoke settlement fails James I (Stuart dynasty - Scotland) 1603-1625 Catholic