What changes took place in the English state during the 16th and 17th centuries?
During the period from 1500 to 1700, the following changes occurred in England:
The king, after the “act of supremacy”, became the head of the church, and the church itself became Anglican, as a local version of the Reformation, from the 1530s.
The Tudor dynasty, the field of death of Elizabeth I in 1603 was replaced by the Stuart dynasty.
The fleet became stronger, it was possible in 1588 to defeat the Spanish “Invincible Armada”, and in 1652-1654 the Dutch and become a leader on the seas.
Colonization of new lands began in the Caribbean and North America.
Trade with Russia through the White Sea began in the 1550s.
In 1642-1652 in England there was a civil war between supporters of parliament and the king, and in 1688 – the “Glorious Revolution”.