How Did Henry Vii Obtain and Secure His Power?

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The house of the Roses included the Lancastrians and the Yorkists. The two houses fought for many years. Henry VII was from Lancaster and therefore he fought against Richard III. The two of them had become enemies. Henry VII killed Richard III in 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth and soon he was coronated. Thus, he could legally declare Richard a usurper and anyone that fought for Richard a traitor, liable to be executed. In this way he obtained an abundance of power. Moreover he married Elizabeth of York and this ended the War of the Roses. The new family was called the Tudor family. I think that Henry obtained power by killing Richard III. He secured his power by marrying Elizabeth of York. This united the country and it made it difficult for anyone on either side to rebel against each other. If they rebelled they would be accused of high treason and they would have a social stigma. Henry didn’t want the barons either to seize his power so as soon as he came on to the throne he demolished the castles and made the law that barons were banned to keep a private army. Henry used his tax collectors and law courts to subjugate and suppress the nobility. Those nobles who didn’t follow this law were put on trial in the Court of Star Chamber. These two factors are linked because he needed to destroy the nobles’ power to increase his own power. This court was created by Henry because he wanted to display his power so that none of his subjects stepped out of line. This court made him very influential in England even though it did not last very long. Richard’s death and Henry’s marriage to Elizabeth are linked together because both of these factors were ways of how Henry secured his power. Richard’s death is short term while Henry’s marriage was a long term factor of Henry’s reign on the throne. Henry made an efficient taxation system and a government and he used
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