king declared himself head of the Church of England.
It brought more religions to the country (catholic and protestant) and there was a tension between the Catholic and protestant.<3
Germany
The Duchy of Saxony (in today's Germany) where Martin Luther initiated the Reformation.
Henry VIII wanted a divorce, but divorce was banned by the Catholic Church therefore Henry decided to appoint himself head of the Church of England so he could get a divorce. However, Henry did not become a Protestant and he continued to practice Catholicism until his death. The Reformation in England did not cause the country to become Protestant. It allowed dissenting ideas freer access to the population. The teachings of men like John Calvin became more common in England because the Church of England was not so directly linked to Rome.
Mostly Protestant mainly Lutheran a small minority is Roman Catholic, before the Protestant Reformation it was a Catholic country.
During the founding of Jamestown in 1607, England was not a Catholic country; it had established itself as a Protestant nation following the English Reformation. King Henry VIII's break from the Catholic Church in the 16th century led to the establishment of the Church of England, which became the dominant faith. This Protestant influence shaped the early governance and social structures of the Jamestown settlement.
England?
The leader who expelled the Catholic Church from his country and made it Protestant was King Henry VIII of England. In the 1530s, he initiated the English Reformation, primarily driven by his desire to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. This led to the break with the Roman Catholic Church and the establishment of the Church of England, which recognized the king as its supreme head. Consequently, England transitioned to Protestantism, significantly altering its religious landscape.
Roman Catholic AnswerEngland remains a protestant country with the Queen as legal head of the Church of England (the Anglican Church).
Spain
The Scottish Reformation was part of the Protestant Reformation, whereby the country formally broke from the Papacy and the church was re-established based on Calvinism. This occurred in 1560.