EDWARD VI

POLITICAL

• council of regencey should be in charge until edward turned 18 
• Edward's uncle, Edward Seymour saw this as his opportunity to gain power by delaying the reading of Henry's will and appointing himself as Duke of somerset and Portector of the Realm, He took control 
• Mary next in line for succession (competition)
• Child monarchs either murdered or bad rulers 

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL

• Henry's foregin policies led to war with France and Scotland proved expensive Edward had inherited debts from these wars
• Henry had built fancy palaces adding to economic problem
• Dissoloution of monasteries led state into role of charitable work put increased pressure on finances 
• value of money fell exchequer putting less silver and gold into coins led to inflation
• unemployment risen and poverty had increased population rose to 3 million poor harvets made it worse
• because of poor harvests many moved to town pressure on goverment to employ house and feed these poeple, cloth industry in decline
• commonwealth meant that goverment was expected to look after its people
• rebellions looming 

RELIGIOUS 

• Henry had carried out huge religious change, broken with rome edward now head of church of england
• ambiguity religious conservatives appeared outwadly protestant inwardly still holding to catholic beliefs 

FOREIGN

• caused a diplomatic crisies with scotland and france due to warmongering
• english reformation soured relations with all catholic countries especially spain