Henry Vlll was the king of England at the time, he wanted to divorce Catherine of Aragon to marry Anne Bolyn, so he asked the pope who would not grant the divorce, he then took it upon himself to split from the Catholic Church he then became the head of the Church of England
England became Protestant as the ruler wanted a divorce that the pope did not grant.
King Henry VIII was ruling England during the period of 1529 who requested a divorce to the pope for Catherine of Aragon to marry Anne Bolyn. The pope refused the divorce.
Upon the anger of the king over the pope, he himself split the Catholic Church and established the separate Church of England known as the Anglican Church.
Due to such conduct of King Henry VIII, England was Protestant.
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