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Which nation became protestant because it truly wanted a divorce that the pope would not grant

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The correct answer is England.

At the outset of his reign, Henry VIII was a noted enemy of Protestants.

However, as the Pope would not annul his various marriages, Henry quickly turned on the Church and seized the Church's land for the Crown and created the Anglican Church.

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