Answer: The king wanted to divorce his wife, Catherine of Aragon, so that he could marry Anne Boleyn.
Step-by-step explanation:
Henry's first wife, Catherine of Aragon, failed to give him any male children. Henry was afraid that he would not have any sons to be his heirs, and decided to divorce her. However, the Pope refused to give them a divorce, as Catherine's family ruled Spain - a Catholic country. As a consequence, Henry chose Thomas Cranmer as a new Archbishop of Canterbury. He did succeed in getting divorced, but ended up thrown out of the church. This resulted in Henry passing the Act of Supremacy (1534), making the king a head of the church instead of the pope. In this way, the new Church of England was founded, and people were forced to support the king. The same year he got divorced, Henry married Anne Boleyn, but she was eventually executed as she also failed to give him a son.