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59. Domestic Effects Of War With Spain Flashcards

1
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What was purchased from Raleigh?

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The flagship, the Ark Royal

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2
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Why were ships remodelled?

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To give more room for artillery

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3
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What were the lords lieutenants ordered to do?

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Review the local militias, train troops in the use of firearms, survey possible landing spaces for an invading fleet and build defences in such places

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4
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Who was interned?

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Recusants whose loyalty was in doubt

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5
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Where was an army assembled?

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Tilbury

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6
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How large was the army assembled at tilbury?

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12,500 men

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7
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Who assembled the army at tilbury?

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The earl of Leicester

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8
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Where were there more troops?

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6000 at sandwich and more in London under Lord hunsdon

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9
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How much money did elizabeth raise from forced loans from the wealthy?

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£75,000

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10
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How much money did elizabeth borrow from the city of London?

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£56,000 at 10% interest

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11
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When did elizabeth give a famous speech?

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August 1588

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12
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What did elizabeth say in her famous speech?

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Mounted on a white horse, she said ‘I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and a king of England too.’

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13
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When was a thanksgiving service held?

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November 1588

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14
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Where was a service of thanksgiving held?

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St Paul’s cathedral

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15
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What did elizabeth do at the thanksgiving service?

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She commissioned a celebratory medal, with the words ‘God blew his wind and they were scattered’

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16
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What happened because of elizabeth’s debts?

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She couldn’t pay her sailors in full, and their condition was made worse by disease in the ports as the ships were laid up

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17
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What happened after the defeat of the armada?

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More armadas wee prepared and invasion scares persisted through the 1590s

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18
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Who did elizabeth license to prey on Spanish shipping?

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Privateers

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19
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What did elizabeth seize half the profits from?

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The seizure of the Madre de Dios

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20
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When did elizabeth seize nearly half the profits from the seizure of the madre de dios?

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1592

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21
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Why did elizabeth lose her £20,000 investment?

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Spanish fleet escaped from Thomas Howard in 1591

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22
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How much treasure for elizabeth gain in 1595?

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£4000 in return for her £28,000 investment

23
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Where was the land war?

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France and the Netherlands

24
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How many men did elizabeth send to France?

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4000 men in 1590, 6000 the next year, 4000 in 1594

25
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How many of English men returned from France?

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Only half of them

26
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What gifts did elizabeth give to the French king, Henri IV?

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£20,000 in 1589 and more in loans

27
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Why did elizabeth feel like her money was wasted with Henri IV?

A

He made some questionable military decisions

28
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What was English assistance to France a key element in?

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Helping save Henri from defeat and Spanish domination of France

29
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What did elizabeth’s troops and loans do for the Netherlands?

A

Gave the Dutch superiority

30
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Who was determined to keep the Netherlands and France from Spanish control?

A

Burghley and his son Robert Cecil

31
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Who agreed with Burghley and Robert Cecil?

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Whitgift, Lord Buckhurst and Lord Cobham

32
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Who wanted the war to be more focused on naval attacks?

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Raleigh and Hawkins

33
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What did Essex favour?

A

Any action as long as he could win some glory

34
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Why was Essex a national hero?

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After military success at Cadiz and was popular with younger sons of the gentry

35
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When did Burghley die?

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1598

36
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What was total expenditure on war?

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£4.5 million

37
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How much money was spent in Ireland?

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£2 million

38
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What happened to the £300,000 surplus by the end of the reign?

A

Had all been spent

39
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When did elizabeth sell crown lands?

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1599-1600

40
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How much money did elizabeth get from crown lands?

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£200,000

41
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What was a factor in increasing faction?

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Kept positions vacant to avoid paying salaries so there were a smaller number of positions

42
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Why did James VI keep in touch with elizabeth’s enemies?

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To put pressure on elizabeth

43
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Why didn’t James get involved in the war?

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It could prompt elizabeth to debar him from the succession

44
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Who did some of the Catholic leaders support?

A

Philip

45
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Who urged the English to join the Spanish army?

A

Cardinal William Allen

46
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Why did cardinal William Allen urge the English to join the Spanish army?

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He was a Jesuit who was promised to be Archbishop of Canterbury if Philip was victorious

47
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What did cardinal William Allen write?

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Admonition to the people and nobility

48
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Why did few take note of His Admonition to the People and Nobility?

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It was suppressed as treasonous

49
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Who did Catholic sympathisers in court favour?

A

Infanta Isabella’s claim to the throne

50
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Who was an example of a Catholic sympathiser in court?

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Lord Buckhurst

51
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Who else backed the claim of Infanta Isabella?

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The pope, Sixtus V, and Father Robert Parsons

52
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Who hope James would become king?

A

Earl of Northumberland

53
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What weakened the Catholics position?

A

Divisions among Catholics

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