babington plot

Question 1

what were the 5 steps to the plan

Answer 1

1 duke of guise would invade England, murder Elizabeth + put Mary QS on the throne, T
2 Anthony Babington, a catholic wrote to Mary in 1586 about the conspiracy
3 sir Francis walsingnam intercepted and read Babington’s letters to nary, demonstrating herawareness and support of conspiracy
4 Abington and the plotters sentenced to death and hanged, drawn and quartered
5 In October 1586, Mary was sentencedto death for her part in the plotelizabeth delayed but signed many’s death warrant in Feb 1587. Many was beheaded shortly after.
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Question 2

why was the babington plan significant

Answer 2

• Elizabeth’s position in thissituation was more precarious thanother plots
• by 1585, England + Spain were virtually at war
• Eliz’s gov. Became determined to crush thecatholic threat
• persecution of Catholics intensified.in 1585,11,000 Catholics were imprisoned ar placed under house avest. 31 priests were executed in 1586
• the plot led to the execution of MQS, ending hope of replacing Liz with a Catholic heir