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eliz 3 Flashcards

1
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what were jesuits ?

A

were catholic priests who were specially trained to convert people back to catholicism.

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who was the leader of the Jesuits ?

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Edmund Campion

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3
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when did the Jesuits arrive in England ?

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1580s

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where did Jesuits train ?

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In special seminaries in catholic countries like France, Spain and Italy

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who was Francis Walsingham ?

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A privy councillor

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what did Francis do ?

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He developed an effective spy network. He employed priests hunters to catch catholic priests.
he had hundreds of agents tracking down Jesuits and Catholic plotters

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7
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what happened to Campion in 1581 ?

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He was captured by Francis’ agents and hanged, drawn and quartered

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who was mary queen of scots ?

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She was Elizabeth’s Catholic cousin

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why was Mary in England ?

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She had been forced to flee from a Protestant rebellion in scotland

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10
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how long had she been in prison?

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since 1568

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why was Marys presence a serious threat to Elizabeth ?

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Mary had a strong claim to the throne.
She was a figurehead for catholic rebeillion.
she had powerful foreign supporters.

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12
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why did Elizabeth not execute Mary ?

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she was her cousin and she did jot want to execute a fellow queen

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what were catholic plots ?

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They were attempted by catholics to replace Elizabeth with Mary queen of scots.

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what was the throckmorton plot ?

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a young catholic noble plotted with the french to invade England and put mary on the throne.

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who was the throckmorton plit supported by ?

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Phillip if spain and the pope

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who uncovered the throckmorton plot ?

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Walsinghams spies

17
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what happened to throckmorton ?

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He was tortured and executed

18
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what was the Babington plot ?

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Another young noble plotted with Phillip of spain and the french to invade england and out mary on the throne

19
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how did Babington communicate with mary ?

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He hid coded letters in beer barrels that went into marys prison

20
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who discovered the Babington plot ?

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Walsingham discovered the ststem and waited until he had proof of marys involvement

21
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who manipulated Elizabeth into signing marys death warrant ?

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Cecil and Walsingham

22
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how did mary die ?

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she was beheaded

23
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How did Elizabeth feel about marys execution?

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She was furious and refused to speak to Cecil for a year

24
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how did the spanish armada begin?

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in the 1580s and anglo spanish war broke out leading to the launch of the soanish armada

25
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what did Elizabeth refuse to do at the start of her reign ?

A

Marry Phillip of spain

26
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what was the spanish armada ?

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Phillips invasion fleet of 130 ships

27
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what did the armada plan to do ?

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It planned to sail to the netherlands to pick up 20,000 spanish soldiers before invading england and reintroducing catholicism

28
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what happened to the armada ?

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It never landed in england and only 80 ships made it back to spain

29
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why did the armada fail ?

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spanish mistakes- the duke of medina sidonia had no experience of sailing and the army was a week late
english strengths- used fireships to break armadas crescent formation the english ships were smaller
the weather- was driven north by a storm and forced to return to spain and over 49 ships were shipwrecked

30
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who stold gold from soaish treasure ships ?

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english privateers such ad Francis Drake
Elizabeth knighted drake

31
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what did phillip support ?

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catholic plots against Elizabeth

32
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what did Elizabeth agree to do in 1585 ?

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send 7,00 soldiers to the netherlands to support protestant rebels fighting phillips army

33
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what angered phillip?

A

the execution og mary queen of scots in 1587

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