Elizabeth Flashcards
Name the two groups which made up the Elizabethan local government
Lords Lieutenant
Justice of the Peace
Name the two Acts of the Religious Settlement
Act of Supremacy & Act of Uniformity (Royal Injunctions ate instructions but not law)
When and why did Mary, Queen of Scots come to England?
1568, she was forced to abdicate her throne to her son and flee as she was implicated in the murder of her second husband Lord Darnley
How did Elizabeth indirectly intervene in the Dutch Revolt?
Gave money, sheltered Dutch sea beggars, said she would marry the French Duke of Alencon who then went to fight in the Nethlerlands
What did the 1585 Treaty of Nonsuch do?
Said Elizabeth would intervene directly in the Netherlands to help the Protestants there
Give two reasons the Spanish Armada failed
Bad weather, fireships, Spanish couldn’t meet up with the Duke of Alba’s troops in the Netherlands, they were spotted immediately, Singeing of the King of Spain’s Beard
Give two of Sir Francis Drake’s accomplishments
Circumnavigated the Globe, Singeing of the King of Spain’s Beard, helped to defeat Spanish Armada, knighted in 1580, stole £400,000 of Spanish loot
Give two reasons Elizabethans wanted to explore the New World
New trade opportunities, trade disrupted in the Netherlands, tensions with Spain, better maps, better ship design
Why did Walter Raleigh’s attempts to colonise Roanoke fail?
Hostility with the local Algonquian people, lack of preparation, poor leadership, set off too late, the Tiger (ship) was damaged and lost most of their seeds/food
Give one change in education and leisure time during the Elizabethan period
Grammar schools set up for middle-class boys, Dame schools for girls. More people could go to the theartre, increasing spectator sports.
What is a vagrant and how did Elizabeth try to help the ‘deserving’ poor?
Someone who travels from place to place looking for employment. Elizabeth made the Poor Laws to help the ‘deserving’ poor.
