Elizabeth dates

Question 1

1558

Answer 1

Elizabeth crowned Queen of England aged 25

Question 2

1559

Answer 2

Elizabeths religious settlement

Question 3

1569

Answer 3

The Northern Rebellion

Question 4

1570

Answer 4

Norwich conducts survey of poor - model for poor law

Question 5

1570

Answer 5

April Pope issues Regnans in Excelsis - excommunicates Elizabeth from Catholic church

Question 6

1571

Answer 6

Ridolfi plot

Question 7

1580

Answer 7

Jesuit priests begin to arrive in England

Question 8

1580

Answer 8

September - Sir Francis Drake completes first circumnavigation of globe

Question 9

1585

Answer 9

Elizabeth sends troops to Netherlands to support Dutch protestant rebels

Question 10

1583

Answer 10

John Whitgift appointed Archbishop of Canterbury cracks down on puritanism

Question 11

1586

Answer 11

Babington plot is discovered leading to trial of Mary Queen of Scots

Question 12

1587

Answer 12

Roanoke colony established in North America

Question 13

1587

Answer 13

February - Mary Queen of Scots executed

Question 14

1588

Answer 14

July - September
Spanish Armada

Question 15

1590

Answer 15

First bad harvest leads to people moving to towns

Question 16

1599

Answer 16

Globe theatre opens

Question 17

1600

Answer 17

East India Company established

Question 18

1601

Answer 18

February - essex’s rebellion

Question 19

1601

Answer 19

Poor Law introduced

Question 20

1603

Answer 20

Elizabeth 1 dies succeeded by James 1