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What was Elizabeth I’s title under the 1559 Act of Supremacy?

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Supreme Governor of the Church of England

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What did the 1559 Act of Uniformity enforce?

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Mandatory Church attendance and Sue of the Book of Common Prayer

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What were the 1559 Royal Injunctions?

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Rules that suppressed superstition and discouraged pilgrimages and candle use

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How did Elizabeth’s 1559 Prayer Book compromise between religious views?

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Balanced the meaning of the Eucharist and merged Edward VI’s two prayer book

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Q: What was the purpose of the 1559 Act of Exchange?

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Allowed Elizabeth to take church property to keep bishops in line

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What were the Thirty-Nine Articles?

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Doctrinal statements combining Catholic and Protestant beliefs

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Who became Elizabeth’s Secretary of State in 1559?

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William Cecil

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What did the 1559 Parliament focus on?

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Discussing their religious settlement

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How did most Catholics initially respond to Elizabeth’s changes?

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They were loyal and chose to wait and see

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Q: What did the 1559 Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis confirm?

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England’s loss of Calais for 8 years if peace was sustained

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Q: What was the 1560 Treaty of Berwick?

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An agreement allowing English intervention in Scotland against the French.

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What did the 1560 Treaty of Edinburgh accomplish?

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Withdrawal of French and English troops from Scotland

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What post did Cecil gain in 1561?

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Master of the Court of Wards

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What economic reform was completed in 1561?

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The debased currency was fully restored

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What major event happened in France in 1562?

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Outbreak of the French Wars of Religion between the Catholics and the Huguenots

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Who joined Elizabeth’s Privy Council in 1562?

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Robert Dudley

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What illness did Elizabeth contract in 1562?

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Smallpox

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Q: What was the Treaty of Hampton Court (1562)?

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England offered aid to Huguenots

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6,000 men and a £30,000

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What happened in 1563 regarding the Thirty-Nine Articles?

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They were officially implemented

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Q: Why did some Puritan bishops oppose church robes in 1563?

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A: They viewed them as too Catholic.

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Q: What did Foxe publish in 1563?

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A: The Book of Martyrs.
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Q: What did the 1563 Petition to Convocation seek?
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A: Abolition of holy days
changes in communion
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Q: What treaty was signed in 1564?
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A: Treaty of Troyes.
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Q: What was the significance of MQS marrying Lord Darnley in 1565?
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A: It strengthened Catholic influence in Scotland.
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Q: What did the 1566 Book of Advertisements define?
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A: Church expectations on vestments and conduct.
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Q: How did Elizabeth react to Parliament's pressure to marry in 1566?
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A: She banished Leicester from court.
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Q: What did the Pope instruct Catholics to do in 1567?
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A: Stop attending Anglican services.
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Q: Who was sent to the Netherlands in 1567?
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A: The Duke of Alva with 10
000 Spanish troops.
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Q: Why did Mary Queen of Scots flee to England in 1568?
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A: She was forced to abdicate in Scotland.
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Q: What was founded by William Allen in 1568?
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A: English Catholic College in Douai.
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Q: What event involved Hawkins and the Spanish in 1568?
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A: Naval clash; Elizabeth impounded Spanish bullion.
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Q: What sparked the Northern Rebellion in 1569?
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A: Nobles were summoned to court
and tensions over religion and MQS.
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Q: What happened during the Northern Rebellion?
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A: Rebels seized Durham and held a mass; dispersed after royal troops approached.
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Q: What was the 1570 Papal Bull?
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A: Excommunication of Elizabeth
releasing Catholics from allegiance.
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Q: What did the 1570 Treason Act declare?
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A: Calling the Queen a heretic was treason.
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Q: Who proposed Presbyterian reforms at Cambridge in 1570?
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A: Thomas Cartwright.
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Q: What was the Ridolfi Plot (1571)?
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A: A Catholic plot to replace Elizabeth with MQS and Norfolk.
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Q: What position did Cecil gain in 1571?
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A: Lord Burghley.
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Q: What did Elizabeth forbid Parliament from discussing in 1571?
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A: Matters of state
especially religion.
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Q: What was John Field's Admonitions to Parliament about (1572)?
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A: Called for a Presbyterian system.
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Q: What happened to Norfolk in 1572?
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A: He was executed for involvement in Ridolfi Plot.
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Q: Who became Secretary of State in 1573?
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A: Francis Walsingham.
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Q: What happened in 1574 regarding Catholic priests?
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A: Jesuit and seminary priests began arriving in England.
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Q: Who was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1575?
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A: Edmund Grindal.
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Q: What happened to Grindal in 1576?
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A: He was placed under house arrest for defending prophesying.
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Q: What happened to Peter Wentworth in 1576?
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A: Imprisoned for demanding free speech in Parliament.
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Q: Who was executed in 1577 as a Catholic priest?
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A: Cuthbert Mayne.
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Q: What marriage negotiations took place in 1579?
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A: With the Catholic Duke of Anjou.
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Q: What did the Pope declare in 1580 regarding Elizabeth's assassination?
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A: It would be a meritorious act.
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Q: Who was executed in 1581
increasing fears of Jesuits?
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A: Edmund Campion.
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Q: What did the 1581 Act do to Catholic worship?
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A: Harshened penalties for recusancy.
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Q: What plot was discovered in 1583?
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A: Throckmorton Plot involving Spanish ambassador and MQS.
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Q: Who became Archbishop after Grindal’s death in 1583?
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A: John Whitgift.
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Q: What did Whitgift's Three Articles demand?
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A: Full subscription to bishops
prayer book
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Q: What was the 1584 Bond of Association?
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A: A pledge to defend Elizabeth from assassination.
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Q: What did the 1585 Act against Jesuits enforce?
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A: Ordered Catholic priests to leave England or face death.
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Q: What was the 1585 Treaty of Nonsuch?
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A: England's direct involvement in the Netherlands.
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Q: What happened during the Babington Plot (1586)?
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A: MQS was implicated and sentenced to death.
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Q: What treaty was signed with Scotland in 1586?
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A: Treaty of Berwick.
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Q: What major event occurred in 1587?
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A: Execution of Mary
Queen of Scots.
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Q: What did Drake do in 1587?
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A: Attacked Cadiz.
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Q: What happened in July–August 1588?
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A: Defeat of the Spanish Armada.
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Q: What law was passed in 1593 against Catholics?
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A: Large Catholic gatherings were made illegal.
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Q: What act targeted radical Protestants in 1593?
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A: Act Against Seditious Sectaries.
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Q: When and how did Elizabeth I die?
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A: March 24
1603 – childless; succeeded by James VI of Scotland.

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