elizabeth part 1

Question 1

when did edward take the throne

Answer 1

1547

Question 2

when did edward die

Answer 2

1553

Question 3

when did mary 1 take the thron

Answer 3

1553

Question 4

when was elizabeth born

Answer 4

1533

Question 5

when did elizabeth die

Answer 5

1603

Question 6

how many languages could elizabeth speak

Answer 6

6

Question 7

what were the criticisms of elizabeth upon accession

Answer 7

YOUNG, 25, unmarried, illegitimacy,

Question 8

why was elizabeth reluctant to marry besides family reasons

Answer 8

she engaged in flirting with thomas seymour who was Catherine of aragons husband and he was sentenced to death because edward thought she was plotting against him HE WAS EXECUTES IN 1549

Question 9

when was the thomas seymour scandal

Answer 9

he was executed in 1549

Question 10

what was good about phillip of spain

Answer 10

catholic alliance would secure the middle way
alliance with span

Question 11

what was bad about phillip of spain

Answer 11

he was already married to elizabeth’s dead sister whom he treated horribly
he was unpopular

Question 12

what was good about robert dudley

Answer 12

they were close and he was englihs and popular

Question 13

what was bad baout robert dudley

Answer 13

he was a puritan so no middle way
his wife amy fell down the stairs. Elizabeth was suspected to be the cause

Question 14

what was good about the duke of alecon

Answer 14

catholic for middle way
fond of eachother

Question 15

what was bad about the duke of alecon

Answer 15

st bartholomews massacre made him unpopular
he was 20 years younger

Question 16

when was the st bartholomews day massacre

Answer 16

1572

Question 17

how many people were included in elizabeths court

Answer 17

500 nobles, advisors and servents

Question 18

how many wagons on her progresses

Answer 18

400

Question 19

why were the progresses good x7

Answer 19

no media so she had to maintain PR somehow
she could build a relationship with nobles when she stayed at their houses
builds her image as wealthy and powerful
frugal as it was at expense of nobles, was a cheap way to live
escaped plague
kept nobility vying for her attention

Question 20

negatives of progresses x3

Answer 20

resentmet from nobility as it cost a lot was financially ruining for them
wasted money - she carried her own bed amongst the 400 wagons
unsafe

Question 21

what did elizabeth use parliament for

Answer 21

getting through tax laws

Question 22

why did elizabeth have to go through parliament

Answer 22

as the magna carta forbade her from making her own tax laws due to the peasant’s revolt

Question 23

how many times did elizabeth visit parliament in 45 year reign

Answer 23

13

Question 24

how many times did elizabeth go to parliament for tax laws

Answer 24

11/13 times

Question 25

how did elizabeth control parliament

Answer 25

closed it when the topics didnt go her way had a royal veto imposed limits on free speech - she imprisoned peter Wentworth

Question 26

how many privy council members were there in 1559

Answer 26

40 -> 19

Question 27

how did elixabeth structure her privy council

Answer 27

she had hald of marys catholic council moderate catholics and then the other half smart gentry not nobility this meant she always received a diverse insight and they were always loyal to her as they were in constant competition

Question 28

who was william cecil

Answer 28

her most trusted advisor very calculated person

Question 29

what religion was william cecil

Answer 29

protestant

Question 30

who was robert dudley

Answer 30

her childhood friedn who was responsible for her security and her favourite

Question 31

what religion was robert dudley

Answer 31

puritan

Question 32

who was walsingham

Answer 32

MI6 guy - he had secret networks of spies to stop rebellions

Question 33

what religion was walsingham

Answer 33

puritan

Question 34

what are examples of elizabeths performances

Answer 34

masque balls, banquets,

Question 35

wyh were the performances good

Answer 35

better public image showed foreign visitors her power

Question 36

what was patronage

Answer 36

when elizabeth boosted the careers of artists and politicians

Question 37

why was patronage in place

Answer 37

beofre, there was a system of the privy chamber, however Elizabeth couldn't do that as men weren't allowed in her chamber

Question 38

why was patronage so good

Answer 38

it kept people vying for her attention she controlled her nobles no factionalism competition brought more prosperity

Question 39

what was factionalism

Answer 39

where groups would split to oppose eachother and vethorw elizabeth

Question 40

what was bad about patronage

Answer 40

chose those who wanted power not to do good onlyhelped the rich

Question 41

who was the earl of essex

Answer 41

robert devereux

Question 42

how did robert devereux anger elizabeth 1st time

Answer 42

1. he secretely married without her approval - then when he was punished he said ' her conditions are as crooked as her carcass' Elizabeth slapped him

Question 43

how did the earl of essex anger Elizabeth the second time

Answer 43

he was sent to ireland in 1598 to redeem himslef and stop the rebellion instead, he made a treat with the catholic rebels. he was banished from cour

Question 44

how did the earl of essex anger Elizabeth third time

Answer 44

when she banend him he burst into her chambers while she was dewigged and degowned which was not allowed. she dissolved his monopoly of wine

Question 45

how did robert devereux anger elizabeth fourth time

Answer 45

in 1601, he rounded up 300 supporters to rebel against Elizabeth as he said he was worried about her or smt. they quickly deserted him the rebellion lasted less than 12 hours he was sentenced to death for treason

Question 46

when was robert devereux the earl of essex executed

Answer 46

25th Feb 1601

Question 47

why could elizabeth not name her heir

Answer 47

because she feared for her life and catholic rebeliions if she did so

Question 48

why could she not appoin the greys as her heir

Answer 48

shed already murdered lady jane grey, impriseoned Catherine and mary for having a baby and getting married.

Question 49

why could she not appoint MQS as heir

Answer 49

thered be catholic assassinations she was a devout catholic she wasn't popular scandal with lord darnely

Question 50

who was john knox

Answer 50

a scottish author who wrote the first blast of the trumpet against the monstrous regiment of women

Question 51

what did john knox write

Answer 51

the first blast of the trumpet against the monstrous regiment of women

Question 52

why was john knox potentially justified in writing the first blast of the trumpet against the monstrous regiment of women

Answer 52

because he could have been writing about mary as he was a protestant and mary disrupted the portestant reformation in scotladn