Elizabeth - Section 2

Question 1

What was the queens Royal Court?

Answer 1

A group of nobles and privy councillors who surrounded the queen

Question 2

One way Elizabeth gained control over the Royal Court

Answer 2

1. Granted positions of power

Question 3

What does Patronage mean?

Answer 3

The power to control

Question 4

What positions did Elizabeth offer to her Court?

Answer 4

1. A place at court
2. Place at Privy Council

Question 5

Why did Elizabeth use patronage to gain control?

Answer 5

To ensure loyalty

Question 6

Who were Elizabeth’s most trusted courtiers?

Answer 6

Privy Council

Question 7

What was the local government used for?

Answer 7

Control different areas of the country

Question 8

What was each county controlled by?

Answer 8

Lord Lieutenants

Question 9

Main jobs of a Lord Lieutenant

Answer 9

1. Keep the Queen and the Privy Council informed of what was going on
2. Organised a local army to deal with rebellions

Question 10

What were JPs?

Answer 10

Justices of Peace

Question 11

1. What were JPs responsible for?

Answer 11

Law and Order

Question 12

How many JPs in each county?

Answer 12

About 40

Question 13

2. What were JPs responsible for?

Answer 13

Collecting taxes and fines

Question 14

3. What were JPs responsible for?

Answer 14

Enforcing the poor law

Question 15

4. What were JPs responsible for?

Answer 15

Judging court cases

Question 16

Disadvantage about being a JP?

Answer 16

Unpaid - lead to corruption

Question 17

What was the Poor Law?

Answer 17

Law that ensured that the poor were housed in workhouses, clothed and fed

Question 18

Who was known as “Elizabeth’s favourite”?

Answer 18

Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex

Question 19

Result of being Elizabeth’s favourite

Answer 19

Place on the Privy Council

Question 20

Roberts egotistical behaviour led to his execution. How?

Answer 20

1598 - reached for his sword during an argument with Elizabeth
1599 - led a failed military expedition in Ireland
1600 - abandoned his soldiers in Ireland and forced his way into Elizabeth’s bedchamber
1601 - plotted an armed rebellion to remove Elizabeth

Question 21

Robert Devereux - 1598

Answer 21

Reached for his sword during an argument with Elizabeth

Question 22

Robert Devereux - 1599

Answer 22

led a failed military expedition in Ireland

Question 23

Robert Devereux - 1600

Answer 23

Abandoned his soldiers in Ireland and forced his way into Elizabeth’s bedchamber

Question 24

Robert Devereux - 1601

Answer 24

Plotted an armed rebellion to remove Elizabeth from the throne

Question 25

What role did Parliament play?

Answer 25

MPs voted to give their consent for new laws and taxes

Question 26

Why did Elizabeth's parliament pose as a threat to her?

Answer 26

1. wanted her to marry a protestant heir 2. remove archbishops and bishops 3. allow elected committees to control churches 4. stop priests wearing vestments 5. Give MPs freedom of speech - allow them to discuss whatever they wanted in Parliament

Question 27

Elizabeth only called parliament when she needed it

Answer 27

13 times in her 45 year reign

Question 28

Who was William Cecil?

Answer 28

Appointed as the secretary of state in 1558 and he was her most important minister.

Question 29

What year was William Cecil appointed as secretary of State?

Answer 29

1558

Question 30

How did Elizabeth limit MPs freedom of speech?

Answer 30

Banning discussion of religion or her marriage and used hard punishment to ensure this

Question 31

(Example of Elizabeth's control over Parliament) Peter Wentworth?

Answer 31

Imprisoned William Wentworth in 1593 in the tower of London after he demanded she name a protestant heir

Question 32

What happened to John Stubbs?

Answer 32

Got his hand chopped off in 1579 for criticizing Elizabeth's marriage

Question 33

Why did Elizabeth use Propaganda?

Answer 33

Project an image of her being a powerful and popular monarch

Question 34

Propaganda in Elizabeth's portraits

Answer 34

Emphasised her power and hid any signs of weakness

Question 35

What was a progress?

Answer 35

A royal tour that Elizabeth took each summer

Question 36

What did Elizabeth do on her progresses?

Answer 36

Showed her wealth and spoke to ordinary people

Question 37

Where did she travel?

Answer 37

Elizabeth only travelled areas in the south east, never the north or the west