Elizabeth timeline

Question 1

November 1558

Answer 1

Elizabeth is crowned Queen of England at the age of 25

Question 2

1559

Answer 2

Elizabeths religious settlement

Question 3

1569 November

Answer 3

The Northern rebellion

Question 4

1570

Answer 4

Norwich conducted first survey of the poor, which was a model for the poor law of 1601.

Question 5

1570 April

Answer 5

The pope issues the regnans in Excelsis, which excommunicates Elizabeth from the Catholic church .

Question 6

1571

Answer 6

The Ridolfi plot

Question 7

1580

Answer 7

Jesuit priests begin to arrive in England from Europe

Question 8

1580 September

Answer 8

Sir Francis Drake completes the first Circumnavigation of the globe

Question 9

1585

Answer 9

Elizabeth sends troops to the Netherlands to support Dutch protestant rebels

Question 10

1583

Answer 10

John Witgift appointed archbishop of Canterbury and cracks down on Puritanism

Question 11

1586 July

Answer 11

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

Question 12

1587

Answer 12

Roanoke colony is established in North America

Question 13

1587 February

Answer 13

Mary Queen of Scots is executed

Question 14

1588 July-September

Answer 14

The Spanish Armada

Question 15

1590

Answer 15

The first of several bad harvest leads to food shortages many country people begin to move to the towns

Question 16

1599

Answer 16

Opening of the Globe Theatre in London

Question 17

1600

Answer 17

Establishment of the east India company

Question 18

1601

Answer 18

Poor law introduced

Question 19

1601 February

Answer 19

Essex’s rebellion

Question 20

1603 March

Answer 20

Elizabeth I dies, and is succeeded by James I