Elizabethan

Question 1

Who is Elizabeth’s parents?

Answer 1

Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn

Question 2

When was Elizabeth born?

Answer 2

May 1536

Question 3

What languages could Elizabeth speak fluently?

Answer 3

French, Italian, Spanish and Latin

Question 4

How many times did Parliament allow new taxations?

Answer 4

10 times

Question 5

What is Sir William Cecil’s also known as?

Answer 5

Lord Burghley

Question 6

What was Sir William Cecil’s job?

Answer 6

Secretary of State, Member of Parliament

Question 7

What was Sir Francis Walsingham’s job?

Answer 7

Spy master

Question 8

What was Sir Christopher Hatton’s job?

Answer 8

Helped organise Elizabeth’s progresses and elected to Parliament 7 times

Question 9

What were four suitors for Elizabeth?

Answer 9

Phillip II of Spain
Duke of Alencon
Eric of Sweden
Charles of Austria

Question 10

Why did Puritans not like the theatre?

Answer 10

aligned it with Ancient Romans and saw it as the work of the devil

Question 11

What happened in 1580 and how was it interpreted?

Answer 11

earthquake interpreted as God’s wrath against theatre

Question 12

What did a law passed in 1572 do?

Answer 12

required all actors to be licensed but just encouraged them to open theatres

Question 13

What was the Elizabethan phrase for hierarchy?

Answer 13

The Great Chain of Being

Question 14

How had London’s population grown from the start of the Tudor era?

Answer 14

quadrupled to 200,000

Question 15

What were some playwrights?

Answer 15

Shakespeare, Christopher Marlon and Thomas Dekker

Question 16

How much did population rise from 1550 to 1600

Answer 16

43%

Question 17

What events crippled the public in the 1590s?

Answer 17

poor harvests and the plague

Question 18

What did each Poor Law do?

Answer 18

1563 Act - each town was to provide work for the unemployed and set up workhouses

1572 Act - begging was forbidden and have an Overseer of the Poor who essentially collected bursaries

1598 Act - first compulsory poor law tax

Question 19

Who did England trade with in the Far East?

Answer 19

East India Company for silks, spice, cotton and tea

Question 20

Who did England trade with in Scandinavia?

Answer 20

Levant Company for timber, tar, canvas and rope

Question 21

Who discovered South America and when?

Answer 21

Amerigo Vespucci in 1498

Question 22

What voyages did Sir Francis Drake make?

Answer 22

Circumnavigation 1577-1580 earning £400,000

Question 23

How did Sir Walter Raleigh impact the British Empire?

Answer 23

Founded Virginia, a stronghold for the British colonisation of America

Question 24

What was Elizabeth’s response to the Spanish Ambassador demanding punishment for Drake?

Answer 24

Nighted him

Question 25

When was Raleigh imprisoned?

Answer 25

1592

Question 26

What was the Act of Supremacy 1559?

Answer 26

Placed Elizabeth as Supreme Governor of the Church of England and required all clergy to swear an oath recognising it

Question 27

What compromises did Elizabeth make for catholics in the Church of England?

Answer 27

Decorative altars and clergy had to wear traditional vestments

Question 28

What was the Act of Uniformity 1559?

Answer 28

Improve clarity in what the Church of England believed in with a new prayer book

Question 29

What happened on St Bartholemews Day in France 1572?

Answer 29

Thousands of Protestants were massacred

Question 30

What were Jesuits?

Answer 30

People that were loyal to the Pope and tried to convert rich families to Catholicism and rebel against Elizabeth in 1580s

Question 31

What did the Act of 1585 state?

Answer 31

Against Jesuits and Seminary Priests - becoming a priest was treason - priests were given 40 days to leave

Question 32

What happened to Edmund Campon as a result of the Act of 1585?

Answer 32

Walsingham’s spy network found him and he was tortured and executed

Question 33

How did Elizabeth upset Puritans?

Answer 33

- compromise in the Church of England - rejected any bills put forward by Puritan MPs - banned MPs from discussing religion in 1576 leading to Peter Wentworth’s imprisonment

Question 34

What was the Papal Bull?

Answer 34

Pope Pius V excommunicated Elizabeth

Question 35

When was the Northern Rebellion?

Answer 35

1567

Question 36

When was the Ridolfi Plot?

Answer 36

1571

Question 37

When was the Throckmorton Plot?

Answer 37

1583

Question 38

When was the Babington Plot?

Answer 38

1586

Question 39

What did England trade with Protestant Netherlands?

Answer 39

Cloth

Question 40

What were three theatres in London?

Answer 40

The Globe, The Swan and The Rose

Question 41

Who did Philip appoint to lead the Armada?

Answer 41

Duke of Medina Sidonia

Question 42

What did Elizabeth use to spot the Armada?

Answer 42

A system of beacons and men spread out along the coast

Question 43

How many men did Elizabeth raise from each county?

Answer 43

20,000

Question 44

When was the Armada spotted?

Answer 44

19th July 1588

Question 45

When was the Battle of Gravelines and what happened?

Answer 45

29th July 1588 Spanish were sailing into the wind 5 Spanish ships were sunk and 100 sailors died

Question 46

What did Drake do to the Spanish fleet on the 28th of July?

Answer 46

Sent in fireships to the fleet anchored at Calais

Question 47

How did John Hawkins improve English ships?

Answer 47

Made them smaller, lighter and more manoeuvrable than Spanish galleons

Question 48

How many ships were in the English navy and how many were battleships?

Answer 48

200 and 34 battleships

Question 49

Who led the Spanish in the Netherlands?

Answer 49

Parma

Question 50

How many Spanish sailors died returning home?

Answer 50

20,000

Question 51

How many Spanish ships were wrecked out of the original 130?

Answer 51

70

Question 52

Who was Elizabeth’s heir?

Answer 52

James VI of Scotland

Question 53

When did Elizabeth die?

Answer 53

February 1603