Elizabethans 1-3

Question 1

What is Elizabeth I cousin, brother, sister, and father

Answer 1

Father- Henry VIII
Brother- Edward VI
Sister- Mary (older)
Cousin- Mary Queen of Scots

Question 2

When did Elizabeth inherit the throne and why

Answer 2

In 1558 after Mary’s death

Question 3

Why did some people question Elizabeth’s claim to the throne

Answer 3

Her mother was beheaded by Henry VIII so it was illegitimate
She was a woman in a patriarchal society

Question 4

How much debt did Elizabeth inherit

Answer 4

£300,000 plus loans she needed to take out for army

Question 5

When was the Protestant Reformation

Answer 5

1517

Question 6

How was Europe divided with religion

Answer 6

Spain and France were Catholic
Netherlands and England were Protestant

Question 7

What would be examples of religious divisions

Answer 7

Puritan and Protestant MPs being more involved in Parliament
Catholics (North) vs Protestant (South) vs Puritains

Question 8

What was Elizabeth’s religious settlement and when

Answer 8

A mid way between Catholicism and Protestantism without explicitly choosing one
1559

Question 9

What features of both Catholic and Protestant did Elizabeth’s mid way have

Answer 9

Protestant- Queen was head of the protestant Church
Catholic- Decorated Churches and Priest vestments

Question 10

What initially happened to rescuants

Answer 10

Fined

Question 11

Before 1580 response to rescuancy for Catholics

Answer 11

Fines not enforced

Question 12

What were Church papists

Answer 12

Catholics who still were loyal to Pope, however went to Anglican Church services

Question 13

How did Elizabeth’s government increase persecution after 1580

Answer 13

1581- Fine for rescuancy increases to £20
1585- Elizabeth gives death penalty to anyone housing Jesuits
1593- Catholics cannot move more than 5 miles from their home

Question 14

When did the pope say it would be right to kill Mary

Answer 14

1580

Question 15

Stats of Catholics in Elizabeth’s reign

Answer 15

3 million in 1588
40,000 in 1603

Question 16

When was the gunpowder plot and who did it try to assasinate

Answer 16

1605
King James I

Question 17

Differences between Catholicism, Protestantism, Puritain

Answer 17

Catholicism Protestantism Puritains
Pope Monarch No-one
Bishops Bishops Elected commities
Latin English English
Decorated Plain Simple
Vestments None Never

Question 18

What was the Royal Court

Answer 18

Group of nobles and privy councilors that surround the Queen

Question 19

What were courtiers

Answer 19

Traveled with Elizabeth as she toured

Question 20

How did Elizabeth control Privy Council members

Answer 20

Patronage- Granting positions of power to her favorites

Question 21

What was the Privy Council

Answer 21

Elizabeth’s most trusted Councilors

Question 22

Who ruled the Privy Council

Answer 22

Secretary of state (William Cecil)

Question 23

Example of William Cecil having power

Answer 23

1587- Manipulated Elizabeth to kill Mary

Question 24

What was a Lord Lieutenant

Answer 24

The leader of a county

Question 25

What were the Lord Lieutenant's duties

Answer 25

Informed Queen and Privy council of matters Organised a local army to fight against rebellions

Question 26

How many JPs in each county

Answer 26

40

Question 27

What was the problem with JPs

Answer 27

They didn't get paid so they could be corrupted

Question 28

Duties of JPs

Answer 28

Collecting taxes and fines Judging court cases Enforcing the Poor Law

Question 29

What were the dates of some of the betrayal decisions of Robert Deveroux

Answer 29

1598- Reached for sword in argument with Elizabeth 1599- Failed army expedition 1600- Abandoned soldiers in Ireland and forced himself into Elizabeth's bed chamber 1601- Plotted an armed rebellion to remove Elizabeth and make James of Scotland King

Question 30

Describe the Essex rebellion

Answer 30

Robert Deveroux 1601- Plotted an armed rebellion to remove Elizabeth and make James of Scotland King

Question 31

How did parliament have power over Elizabeth

Answer 31

Elizabeth needed Parliament's consent to raise taxes MPs can create their own laws Puritan MPs tried to pressure Elizabeth to do things Marry a protestant and have a protestant son Remove archbishops and bishops and want elected committees to run churches Give MPs freedom of speech in parliament

Question 32

How did Elizabeth try and control Parliament include a case study

Answer 32

Only called parliament 13 times in her 45 year reign Privy councilors like William Cecil control parliament debate In 1594 Elizabeth imprisoned Peter Wentworth in the London tower after he demanded a Protestant heir John Stubbs in 1579 had his hand cut off after criticizing Elizabeth's proposed marriage to a Catholic

Question 33

Propaganda of Elizabeth

Answer 33

Portraits were very flattering aswell as coinage

Question 34

What did Elizabeth's progresses accomplish

Answer 34

Show off wealth to the commoners Spoke with ordinary peope

Question 35

What were Jesuits

Answer 35

Catholic priests who trained in converting people

Question 36

Who was the leader of the Jesuits and where were they kept

Answer 36

Edmund Campion Priest holes

Question 37

Who hunted down Priest Jesuits

Answer 37

Francis Walshingham with spies and hunters

Question 38

Who did Francis Walshingham kill and when

Answer 38

1581 Edmund Campion killed by Walshingham agents

Question 39

When was Mary Queen of Scots put into prison

Answer 39

1568

Question 40

Why was Mary a threat to Elizabeth

Answer 40

Her cousin Had an heir Claim was more legitimate Catholics would plot assasinations because of Mary Phillip of Spain, France and the Pope backed Mary

Question 41

3 plots against Elizabeth

Answer 41

Throckmorton plot, Ridolfi plot, Babington plot

Question 42

Ridolfi Plot date and person

Answer 42

1571- Roberto di Ridolfi

Question 43

Throckmorton plot date and details

Answer 43

1583- Phillip of Spain and Pope support this

Question 44

Babington plot date and details

Answer 44

1586- Babington communicates with Mary which Walsingham allows to happen

Question 45

When was Mary Queen of Scots executed

Answer 45

1587-

Question 46

When did the Spanish Armada launch

Answer 46

1588

Question 47

Causes of Spanish Armada

Answer 47

Elizabeth refused to Marry Philip of Spain Francis Drake stole gold from Spain and he was knighted Philip supported plots against Elizabeth 1585 Elizabeth sends 7,000 soldiers to Netherlands to support Protestants Execution of Mary Queen of scots in 1587

Question 48

How many ships were in the Spanish Armada

Answer 48

130

Question 49

How many armada ships made it back to Spain

Answer 49

80

Question 50

Reasons why the Spanish armada fails

Answer 50

Duke of Medina Sedona was unexperienced The Armada flew a week late English ships were smaller and more maneuverable English used fire ships that destroyed Spanish ships The Armada was driven north by a storm 40 Spanish Ships are shipwrecked 2 more armadas destroeyd by storm