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Question 1

what year did Elizabeth inherit the throne?

Answer 1

in 1558 after her sister Mary died

Question 2

what problems did Elizabeth face when on the throne?

Answer 2

her gender since 16th century England was highly patriarchal and debt

Question 3

how much debt did Elizabeth inherit?

Answer 3

a debt of £300,000

Question 4

what did Elizabeth have to do to payback the debt?

Answer 4

she had to raise taxes

Question 5

what did she do when she needed to defend her country?

Answer 5

she took out new loans to fund an army

Question 6

what happened during the reformation?

Answer 6

protestants challenged the old catholic beliefs and puritans were extreme protestants who wanted to take reformation further

Question 7

how were catholic churches different to protestant churches?

Answer 7

catholic churches featured colourful images and decorated alters. Protestant churches featured plain walls and wooden alters

Question 8

what religion was Elizabeth?

Answer 8

she was protestant but disliked the extremism puritans

Question 9

what religion was most of England?

Answer 9

especially poor people who lived in rural areas like the North and West were still very catholic

Question 10

what could happen if Elizabeth banned catholic beliefs?

Answer 10

the catholics could rebel against Elizabeth

Question 11

was Europe divided by religion?

Answer 11

yes- the two European superpowers- Spain and France were strongly catholic and threatened to invade if Elizabeth didn’t revert back to catholicism however protestants in countries as the Netherlands needed Elizabeths support

Question 12

what did Elizabeth do about the growing problem of religion?

Answer 12

she needed to decide what religious law the people of England had to support so in 1559 she made a religious settlement which included both protestant and catholic features

Question 13

what were the protestant features to the religious settlement?

Answer 13

Elizabeth was the head of the church rather than the pope and all churches had to have an English bible

Question 14

what were the catholic features to the religious settlement?

Answer 14

churches could be highly decorated and priests has to wear vestments

Question 15

what was the religious settlement also known as?

Answer 15

the middle way

Question 16

what was everyone expected to do because of the religious settlement?

Answer 16

everyone was expected to attend church each Sunday thoes who do not (recusants) were fined

Question 17

who should be head of the church in catholicism?

Answer 17

the pope

Question 18

who should be head of the church in protestantism?

Answer 18

the monarch

Question 19

who should be head of the church in puritanism?

Answer 19

no one

Question 20

who should run the church in catholicism?

Answer 20

archbishops and bishops

Question 21

who should run the church in protestantism?

Answer 21

archbishops and bishops

Question 22

who should run the church in puritanism?

Answer 22

elected committees

Question 23

what language should the bible be in catholicism?

Answer 23

latin

Question 24

what language should the bible be in protestantism?

Answer 24

english

Question 25

what language should the bible be in puritanism?

Answer 25

english

Question 26

what should churches look like inside catholicism?

Answer 26

decorated

Question 27

what should churches look like inside protestantism?

Answer 27

plain and simple

Question 28

what should churches look like inside puritanism?

Answer 28

plain and simple

Question 29

should priests wear vestments catholicism?

Answer 29

yes

Question 30

should priests wear vestments protestantism?

Answer 30

no

Question 31

should priests wear vestments puritanism?

Answer 31

absolutely not

Question 32

what got you into heaven in catholicism?

Answer 32

good works

Question 33

what got you into heaven in protestantism?

Answer 33

belief in god

Question 34

what got you into heaven in puritianism?

Answer 34

belief in god

Question 35

was opposition to the religious settlement limited before 1580

Answer 35

yes

Question 36

did most catholics remain loyal to the pope?

Answer 36

yes on the inside but they still followed Elizabeths laws and attended protestant church services

Question 37

did Elizabeth tolerate catholics?

Answer 37

yes and she did not enforce the 12d fine for recusancy in catholic areas

Question 38

what happened after 1580?

Answer 38

the threat from catholics increased

Question 39

what did the pope say in 1580?

Answer 39

that it would not be a sin for someone to kill Elizabeth increasing the risk of assassination

Question 40

what did the catholics start doing?

Answer 40

plotting to make Mary Queen of Scots the catholic queen of England

Question 41

what did Philip of Spain plan?

Answer 41

planned an invasion of England

Question 42

what did Elizabeths government respond by?

Answer 42

persecuting catholics

Question 43

what was the fine for recusancy in 1581?

Answer 43

it increased by 10,000% to £20

Question 44

in 1585 what did Elizabeth introduce?

Answer 44

the death penalty for anyone sheltering a catholic priest

Question 45

in 1593 what did the new law ban?

Answer 45

banned catholics from travelling more than 5 miles away from their homes

Question 46

did Elizabeths government successfully crush catholic resistance?

Answer 46

yes

Question 47

how many catholics were in England in 1588 to 1603?

Answer 47

1588- 3 million 1603- just 40,000

Question 48

did some opposition remain ?

Answer 48

yes in 1605 catholics tried to assassinate the new king James 1

Question 49

what was the assassination attempt in 1605 called?

Answer 49

the gunpowder plot