Mary queen of scots

Question 1

Why was Elizabeth hesitant to execute Mary queen of scots

-they were c…
-they would regularly w… to eachother
-by killing another m… she would be going against the d… right of kings
—>setting a b… example, encouraging people to kill the m…
-it would anger c… countries across e…

Answer 1

-they were cousins
-they would regularly write to eachother
-by killing another monarch she would be going against the divine right of kings
—>setting a bad example, encouraging people to kill the monarch
-it would anger Catholic countries across Europe

Question 2

Mary’s execution

Answer 2

-she was executed in private in 1587

Question 3

Impact of Mary’s execution

-catholics had no clear m… so rebellions s…
-many saw Mary as a m…
-there was o… from foreign c… but there was no actual a…

Answer 3

-catholics had no clear monarch so rebellions stopped
-many saw Mary as a martyr
-there was outage from foreign countries but there was no actual action