NEW ELIZABETH CARDs

Question 1

When did Elizabeth 1 become queen?

Answer 1

1558

Question 2

What was the Act of Supremacy?

Answer 2

Monarch = Supreme head of the Church
Elizabeth = Supreme Governor

Question 3

When was the Treaty of Cateau Cambresis - ending the war with France.

Answer 3

1559

Question 4

What was lost due to the Cateau Cambresis treaty?

Answer 4

Calais

Question 5

How was peace with Scotland established early into Elizabeths reign?

Answer 5

The Treaty of Edinburgh, which after the death of Mary of Guise, removed garrisons and the French army out of Scotland

Question 6

When and what was the Statute of Artificers

Answer 6

1563 - poor relief collected through poor rates

Question 7

When did the Dutch Revolt start?

Answer 7

1566

Question 8

When and what was the Bullion crisis?

Answer 8

Genoan loan seized by Elizabeth after landing in English ports

Question 9

When did MQS flee to England after the murder of Lord Darnley?

Answer 9

1568 - escaped prison

Question 10

What was the cause of the 1569 Revolt of the Northern Earls

Answer 10

Politically - lost seats at the council of the north
Religion - Mary QOS catholic

Question 11

How many men were sent to crush the Revolt of the Northern Earls?

Answer 11

14,000

Question 12

When did Pope Pius V excommunicate Elizabeth?
What did this mean?

Answer 12

1570 - meant that Elizabeth was now an enemy of the catholic faith

Question 13

How did Elizabeth react to the Papal bull

Answer 13

anyone caught holding it could be executed for treason

Question 14

What was the ridolfi plot?

Answer 14

Roberto Ridolfi plotted spanish invasion, killing Elizabeth and Mary QOS on throne. Same as Northern Earls.

Question 15

Who was executed after the Ridolfi plot?

Answer 15

Duke of Norfolk

Question 16

When was the vagabonds act?

Answer 16

1572

Question 17

What was the 1572 Vagabonds act

Answer 17

Counter homelessness/begging:
If found begging
1) whipped and hole drilled in ear
2) imprisoned
3) killed

Also JPs kept registers

Question 18

When were Catholic priests first smuggled into England?

Answer 18

1574

Question 19

What was the 1576 Poor relief act?

Answer 19

Divided Able-bodied and deserving poor.
Able bodied given raw materials to make items, if refused sent to prison.

Question 20

When was the Spanish fury?

Answer 20

1576 - soldiers mutinied and ransacked Antwerp

Question 21

What lead to the Pacification of Ghent?

Answer 21

Catholic and Protestant Dutchmen demanded:
1) No more catholic troops
2) political freedom
3) end religious Spanish Inquisition

Question 22

When did Drake begin his circumnavigation around the world?

Answer 22

1577-80

Question 23

How much money did Drake make?

Answer 23

£400,000

Question 24

Who was angry with Francis Drake, and what happened to him?

Answer 24

Philip II, saw Drake as a pirate - Elizabeth knighted him on the Golden Hind

Question 25

When was the Throckmorton Plot?

Answer 25

1583

Question 26

Who was the key conspirator of the Throckmorton Plot?

Answer 26

Francis Throckmorton

Question 27

What was the initial plan of the Throckmorton plot?

Answer 27

Spanish backed invasion led by Duke of Guise, supported by revolt from Catholics

Question 28

What happened to Francis Throckmorton?

Answer 28

He was executed

Question 29

What was the bond of association 1584?

Answer 29

If Elizabeth is killed, Mary would also be killed.

Question 30

What was the Treaty of Joinville?

Answer 30

French Catholic League and Philip II of Spain. To rid France of Reformers.

Question 31

When was the Treaty of Nonsuch?

Answer 31

1585

Question 32

How many troops were sent due to the Treaty of Nonsuch?

Answer 32

7,400 led by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

Question 33

When was the First Virginia colony established?

Answer 33

1585

Question 34

When was the Treaty of Berwick?

Answer 34

1585

Question 35

What was the Treaty of Berwick?

Answer 35

Treaty with James VI and Elizabeth, James pledged to help Elizabeth if invaded, as both Reformist

Question 36

Why did the colonies in Virginia fail?

Answer 36

Loss of supplied and crops planted too late - plus Native Americans deeply suspicious

Question 37

When was the Babington plot?

Answer 37

1586

Question 38

Who supported the invasion of England by the Duke of Guise in 1586?

Answer 38

Phillip II and the Pope.

Question 39

Who intercepted the letters from Babington to Mary?

Answer 39

Sir Francis Walsingham.

Question 40

Who is executed as a result of the Babington plot?

Answer 40

Mary Queen of Scots

Question 41

When was the Roanoke colony established?

Answer 41

1587

Question 42

What happened to the Roanoke Colony?

Answer 42

actually have no idea-

Question 43

When was the Singeing of the Kings beard? How much delay did it cause?

Answer 43

1587 - Francis Drake at Cadiz 30 ships destroyed, delayed Armada by a year

Question 44

How many ships were in the First Armada 1588?

Answer 44

130