Troubles at Home and Abroad

Question 1

What was one of the main reasons for the tensions between Phillip and Elizabeth?

Answer 1

Religious clashes
Elizabeth is protestant
Phillip is Catholic

Question 2

What country did Spain occupy which Elizabeth didn’t like?

Answer 2

Netherlands - part of Phillip’s empire

Question 3

What were the reason that meant that Spain were posing a threat to Elizabeth?

Answer 3

Netherlands was close to England
England relied on Netherlands for trade of cloth
People of Netherlands were protestant themselves

Question 4

What did Elizabeth do which Phillip despised?

Answer 4

Elizabeth indirectly supported but then directly supported the protestant revolt

Question 5

What did Francis Drake do in 1587 which prolonged the first Spanish attack?

Answer 5

Destroyed much of the Spanish fleet in Cadiz meaning Phillip would have to make new ships

Question 6

How many ships and guns did Phillip have in 1588?

Answer 6

130 Ships
2500 Guns

Question 7

What did Phillip plan to do in 1588?

Answer 7

Planned to use the English channel and go up to the Netherlands

Question 8

Why would Phillip want to go to the Netherlands first before England?

Answer 8

To pick up the Duke of Parma and 30,000 Spanish men

Question 9

Why was the Spanish unsuccessful before the fighting began?

Answer 9

Ran into storms so they couldn’t pick up the Duke of Parma north

Question 10

What was so much different about the English ships compared to the Spanish?

Answer 10

The English ships were lighter, faster and more manoeuvrable than the heavier Spanish fleet

Question 11

What tactic did the British use to confuse the Spanish?

Answer 11

Fireships

Question 12

How were the fireships affective?

Answer 12

Scared the Spanish fleets - some would collide with one another. The Spanish became scattered

Question 13

Where did the two countries fight on 29th of July?

Answer 13

Fought at Gravelines the Spanish had been broken apart and were carried by the winds

Question 14

How many more Armadas were ther?

Answer 14

2 more in 1596 and 97 but both were taken away by storms

Question 15

How was the win of the Armada helpful for Elizabeth?

Answer 15

Huge help with propaganda. Showed that God was with Elizabeth and Protestantism was preserved

Question 16

How did the Spanish Armada negatively affect England?

Answer 16

Put strain on the economy causing inflation and hardship

Question 17

When was the Northern Rebellion?

Answer 17

1569

Question 18

What had the Duke of Norfolk planned in 1569?

Answer 18

He had planned to marry Mary Queen of Scots and make her heir to the English throne

Question 19

How was the Northern Rebellion uncovered?

Answer 19

Robert Dudley confessed due to guilt

Question 20

How was the Northern Rebellion successful?

Answer 20

Rebels took hold of the Pennines and most of the North

Question 21

When was the Ridolfi Plot?

Answer 21

1571

Question 22

What was the Ridolfi Plot?

Answer 22

The plot was to assassinate Elizabeth and place MQS on the throne.

Question 23

What did the Pope do in 1570?

Answer 23

Excommunicated Elizabeth

Question 24

Who was involved in the Ridolfi Plot of 1571?

Answer 24

MQS
The Pope
Philip II of Spain
Duke of Norfolk

Question 25

Why did Elizabeth refuse to kill MQS?

Answer 25

As she couldn't kill another monarch

Question 26

When was the Throckmorton Plot?

Answer 26

1683

Question 27

What was the Throckmorton Plot?

Answer 27

The plan was for a French Catholic force, backed by Spanish and Papal money to invade England. Mary was to freed and Elizabeth to be captured and killed

Question 28

Who found out about the Throckmorton plot of 1583?

Answer 28

Sir Francis Walsingham

Question 29

What was established (law) after the Throckmorton plot?

Answer 29

Bon of Association -- anyone associated with a plot against the Queen would not benefit from her death

Question 30

What had happened to MQS after the Throckmorton plot?

Answer 30

She had been moved to Chartley Hall in the late 1585

Question 31

When was the Babington Plot?

Answer 31

1586

Question 32

What was the plan of the Babington Plot?

Answer 32

For Elizabeth to be assassinated

Question 33

How was the Babington Plot discovered?

Answer 33

Francis Walsingham had placed a double agent in Chartley who discovered the letters and had them deciphered

Question 34

When did Mary write the coded letter for the assassination of Elizabeth?

Answer 34

July 1586

Question 35

What happened to Mary Queen of Scots after 1586?

Answer 35

Trialled for Treason and Executed in February 1587

Question 36

Who were the Jesuits?

Answer 36

A society that wanted to convert the Protestant population to Catholicism

Question 37

Who was one of the main leaders of the Jesuits?

Answer 37

Edmund Campion

Question 38

How do Elizabeth try and Eradicate the Catholics from England?

Answer 38

Introduced new Anti Catholic laws

Question 39

What law was made in 1571 and what did it mean?

Answer 39

Recusancy - any Catholics that didn't take part in Protestant services would be fine and their property removed

Question 40

What did the law made in 1585 mean for Catholic priests?

Answer 40

Catholics made a priest after 1559 were considered a traitor whom would face death

Question 41

Who were the puritans?

Answer 41

Strict Protestants

Question 42

What did the Puritans dislike about Elizabeth's religious settlement?

Answer 42

They disliked the Church being ruled through the monarch and the bishops

Question 43

Who were the powerful Puritans?

Answer 43

Robert Dudley Sir Francis Walsingham

Question 44

What were the 4 measures against Puritans that Elizabeth made?

Answer 44

Banning of unlicensed preaching Power to fine and imprison Puritans that didn't follow the rules Punishment of printers spreading the Puritan message

Question 45

Who became the new Archbishop of Canterbury?

Answer 45

John Whitgift