11.3 Later years - Impact of the war with Spain

Question 1

HOW DID THE THREAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA AFFECT ENGLAND?

Answer 1

HOW DID THE THREAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA AFFECT ENGLAND?

Question 2

What were 2 ways England prepared for the war with Spain?

Answer 2

• Beacons set up on hills to be lit if a fleet invaded
• Coastal towns ordered to provide further shipping

Question 3

Why did some coastal towns complain about providing further shipping?

Answer 3

The subsidy had just been collected and they had already had to pay out for supplies for the militia

Question 4

How many men were assembled at Tilbury under the Earl of Leicester?

Answer 4

12,500 men

Question 5

When was the Spanish Armada defeated?

Answer 5

8th August 1588

Question 6

What did Elizabeth say to troops at Tilbury the day after the Armada had been defeated?

Answer 6

‘I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a King’

Question 7

How much money was Elizabeth forced to loan from her wealthy subjects?

Answer 7

£75,000

Question 8

How much money was Elizabeth forced to borrow from the City of London at 10% interest rate?

Answer 8

£56,000

Question 9

What caused more death than in the fighting?

Answer 9

Elizabeth could not pay her sailors and their conditions worsened - spread of disease

Question 10

Whose death in September 1588 had crushed Elizabeth?

Answer 10

The Earl of Leicester (Robert Dudley)

Question 11

THE WAR ON LAND

Answer 11

THE WAR ON LAND

Question 12

Where was the land war concentrated?

Answer 12

France and Netherlands

Question 13

How many men did Elizabeth send to France in 1590?

Answer 13

4000 men

Question 14

How many men did Elizabeth send to France in 1591?

Answer 14

6000 men

Question 15

What did Elizabeth call Henry IV of France?

Answer 15

‘The most ungrateful king that liveth’

Question 16

What did Elizabeth give Henry IV of France as a gift in 1589?

Answer 16

£20,000

Question 17

When did Elizabeth pull her troops out of France?

Answer 17

Once France were able to win unaided

Question 18

HOW DID THE WAR AFFECT POLITICS IN ENGLAND?

Answer 18

HOW DID THE WAR AFFECT POLITICS IN ENGLAND?

Question 19

What leading Councillor died in 1590?

Answer 19

Walsingham

Question 20

What leading Councillor died in 1591?

Answer 20

Hatton

Question 21

What Councillor favoured action?

Answer 21

Essex

Question 22

What two Councillors had a fierce rivalry in the 1590s?

Answer 22

Cecil and Essex

Question 23

Why was Essex a national hero?

Answer 23

He was successful in Cadiz in 1596

Question 24

Why were Elizabeth’s Councillors a problem in the later years of her reign?

Answer 24

They were not of the same calibre as their fathers

Question 25

How many men died in the war with Spain?

Answer 25

105,000

Question 26

How many men died before 1594?

Answer 26

50,000

Question 27

How much money in total was spent on the war with Spain?

Answer 27

£4.5 million

Question 28

How much of the £4.5 million was spent in Ireland?

Answer 28

£2 million

Question 29

How much did Elizabeth sell in crown lands from 1599 to 1600?

Answer 29

£200,000

Question 30

When did Philip II die?

Answer 30

1598

Question 31

ROMAN CATHOLICS

Answer 31

ROMAN CATHOLICS

Question 32

What was Cardinal William Allen promised if Philip was victorious?

Answer 32

He would be the Archbishop of Canterbury

Question 33

What did Cardinal William Allen write in order to convince the English to join the Spanish army?

Answer 33

‘Admonition to the People and Nobility’

Question 34

Who did Catholic Earl of Northumberland would take the throne after Elizabeth’s death?

Answer 34

James, son of MQoS

Question 35

What Catholic sympathiser at court favoured Infanta Isabella’s claim to the throne?

Answer 35

Lord Buckhurst

Question 36

What weakened the position of Catholics?

Answer 36

The divisions among them