Chapter 1.1 to 1.4 Queen Elizabeth

Question 1

Who was Queen Elizabeth I?

Answer 1

The queen of England 1558, daughter of Henry VIII, unmarried

Question 2

What was part of Britain in 1558?

Answer 2

England and Wales

Question 2

What does the English parliament do?

Answer 2

Pass laws and collect taxes

Question 3

Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I and when did she give birth to her?

Answer 3

Anne Boleyn, 7 September 1533

Question 4

What difficulty did early queen Elizabeth I experience?

Answer 4

Her mother was executed, she had a though father, an awkward half-sister and lots of stepmothers.

Question 5

When did Henry VIII die and who became king after him?

Answer 5

Henry died in 1547, and Edward became king in 1547.

Question 6

When did Queen Mary die? (queen after Edward’s death in 1553)

Answer 6

She died in 1558, the same year when Queen Elizabeth became queen

Question 7

What branch of Christianity was Elizabeth?

Answer 7

She was a protestant.

Question 8

What was Queen Elizabeth’s middle-way?

Answer 8

It stopped the country from being totally protestant or totally catholic, in between both branches.

Question 9

What was done in the middle-way?

Answer 9

Elizabeth made herself Governor of the Church of England, instead of Head so people can still think of the pope as Head of the Church

Priests were allowed to marry and a new prayer book was made

Church services were in English

Question 10

Did Queen Elizabeth’s middle-way work? Explain what happened.

Answer 10

It pleased most people, except extremists on both sides. The Catholic Pope Pius V excommunicated Queen Elizabeth and told people not to obey her. Because of this Queen Elizabeth became more strict towards Catholics.

Question 11

Who was Sir Francis Walsingham?

Answer 11

A secret agent of Queen Elizabeth I who kept an eye on Catholcis

Question 12

What was done against Catholics by Queen Elizabeth? Did this establish Protestantism?

Answer 12

Catholic priests could be executed. The fine for recusants (people who didn’t attend church services due to Protestantism) as greatly increased which made them leave the country. This established the Protestant fate.

Question 13

Who was Mary, Queen of Scotland? How many marriages has she had, and with who?

Answer 13

She was the son of James V of Scotland, and became queen in 1542. She was catholic and married many times (to a French king in 1558, then to an English lord in 1565, and then to Earl Bothwell 1567)

Question 14

Why did some Scots rebel against Queen Mary of Scotland?

Answer 14

Her second husband (the English lord) was brutally killed and the people that rebelled thought she had connections with the death.

Question 15

What did the Scottish rebellion against Queen Mary of Scotland lead to?

Answer 15

It lead to Mary fleeing and making her son James VI king in 1568. She fled to England hoping that Queen Elizabeth could help her.

Question 16

Why didn’t Queen Elizabeth trust Mary of Scotland?

Answer 16

Queen Mary was Catholic, and also said she was going to be queen when Queen Elizabeth died.

Question 17

What did Queen Elizabeth do about Mary of Scotland after Mary came to England?

Answer 17

She imprisoned Mary.

Question 18

What was the Babington Plot?

Answer 18

It was a plot made by Catholic Anthony Babington in 1586, to secretly kill Elizabeth and make Mary of Scotland queen. He needed a way to communicate with Queen Mary

Question 19

How did Babington contact Mary of Scotland? What happened with it?

Answer 19

Babington made Mary’s servants hide secret letters in beer barrels that were taken to her room. These letters were written in code. Mary wrote back and agreed to the plan. The letter was caught by Sir Francis Walsingham, who showed it to Elizabeth.

Question 20

What happened after the babington plot was exposed?

Answer 20

Attempts to kill the monarch is called treason. Elizabeth didn’t want to kill Mary, but eventually her secretary in 1587 slipped the death warrant in some papers she had to sign, and Mary was executed.