Dates

Question 1

Elizabeth l is crowned Queen of England after the death of her sister Mary l

Answer 1

Elizabeth l is crowned Queen of England after the death of her sister Mary l

Question 2

Elizabeth l is crowned Queen of England after the death of her sister Mary l

Answer 2

1558

Question 3

1558

Answer 3

Elizabeth l is crowned Queen of England after the death of her sister Mary l

Question 4

Elizabeth implements her religious settlement including the Act of Supremacy, Act of uniformity and the Royal Injuctions

Answer 4

1559

Question 5

1559

Answer 5

• Elizabeth implements her religious settlement including the Act of Supremacy, Act of uniformity and the Royal Injuctions
• Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis

Question 6

Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis

Answer 6

1559

Question 7

Treaty of Edinburgh

Answer 7

1560

Question 8

1560

Answer 8

Treaty of Edinburgh

Question 9

Statute of Artificers

Answer 9

1563

Question 10

1563

Answer 10

Statute of Artificers

Question 11

Dutch Revolt

Answer 11

1566

Question 12

1566

Answer 12

Dutch Revolt

Question 13

Genoese Loan

Answer 13

1568

Question 14

1568

Answer 14

• Genoese Loan
• Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England from Scotland

Question 15

Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England from Scotland

Answer 15

1568

Question 16

The revolt of the Northern Earls to place Mary , Queen of Scots, on the throne

Answer 16

1569

Question 17

1569

Answer 17

The revolt of the Northern Earls to place Mary , Queen of Scots, on the throne

Question 18

Pope Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth from the Catholic Church

Answer 18

1570

Question 19

1570

Answer 19

Pope Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth from the Catholic Church

Question 20

The Ridolfi plot

Answer 20

1571

Question 21

1571

Answer 21

The Ridolfi plot

Question 22

The Vagabonds Act

Answer 22

1572

Question 23

1572

Answer 23

The Vagabonds Act

Question 24

Poor Relief Act

Answer 24

1576

Question 25

The Spanish Fury

Answer 25

1576

Question 26

1576

Answer 26

- The Spanish Fury - Poor Relief Act - Pacification of Ghent

Question 27

Pacification of Ghent

Answer 27

1576

Question 28

1577-80

Answer 28

Francis Drake circumnavigates the world

Question 29

Francis Drake circumnavigates the world

Answer 29

1577-80

Question 30

Francis Drake is knighted on the deck of the Golden Hind

Answer 30

1580

Question 31

1580

Answer 31

Francis Drake is knighted on the deck of the Golden Hind

Question 32

The Throckmorton plot

Answer 32

1583

Question 33

1583

Answer 33

The Throckmorton plot

Question 34

Treaty of Joinville

Answer 34

1584

Question 35

1584

Answer 35

Treaty of Joinville

Question 36

All Catholic priests are ordered to leave the country

Answer 36

1585

Question 37

The Babington plot

Answer 37

1586

Question 38

Treaty of Nonsuch

Answer 38

1585

Question 39

War begins between England and Spain

Answer 39

1585

Question 40

First English Colony in Virginia is established

Answer 40

1585

Question 41

1585

Answer 41

- Treaty of Nonsuch - War begins between England and Spain - First English Colony in Virginia is established - All Catholic priests are ordered to leave the country

Question 42

Surviving colonists abandon Virgina and return to England

Answer 42

1586

Question 43

1586

Answer 43

- Surviving colonists abandon Virgina and return to England - The Babington plot

Question 44

Mary , Queen of Scots is executed

Answer 44

1587

Question 45

Colony is established at Roanoke

Answer 45

1587

Question 46

Second attempt to colonise Roanoke

Answer 46

1587

Question 47

Drake 'singes the King of Spain's beard' by leading an assault on the Spanish fleet in Candiz harbour

Answer 47

1587

Question 48

1587

Answer 48

- Mary , Queen of Scots is executed - Colony is established at Roanoke - Second attempt to colonise Roanoke - Drake 'singes the King of Spain's beard' by leading an assault on the Spanish fleet in Candiz harbour

Question 49

Phillip ll of Spain launches the Armada, The Spanish are ultimately defeated at the Battle of Gravelines

Answer 49

1588

Question 50

1588

Answer 50

Phillip ll of Spain launches the Armada, The Spanish are ultimately defeated at the Battle of Gravelines

Question 51

English sailors arrive at Roanoke to find it abandoned

Answer 51

1590

Question 52

1590

Answer 52

English sailors arrive at Roanoke to find it abandoned

Question 53

Death of Elizabeth

Answer 53

1603

Question 54

1603

Answer 54

Death of Elizabeth