E E - Plots / rebellions

Question 1

what are jesuits

Answer 1

catholic priests who were specially trained to convert people back to catholicism

Question 2

when did jesuits begin to arrive in england

Answer 2

the 1580s

Question 3

where did jesuits train

Answer 3

special seminaries in catholic countries like france, spain, italy

Question 4

why did jesuits come to england

Answer 4

on a mission to convert people back to catholicism

Question 5

who was the leader of jesuits in england

Answer 5

edmund campion

Question 6

who did wealthy catholics hide

Answer 6

campion and around 100 other jesuit priests - hidden in priest holes

Question 7

who is francis walsingham

Answer 7

a privy councillor

Question 8

who did walsingham employ

Answer 8

priest hunters and agents to track down jesuits and catholic priests

Question 9

when was campion captured

Answer 9

1581

Question 10

who was campion captured by

Answer 10

walsinghams agents

Question 11

what happened to campion when he was captured

Answer 11

he was hanged, drawn and quartered

Question 12

who was mary queen of scot’s

Answer 12

elizabeth’s catholic cousin

Question 13

since what year was mary queen of scot’s in prison

Answer 13

1568

Question 14

why was mary’s prescence in england a serious threat to elizabeth

Answer 14

mary had a strong claim to the throne of england
mary was a figurehead for catholic rebellion
mary had powerful foreign supporters

Question 15

why did elizabeth refuse to execute mary

Answer 15

mary was her cousin
elizabeth didn’t want to execute a fellow queen

Question 16

what were catholic plots

Answer 16

attempts by catholics to replace elizabeth with mary queen of scot’s

Question 17

when was the throckmorton plot

Answer 17

1583

Question 18

who was involved in the throckmorton plot

Answer 18

a young catholic noble called throckmorton
the french

Question 19

who supported the throckmorton plot

Answer 19

phillip of spain and the pope

Question 20

who discovered the throckmorton plot

Answer 20

walsinghams spies

Question 21

when was the babington plot

Answer 21

1586

Question 22

who did babington plot with

Answer 22

phillip of spain and the french

Question 23

how did babington communicate with mary

Answer 23

by hiding coded letters in beer barrels that went into mary’s prison

Question 24

who discovered the babington plot

Answer 24

walsingham

Question 25

when was the execution of mary queen of scots

Answer 25

1587

Question 26

who made elizabeth sign mary’s death warrant

Answer 26

cecil and walsingham

Question 27

how was mary killed

Answer 27

beheaded

Question 28

what led to the spanish armada

Answer 28

anglo spanish war in the 1580s

Question 29

when was the spanish armada launched

Answer 29

1588

Question 30

what were the reasons for the rivalry with spain

Answer 30

elizabeth had refused to marry phillip of spain at the start of her reign
elizabeth privateers such as francis drake stole gold from spanish treasure ships and he was knighted
phillip supported catholic plots against elizabeth
elizabeth agreed to send 7000 soldiers to the netherlands to support protestant rebels fighting phillips army in 1585
the execution of mary queen of scot’s answered phillip

Question 31

what was the spanish armada

Answer 31

phillips invasion fleet of 130 ships

Question 32

where did the armada plan to sail to

Answer 32

the netherlands to pick up 20000 spanish soliders

Question 33

how many ships made it back to spain

Answer 33

80

Question 34

what were the spanish mistakes

Answer 34

duke of medina sidonia had no experience of sailing and got seasick
the spanish army was a week late so the armada was vulnerable to attack

Question 35

what were the english strengths

Answer 35

they used fire ships to break the armadas crescent formation
the english ships were smaller and easier to move

Question 36

how did the weather affect the spanish armada

Answer 36

it was driven north by a storm and forced to return to spain
over 40 spanish ships were shipwrecked off scotland and ireland

Question 37

why did threat increase from catholics

Answer 37

1570 pope excommunicated elizabeth
newly trained priests arrived sent and after 1580 pope sent trained priests to aid them
1584 william of orange murdered by catholic causing bond of association meaning if e was murdered those who benefit her death punished
1585 war with england and spain
1580s missionary priests arrived from netherlands

Question 38

why was mary executed late

Answer 38

elizabeth thought it would lead to international backlash

Question 39

what led to war in spain

Answer 39

religious differences
philip rejected
drake and hawkins stole spanish treasure
civil war in france so didn’t need to be allies
spain supported catholic plots
elizabeth supported 1572 dutch revolt
english army joined dutch rebels starting war

Question 40

how many on ship and in land in spain

Answer 40

30,000
20,000

Question 41

how many on ship and in land england

Answer 41

14,000
20,000

Question 42

weapons in spain compared to england

Answer 42

2000 s and 200 e

Question 43

how does weather cause the defeat

Answer 43

spanish ships blown towards sandbanks and english attack in the battle of grave lines

Question 44

ships lost by spain and england

Answer 44

51 s 0 e

Question 45

men lost spain compared to england

Answer 45

20000 s 100 e