Early Governemnt

Question 1

Main issues + when (7)

Answer 1

Meeting with MQS = 1562
Marriage to catholic archduke Charles of Austria = 1567
MQS, English catholics, France, Spain = 1569-70
Intervention in Netherlands = 1578
Marriage to duke of alencon = 1579-81
Execution of MQS = 1587
EOE = 1590s

Question 2

Meeting of MQS - 1562 what (3)

Answer 2

Bacon = didn’t want it
Elizabeth did want it
Outcome = didn’t happen

Question 3

Marriage to ACoA 1567 (2+)

Answer 3

Fractional rivalry = Leicester didn’t want it but Cecil + Norfolk + Sussex did
They didn’t marry = shows liz authority

Question 4

1569-1570 issue (4)

Answer 4

Council was divided
Cecil + bacon = alliance with foreign Protestants
Leicester + arundel = agreement with F+M
Elizabeth shows keen to hear advice but not obliged to follow

Question 5

1578 = intervention with Netherlands (4+)

Answer 5

Give military aid to Protestant rebels in the N in fight against Spain
Bacon = against
Leicester and Walsingham = for it
Seven years for her to approve of military intervention = when Netherlands looks like it will fully be in Spanish control

Question 6

Marriage to duke of alencon when + what (3)

Answer 6

1579 - 81
Public hostil toward smatch
Majority of councillors opposed = oct 1579 = report = neither for or against

Question 7

Outcome 1579-81 conflict (2)

Answer 7

Liz = threatened to create council of 4 new councillors and ask them
Exchange rings nov 1581 but then she rejects him + says her council rejects the marriage

Question 8

Execution of MQS - when + conflict (4)

Answer 8

1586
Council wants sanction death warrant
Pressure put on queen
Walsingham = claims he heard bomb plot

Question 9

Execution of MQS outcome (2)

Answer 9

Liz relucatantly sign death warrant in 1587
William Davison dispatches without permission = sent to power

Question 10

Earl of Essex when + conflict (3)

Answer 10

1590s
Politicians now led by RC + Essex
Essex demand councillors make clear who they support

Question 11

Outcome earl of Essex (2)

Answer 11

Executed after rising in 1601
Leaves Cecil faction supreme

Question 12

How did Elizabeth keep control (3)

Answer 12

Dealt with them in small groups
Kept accurate notes = catch them out + reject advice
Met with men outside her council = foreign ambassadors

Question 13

Queen was seen to have more wisdom (2++)

Answer 13

“You will give me that council that you think best”
Best advice not just for her but society = trusted WC judgement = it was the best available

Question 14

Cecil was aware of his position as Liz servant (3)

Answer 14

“As a servant”
“It shall be gods will to have her obeyed
She has final say = hierarchy well established

Question 15

Cecil was too careful to give liz unpopular advice (2+)

Answer 15

Marriage issue = ‘we must all dutifully bear with her majesties offence”
He was aware unwelcome advice would be ignored + attract royal displeasure

Question 16

Queen used delay tactics = control (3)

Answer 16

7 years until helped Netherlands
Demonstrated she couldn’t be persuaded
Could be persuaded as indecisive

Question 17

Liz had frequent temper tantrum’s to enforce her will (3)

Answer 17

Set up a new council to get support for her decision
Peter wentworth put in tower
Shows she had final say

Question 18

Cecil controlled info to crown (2)

Answer 18

Set letters to get English ambassadors abroad to report a different version of events
His version reported to crown = more inclined to supooort his policy

Question 19

Cecil orchestrated parliamentary conflicts to pressure the queen (2)

Answer 19

63-66 = parliamentary agitations over succession = orchestrated by Cecil
Certain level of control over council to put pressure on Liz

Question 20

Cecil plotted with PC to influence Liz (4)

Answer 20

1559 = threatened to resign if didn’t support lords of congregation
1587 = MQS executed = secure realm
His wants were carried out
Collective action used to pressure queen

Question 21

Cecil spread rumours (3)

Answer 21

Prevent queen + Dudley marriage 59-60
Before D wife dead WC spread rumours he would murder her + when she died he fuelled suspicions
Shows factional division within council

Question 22

WC + Elizabeth worked together (3+)

Answer 22

Neither extreme Protestants + wanted to avoid war
WC introduced propaganda system = endured acceptance of lizs political regime + RS settlement
Both parsimonious

Question 23

Who was WC (4+)

Answer 23

1558 = principal secretary
Master of the court of wards
1572 = lord treasurer
All key roles in gov = very trusted through her reign