Elizabeth 1 Flashcards
Elizabeth 1 was born in… and ruled England between
Born in 1533
Ruled between 1558-1603
Who was Elizabeth 1 mother
Ann Boleyn (Henry’s 2nd wife) executed
Who was Edward the sixth ?
Elizabeth’s half brother. He changed the country to become Protestant
Who was Mary 1 ?
Elizabeth1 half sister. Influenced Elizabeth 1 to take the middle way in terms of dealing with religious unrest - Mary’s burnings
Who was Philip the second ?
King of Spain, Elizabeth’s 1 suitor (previously married to Mary 1)
He was a threat to Elizabeth 1 reign and country as he wanted to invade and bring Catholicism back
Philip the second was of which religion?
Catholic
What religion was Elizabeth 1?
Protestant
Mary 1 religion was
Catholic
Edward the sixth was of which religion?
Protestant
Ann Boleyn was of which religion?
Protestant
Henry the eighth was of which religion?
Catholic to Protestant
Puritanism
Extreme form of Protestantism
The key determinant of wealth in 1558 was…
Land
Other determinants of wealth were…
Type of land (better quality better harvests)
Social status (political importance, queens advisers)
Military status
Money from trading (merchants)
Who was responsible for law and order in England?
Nobles (judges, law courts)
Bishop/church (compliance by congregation)
Town council
Similarities between society in the government today and the Elizabethan period 1558
Parliament existed
Queen (monarch)
Law courts
Town (local) councils
Differences between society in government today and Elizabethan period 1558
Queen had a lot more power and control
No voting
Accession
Acquiring a new position of power
Problems Elizabeth 1 was facing
Gender (she’s a woman) Protestant vs catholic Previous monarch Mary 1 (problem with woman ruling) Attack from the Spanish (Spanish armada) Seen to be an illegitimate child
Mary queen of Scots husband
Francis the second of France
People who work for the church
Clergy
What relation was Mary queen of Scots to Elizabeth 1?
Cousin
What was the punishment for not attending church services under Elizabeth 1?
Fine
Elizabeth 1 religious compromise
Religious settlement
What did Mary queen of Scots have that made her an enormous threat ?
Son
Catholics who refused to attend church services
Recusants
Why it was important to people that Elizabeth 1 married ?
Succession
What crime was Mary queen of Scots accused of ?
Murder
The most holy part of the catholic service?
Mass
The factor which most affected the prosperity of England in this period was?
Harvest quality
Some thought Elizabeth 1 was….because of her fathers divorce and remarriage
Illegitimate
The body of the queens closest advisers
Privy council
The act on taking bread and wine
Communion
The significance of the bread and wine according to puritans
Symbolic
Elizabeth 1 title as head of the church
Supreme governor
Elizabeth 1 solution to Mary queen of Scots
Imprisonment
The law requiring all churches to use the same prayer book
Act of uniformity
The law making Elizabeth 1 the head of the church
Act of supremacy
A tax on goods imported into England
Customs duties
Who made Mary queen of Scots an even greater threat to Elizabeth
Lord Darnley
The closest catholic country in 1558
Scotland
The body in charge of the crowns money
Exchequer
Where Mary queen of Scots was living at the start of Elizabeth 1 reign
France
What happened to Elizabeth 1 in 1570?
Excommunicated by the Pope
Where was the armada wrecked and it’s sailors massacred ?
Ireland
The body which was in charge of the crowns money
Exchequer
A leisure activity enjoyed by all classes
Theatre
Elizabeth’s 1 policy towards religion
Religious settlement
The language of the catholic bible
Latin
What drake did to the world in 1577-80
Circumnavigated
What heavily affected the prosperity of England at this time
Harvests
An act that stated Mary queen of Scots could be executed if there was a threat to replace Elizabeth with her
Bond of association
Howard and Drakes strategy for breaking up the armadas formation
Fire ships
One name gloved to the ‘idle poor’
Vagabond
What Elizabeth stole to bring in money at the start of her reign
Crown lands
What does Elizabeth 1 do to Mary queen of Scots after the Babington plot?
Execute
Where Walter Raleigh try to create English settlements (twice)
Virginia
Who Elizabeth 1 was said to be married to
England
Action to Drake to weaken the Armada before it attempted its invasion
Raided Cavis
The religion of Spain, France, Scotland
Catholicism
Wealthy farmers who own their own land
Yeoman
The type of school attended by a son from a family of ‘middling’ wealth or lower nobility
Grammar
One cause of a rise in poverty
Inflation
The law requiring all churches to use the same prayer book
Act of uniformity
The agreement which (arguably) triggered the Spanish invasion
Treaty of Nonsuch
The highest group in society before the monarch
Nobility
The poorly chosen commander of the Spanish Armada
Medina Sidonia
Causes of anglo-spanish tension
Trade and commercial rivalry
Political rivalry
Eng involvement in the Netherlands
Religious rivalry
