Elizabeth Flashcards
What were the two religious settlements
The act of uniformity and supremity
What were the events leading up to the spanish armarda?
Treaty of nonsuch(helping the dutch rebels), Drake raiding settlements
What were 4 reasons for poverty in elizabethan england
Sheep farming, population growth, rising prices, enclosure (small farms being bought out)
Who was involved in the babington plot
Philip 2 of spain, Mary Queen of Scots, Duke of Guise, Anthony Babington, Pope
What was the plan for the Babington plot
1) Kill Elizabeth
2) have the Duke of Guise invade with 60,000 men
3) have MQS take the throne
What was the act of uniformity (1559)
It allowed two interpretations of communion to be held: both catholic and protestant
What was the act of supremacy (1558)
Elizabeth made everyone swear allegiance and regocnise that she is the boss
What did the puritans think of the religious settlements
They did not like it as they wanted mass to be simple and with no special clothes or crucifixes. They wanted a radically protestant england with no catholics
What did roman catholics think of the religious settlements
They left the country because it was too far and they preferred the last monarch mary
Why was MQS excecuted
Because she was involved in all of the plots and she was too dangerous to be left alive
When and how did Elizabeth colonise the New world
(1584)She asked Walter Rayleigh to do it and he got some money
Then he made someone governer of Virginia and let him do it. It failed
What’s the story of Roanoke (1587)
John White set out with Manteo with 17 women and many families
They accidently killed the locals
He left and returned in 1590 and everyone was gone
