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1
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Name Elizabeth’s Parents.

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Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn

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Who was monarch before Elizabeth?

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Mary I

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3
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What year did Elizabeth become Queen?

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1558

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What Religion was Elizabeth? What religion was Mary I?

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Elizabeth - Protestant
Mary I - Catholic

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5
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Name 3 problems facing her on ascension.

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Gender, Religion, War with France, Marriage

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6
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How big was her privy council?

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19 members = Smaller

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Why was not having an heir a problem?

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Future instability

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Why was war with France a problem on her ascension?

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Too expensive and debt was building

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9
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Why was her gender a problem?

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Never been a female monarch

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10
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Why did some Catholics see her as illegitimate?

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Henry VIII branded her as illegitimate

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11
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Who was her Secretary of State?

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William Cecil

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12
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Why was there financial difficulties in 1558? How was it solved?

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Crown Debt + War with France
Sold £300,000 of Crown land

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13
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Two events to do with Religion before Elizabeth’s ascension.

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Reformation + Mary burning Protestants

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14
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When did Elizabeth pass the religious settlement?

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1559

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15
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What was Elizabeth’s tittle in the church?

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Supreme Governor

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2 things that appealed to Catholics in the religious settlement.

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Church decorating allowed, Vestments & Clergymen could marry

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17
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2 changes that appealed to Protestants.

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Bible in English + Pope no longer head of church

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18
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Why did puritans oppose the religious settlement?

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Didn’t like Elizabeth head of church

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19
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What were Catholics who refused to go to church called?

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Recusants

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20
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What year was Elizabeth excommunicated?

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1570 via Papal Bull

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21
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What year was the Revolt of the Northern Earls?

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1569

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22
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Who led the Revolt of the Northern Earls?

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Westmorland + Northumberland

23
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Give a piece of evidence to show Northern Earls was political?

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Came from North where Elizabeth took a lot of power

24
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What year was the Ridolfi Plot?

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1571

25
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Who was executed after the Ridolfi Plot?

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Duke of Norfolk

26
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What was the St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre?

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Massacre of Protestants by Catholics in France

27
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What was goal of all the plots?

A

Kill Elizabeth + Replace with Mary

28
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Why did all the revolts fail?

A

No support, Spies knew about them already

29
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How did MQS and Anthony Babington communicate?

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Coded letters in beer barrels

30
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Who was Elizabeth’s spymaster?

A

Francis Walsingham

31
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What act allowed MQS to be executed?

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Bond of Association

32
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Why was there tension between England and Spain?

A

Marriage Proposal, Religion, Pirating (Drake)

33
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What is privateering?

A

Licensed Piracy

34
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What the name of the treaty in the Netherlands?

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Treaty of Nonsuch

35
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What was the ‘singeing of kings of Spains beard’?

A

Drake destroying Spanish Ships

36
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In what year was the Spanish Armada?

A

1588

37
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Who led Spain in the Spanish Armada?

A

Duke of Medina Sidonia

38
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3 reasons why the Spanish Armada failed.

A

Weather, Fireships, Spanish Weak Leader

39
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What was the difference in education between the upper, middle and lowest classes?

A

Upper - Home schooled
Middle - Grammar Schools
Poor - Petty Schools

40
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What were the differences between leisure activities between rich and poor?

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Both - Theatre
Poor - Football + Bloodsports
Rich - Tennis + Jousting

41
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How did theatres reflect class?

A

Matched great chain of being

42
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Why did some oppose theatres?

A

Spreading of theatre + Crime Association

43
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What were enclosures?

A

Private selling of farmland

44
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What was rack renting?

A

Landlords charging too much much for land

45
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Why did poverty increase during Elizabeth’s reign?

A

Population increase
Closure if monasteries
Inflation
Collapse of wool trade
Rack renting
Enclosure

46
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What is the difference between deserving and undeserving poor?

A

Deserving - Deserved help
Undeserving - Didn’t deserve help

47
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What were same names of vagabonds?

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Angler, Clapper Dudgeon, Counter-fit Crank

48
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What were houses of correction?

A

Where the undeserving poor were sent

49
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What act was established in 1572?

A

Vagabond act

50
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Why did exploration increase during Elizabeth’s reign?

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Inventions, Rivalry, Money

51
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How did the English benefit from exploration?

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Money + Resources (Tobacco + Potatoes)

52
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When did Drake circumnavigate the world?

A

1578

53
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Why did Raleigh’s colonisation attempts fail?

A

Don’t get on with indigenous people
Poor Leadership
Poor Planning

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