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1
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Elizabeth’s age when she became Queen

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25

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2
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How many poeple attended court?

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Around 1000

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3
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Elizabeth originally reduced the number of privy councillors from around 50 to …

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19

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4
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Parliament began openly discussing finding a suitable husband for Elizabeth

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1566

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5
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MP Robert Bell criticised monopolies as being unfair

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1571

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6
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Essex becomes a Privy Councillor

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1595

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7
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Essex successfully attacks Spanish port of Cadiz

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1596

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8
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Essex sent to Ireland with the job of crushing the Earl of Tyrone’s rebellion

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1599

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9
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Essex rebellion (month & year)

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February 1601

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10
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Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex exceuted

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25 February 1601

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11
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Globe Theatre built

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1599

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12
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Number of supporters in the Essex rebellion

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200

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13
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Number of Privy Councillors Essex took hostage

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4

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14
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Bad harvests between ? and ? led to food shortages and starvation

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1594 and 1598

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15
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A terrible flu outbreak in ? killed ? people, including many farmworkers.

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A terrible flu outbreak in 1556 killed 200,000 people, including many farmworkers.

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16
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Population rose from ? to ? during Elizabeth’s reign.

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From 2.8 million to 4 million

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17
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Warning Against Vagabonds by Thomas Harman is published

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1567

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18
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Act for setting the poor on work - placed responsibility on local authorities (not very effective)

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1576

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19
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The Poor Law (first national approach):

  1. taxing the rich to pay for care of sick and vulnerable
  2. fit and healthy paupers work for food
  3. those who refused should be punished or placed in a house of correction
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1601

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20
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Downturn of the cloth trade

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1590

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21
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Act of Supremacy and Act of Uniformity

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May 1559

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22
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Treason Act:

  1. anyone who left country for >6 months had land confiscated -> stopped missionaries
  2. denying Elizabeth’s supremacy was punishable by death
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1571

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23
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Ridolfi Plot

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1571

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24
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Duke of Norfolk killed for involvement in Ridolfi Plot

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1572

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25
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Ridolfi Plot - how many spanish soldiers were to attack England?

26
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Northern Rebellion

27
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Northern Rebellion - how many men marched South with the Earls?

28
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The papal bull - Pope Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth. Pope’s attempt to stir up a rebellion and inspire English catholics to go against their own queen

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April 1570

29
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Throckmorton Plot

30
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Babington Plot

31
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Jesuits Edmund Campion and Rovert Parsons arrive in England

32
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Recusancy fines for catholics- (the rich could pay for these easily and they weren’t enforced harshly)

33
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Recusancy fines increased to £20 and are more strictly enforced

34
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Recusancy fines increased to what in 1581

35
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Statute of Confinement - Catholics cannot travel more than 5 miles from their home without permission from authorities

36
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Statute of Confinement says that catholics cannot travel more than ? miles from their home

37
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Act Against Jesuits calls for all jesuits to be driven out of England (many are excecuted)

38
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Spanish Armada

39
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Prophesyings become more popular

40
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John Field, a prominent Puritan, is banned from preaching

41
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Founders of the puritan separatist church are excecuted

42
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Edmund Grindal dies
Dudley dies
Walsingham dies

^influential puritans

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1583
1588
1590

43
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Mary Queen of Scots flees to England

44
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Mary Queen of Scots kept under house arrest for ? years

45
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Mary Qos put on trial for treason

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October 1586

46
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Mary Qos found guilty and sentenced to death

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25 October 1586

47
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Elizabeth signs Mary Qos’ death warrant

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1 February 1587

48
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Mary Qos excecuted

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8 February 1587

49
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Cost of watching a play in ‘the pit’

50
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Number of people going to London theatres every week

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Around 15,000

51
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Elizabeth called parliament ? times in 45 years

52
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Dudley given Kenilworth Castle

53
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Dudley becomes Earl of Leicester

54
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Kenilworth castle built

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12th Century

55
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Number of carts Elizabeth would travel with on progresses

56
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Elizabeth criticises Kenilworth

57
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£ spent of Elizabeth’s 1575 Kenilworth progress

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£24 million

58
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Octagonal Turrests copied from Warwick Castle which was built in the…

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14th century

59
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Dates of 1575 Kenilworth visit

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9-27 July 1575

60
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Elizabeth and Dudley had known eachother since they were…

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7 years old

61
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Dudley marries Lettice Knollys

History: Dates and Numbers (5 decks)

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