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Elizabeth and the golden age Flashcards

1
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When was Elizabeth born?

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1533

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2
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When did she rule from

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1558-1603

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3
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name her main 3 ministers

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William Cecil and Robert Dudley and sir Francis

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4
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Name 2 new renaissance ideas

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The printing press and science was flourishing

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5
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What happened to the gentry during Elizabeth’s golden age

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Became more powerful and promoted above the nobility also became richer from trade

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6
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What is the ‘great rebuilding’

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When the gentry built impressive new housed to show off their wealth e.g hard wick hall

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7
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How did Elizabeth use portraits as properganda

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  • made her look young and strong and a powerful leader

- full of symbols which represented all her good qualities for her being queen

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8
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When did the globe open

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1599

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9
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Explain where different classes sat at the theatre

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The upper class were sat in the sheltered gallery and the lower class or poorer people had to stand in the pit which was exposed to all the elements

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10
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How did Elizabeth use the theatre as properganda

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She used to promote herself as a good queen by making sure all plays were checked to be in favour of her
She also used them to stop a rebellion from the suffering lower classes, the theatre distracted them from their miserable lives

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Who opposed the theatre and why

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London authorities - encouraged crime after the theatre

Puritans - thought it encouraged sinful behaviour and didn’t always support their religious views

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12
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When was the act of relief of the poor

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1563

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13
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Northern earls rebellion

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1569

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14
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Ridolfi plot

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1571

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15
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Which decade was a bad time for Elizabeth

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1590s

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16
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When did earl of Essex fail in his attempt to seize power

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1601

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17
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Elizabeth poor law act

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1601

18
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Act of supremacy and uniformity

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1559

19
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The throckmorton plot

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1583

20
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The babington plot

A

1585

21
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Mary Scots execution

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1587

22
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What happened in the ridolfi plot

A

Italian banker plotted that Elizabeth would be killed and Mary take the throne and marry the duke of Norfolk - Norfolk was executed

23
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What happened in the babington plot

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Imprisoned Mary sent letters to Anthony babington and french ambassador and plotted to kill E and take the throne but these letters were decided by spies and Mary was executed in 1587

24
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Why did Elizabeth feel guilty about killing Mary Scot

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Because she was a monarch

25
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Why did Mary come to England in 1568

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Because she had been forced off her throne and wanted her cousin Elizabeth would help her

26
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When was poverty bad during her reign

A

1590s

27
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What were the causes for poverty in Elizabethan era

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  • enclosure
  • pop growth
  • inflation
  • war
  • bad harvests
  • rents
  • closure of monasteries
28
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What is enclosure

A

Less farming jobs

29
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What was the two types of poor

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Undeserving poor and deserving poor

30
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How did E deal with poverty

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She opened workhouses to get poor of streets and created alms and the poor laws in 1601

31
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When were the poor laws

A

1601

32
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Charmed (the armada)

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Weather
Santa Cruz died
Spanish ran out of resources

33
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Resources (armarda)

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England has more food and could be restocked

Spain has. Ore people but resources could not be restocked

34
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Who’s ships were better

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England’s designed by Hawkins

35
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Key people in armada

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Commander in chief
S= madina Sidonia (was Santa Cruz)
E= lord howard

Second in command
A= duke of Parma (military)
E=drake

36
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Actions in battle (armarda)

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Philips plan was flawed (ran out of resources and were not able to pick up extra troops)

Medina Sedonia - made bad tactical decisions

English - good decisions stayed close to home for resources and back up

37
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Key events of the armarda

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Battle of grave lines and use of fire ships and strong Protestant winds

38
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What was the battle of grave lines

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  • lasted for 9 hours
  • close range (long range weapons were useless)
  • only 1 ship was sunk
39
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What was the great chain of being

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Hierarchy of people in society eg bibles were seen as better than poor people

40
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Martin Cortes book of how to sail the Atlantic Ocean to America was called

A

The art of navigation

41
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The east India company

A

Has a monopoly trade with Asia

James Lancaster discovered a route to Asia

42
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When was the east India company created

A

1600

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