Elizabeth and the golden age

Question 1

When was Elizabeth born?

Answer 1

1533

Question 2

When did she rule from

Answer 2

1558-1603

Question 3

name her main 3 ministers

Answer 3

William Cecil and Robert Dudley and sir Francis

Question 4

Name 2 new renaissance ideas

Answer 4

The printing press and science was flourishing

Question 5

What happened to the gentry during Elizabeth’s golden age

Answer 5

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

Question 6

What is the ‘great rebuilding’

Answer 6

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

Question 7

How did Elizabeth use portraits as properganda

Answer 7

• made her look young and strong and a powerful leader

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

Question 8

When did the globe open

Answer 8

1599

Question 9

Explain where different classes sat at the theatre

Answer 9

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

Question 10

How did Elizabeth use the theatre as properganda

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Who opposed the theatre and why

Answer 11

London authorities - encouraged crime after the theatre

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

Question 12

When was the act of relief of the poor

Answer 12

1563

Question 13

Northern earls rebellion

Answer 13

1569

Question 14

Ridolfi plot

Answer 14

1571

Question 15

Which decade was a bad time for Elizabeth

Answer 15

1590s

Question 16

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

Answer 16

1601

Question 17

Elizabeth poor law act

Answer 17

1601

Question 18

Act of supremacy and uniformity

Answer 18

1559

Question 19

The throckmorton plot

Answer 19

1583

Question 20

The babington plot

Answer 20

1585

Question 21

Mary Scots execution

Answer 21

1587

Question 22

What happened in the ridolfi plot

Answer 22

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

Question 23

What happened in the babington plot

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Why did Elizabeth feel guilty about killing Mary Scot

Answer 24

Because she was a monarch

Question 25

Why did Mary come to England in 1568

Answer 25

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

Question 26

When was poverty bad during her reign

Answer 26

1590s

Question 27

What were the causes for poverty in Elizabethan era

Answer 27

- enclosure - pop growth - inflation - war - bad harvests - rents - closure of monasteries

Question 28

What is enclosure

Answer 28

Less farming jobs

Question 29

What was the two types of poor

Answer 29

Undeserving poor and deserving poor

Question 30

How did E deal with poverty

Answer 30

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

Question 31

When were the poor laws

Answer 31

1601

Question 32

Charmed (the armada)

Answer 32

Weather Santa Cruz died Spanish ran out of resources

Question 33

Resources (armarda)

Answer 33

England has more food and could be restocked Spain has. Ore people but resources could not be restocked

Question 34

Who’s ships were better

Answer 34

England’s designed by Hawkins

Question 35

Key people in armada

Answer 35

Commander in chief S= madina Sidonia (was Santa Cruz) E= lord howard Second in command A= duke of Parma (military) E=drake

Question 36

Actions in battle (armarda)

Answer 36

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

Question 37

Key events of the armarda

Answer 37

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

Question 38

What was the battle of grave lines

Answer 38

- lasted for 9 hours - close range (long range weapons were useless) - only 1 ship was sunk

Question 39

What was the great chain of being

Answer 39

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

Question 40

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

Answer 40

The art of navigation

Question 41

The east India company

Answer 41

Has a monopoly trade with Asia James Lancaster discovered a route to Asia

Question 42

When was the east India company created

Answer 42

1600