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Elizabeth C1 (Queen, Government and Religion) Flashcards

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3 initial problems Elizabeth had as soon as she became queen

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  • health of citizens (life expectancy)
  • securing power
  • plots against her as suspected treason of Mary 1
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Yeoman

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Men who had small amounts of land

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Tenant Farmers

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Farms rented from Yeomen or gentry

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Craftsmen

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Skilled employees and apprentices

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Nobility

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Tended to be rich people who usually born into it

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Gentry

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Highest class with no labour work

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Merchants

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People who loved quiet lives aims to become mayor

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Court

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courtiers: servants, advisers, friend of monarch

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Privy Council

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19 leading courtiers, advisers, officials

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Parliment

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House of Lords and Commons full control by monarch

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Lords Lieutenant

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1 per county from nobility, privy council

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Justices of peace

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Large landowners kept law and order, unpaid but got status

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2 ways Elizabeth had complete control over England (+ examples)

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  • Monarch ‘grace from God’

- made important decisions (declare war, dismissing parliament, legal cases, titles)

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5 ways Elizabeth was limited by parliament

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  • couldn’t increase tax to get more money
  • queen proclamations couldn’t be enforced
  • polices needed approval
  • Privy Council advised
  • Secretary of State advised (Cecil)
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2 Elizabeth strength and weaknesses

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  • Potential husband for king, potential kids for future monarchy
  • sidelined if was a king, only princes ext suitable and would put England 2nd
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5 key challenges Mary faces

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  • money, parliament needed more
  • France, wealthier and allied with Scotland
  • Scotland, enemies + fighting on boarder
  • Mary QofS, technically legitimate could claim as Elizabeth was illegitimate child
  • Spain, could Allie with France
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3 differences between Catholics and Protestants

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  • pope head, no real head independent
  • services in Latin, services in own language
  • Priests forbidden to marry, priests could marry
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3 key points of the Religious Settlement

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Act of Supremecy- Supreme governor + clergy swear oath
Act of Uniformity- All churches looked the same
Royal Injunctions- Instructions to enforce the 2 acts

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5 ways religious settlement pleased Protestants

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  • act of supremacy
  • interpret prayer book own way
  • English bibles
  • banned pilgrimages
  • Pope no control
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4 ways religious settlement pleased Catholics

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  • no puritans
  • interpret prayer book
  • allow images in churches
  • Priest wore special clothes
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Sentence to summarise the aim of the religious settlement

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A Protestant church that Catholic people would accept

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3 Successes of the religious settlement

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  • 8000 priests swore oath
  • common people accepted it
  • smooth change
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4 failures of the religious settlement

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  • 2000 priests didn’t accept it
  • every bishop stepped down
  • in London Protestants brought down statues
  • church didn’t deal with moral issues
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Crucifix Controvery

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  • puritans didn’t like worshipping idols
  • displayed in churches to please Catholics
  • Bishops stepped down
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Vestment Controversy

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  • Puritans didn’t want Priests being separated from humans
  • Catholics liked them wearing special clothes
  • not all clergy followed
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Papacy

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  • Catholics still looked up to Pope
  • Pope told them not to attend CofE services
  • Catholics ended up accepting it
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France Religious war 1562

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  • Elizabeth worried about spread to England
  • helped French protestants
  • irritated Phillip of Spain more
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Events of the Dutch Revolt

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  • Spain got into Dutch affairs
  • Spanish Inquisition was when turned Catholics and Protestants against Spain
  • Sea Beggars were Dutch who stole from Spanish Ships
  • Duke of Alba defeated army
  • Council of Troubles (Phillips’) enforced Catholism
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Elizabeth’s actions in the Dutch Revolt

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  • tool gold from the Genoese Loan which was from Genoa to Phillip
  • this angered Catholics as against Phillip and made her look like she was against them
  • she didn’t want this but was running out of patience
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What happened to Mary in 1568?

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  • she escaped prison and raised an army against Scottish Lords
  • defeated so she fled to England

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