elizabeth dates Flashcards
elizabeth crowned queen
1558
elizabeth implaments her religious settlement
1559
dutch revolt
1566
mary queen of scots escapes from england to scotland
1568
genoese loan
1568
the revolt of the northern earls
norfolk plans to marry Mary
him, westmoreland and northumberland wannted power at court and catholics in charge
supported by spain
revolt not supported by catholics at home
elizabeth outnumbered them
600 were executed
1569
pope pius excomunicates elizabeth
1570
ridolfi plot
ridolfi - italian banker - planned to assasinate elizabeth and make mary queen
support from spain, norfolk and mary
cecil uncovered the plot
ridolfi and the spanish ambassador were exiled
norfolk executed
1571
vagabonds act
1572
act for the relief of the poor said there were deserving poor who couldnt work due to age or health, and idle poor who were just lazy
1563
drake travels the world to attack/delay spanish ships make a profit get revenge win land for elizabeth establish new trade routes
1577-80
drake knighted
1580
the throckmorton plot
spain funded a french plot to invade england
throckmorton was arrested by elizabeth and confessed to conversing with spain
he and an ambassador were expelled
1583
catholic preists ordered to leave the country
1585
treaty of nonsuch
1585
war with spain begins
1585
first english colony in virginia established
1585
babington plot plot to kill elizabeth and free mary to put a catholic in power letters to mary found babington executed mary put on trial
1586
mary queen of scots executed
1587
colony established at roanoke
1587
drake ‘singes the king of spain’s beard’ by attacking cadiz hardour
1587
the armada launched and defeated
1588
