Elizabeth: Domestic challenges Flashcards

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What were the three domestic challenges lizzy faced becoming queen

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  • religion#
  • legitimacy
  • finacial issues
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religious div when liz became queen

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  • Lizzy protetant = Catholics wanted Mry QOS cuz she was catholic
  • Lizzy was head of church = puritans did not want heirachy in rel
  • North was catholic = So higher chace of rebellion for mary qos
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legitimacy

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  • pope did not see henry v111 and olyn marriage legitimate = cathoics did not think liz real
  • henry initially excldd liz from success
  • unmarried
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finance issues

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286000 pounds debt
avoid intro extr tax for ppl
- inflation

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5
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iterntional challemgws

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  • spa
  • fra
  • sco
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why was scot an issue

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eng next to sct = at risk of inv
mry qos queen os scot = mary was cath
mary of guise married to francis = at risk of join span fre inv

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france a issue

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  • france was wealthy anfd large pop = iv means eng could lose
  • pillip and mry of guise married = eng at risk of joit inv
  • france took british land = cambrai
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spain an issue

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  • mos powerful in europe= threat of iv oyld e bad
  • liz did not marry PHillip II = no longer united by marriage alliance
  • eng became prot = spain was catholic
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catholics

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-pope is leader of church
-decorated iterior to symbolise gods glory

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protestat

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-want monarch as leder of curch
-wanted plai church

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puritan

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-no head of church
-wamted lain church as god did ot ask or decoration in bible

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13
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elizabeths rel settlement

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  • Act of Spremacy
  • Act o Uiformity
  • Roya Injuctions
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act of supremacy

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  • liz was Sureme gvrner so pope had no power
  • Liz was supreme vrner not ead of chuch like henry v111 so she was more leniet
  • appeased everyone as she was not claimed ead of rel but head of n church
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act of uniformity

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  • protestantis of religion
  • book of comon prayers was unclear s it could be open to cath interpetation
  • anyonwho didnt go church ould pay 1 shiling
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royal injuctions

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  • all clegy tauht roy supreacy
  • parish had copy of bible in eng
  • clrgy to wear special vstments
16
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why aschurch imp in eng

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  • moarch chosen y god
    -curch had role in soc (marriage, slader, crimes)
  • enforced rel settlements (chrch elped run counrty,
17
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how did rel settlemts inf other countries

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  • scot =influced protestants (Knox) to try for scot reform
    -france = fench civ war for calais backed by liz
  • nether = dutch revolt gainst spanish rule which liz helped hide when they robbed Duke of Alba’s reasouces
18
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why was mary qos a prob for liz

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  • catholic (ridolfi, throckmorton, babington plots)
  • succession (she was in line for english hrone)
  • Liz was classified as ilegitamate
19
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northern earls rvolt (1569)

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  • Percy and Neville (nobles) wanted catholisicm
  • they ere ancient nobles ut liz had others who wernt mor powerful eg(Dudley)
  • Percy (EArl of Notumberland) lost land to liz
  • liz did ot name heir so they wante cath mary qos
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consequnce to rev o northen earl

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  • papal bull 1570 - excom liz
  • northern earls lost power (Earl of Huntingdon protestant now led council of north)
  • liz and parliament made it treasonous to call liz a heretic
21
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ridlfi plot 1571

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ridolfi (italian banker) anted o assassinate liz
had letter signed by Duke Norfolk stating he wold lead rebellion i Spain supportd
- cecil uncovered plot and found NOrol Dke guilty whilst Ridolfi fled Eng

22
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Cons of ridoi 1571

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  • Dke Norfolk executed
    -catholic preists smuggled into eng
    -laws against catholics (conversion was illegal, recusants wre fined around 20 pounds)
23
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throckmorton plot 1583

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  • french duke of Guise would inv eng
  • mary qos to becme quee of eng
  • phillip to help Trockmorton financially
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conseq o throck 1583

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  • walsingam discovered plot so throckorton was executed
  • catholics became mistreated ore (helping or sheltering cath priests becme punishale by death)
  • 11000 catholics imprisoned
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babington 1586

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  • Duke of Guise w 60000men would inv eng
  • babington wrote to mary qos letting hem know of plan
26
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conseq of babingt 1986

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  • Mary death warrant sined by liz (leers intercepted by walsingham)
  • cathoics became misreated (ass arrests o recusants and 31 cath preists executed)
  • babington was hung and quatered
27
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walsingham

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-had spy network eerywhere (monitoring threat)
- international spies (effectie montoring o threats from abroad)
- iterogated anftortured ppl (he punished revolut)

28
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mary qos ecxecuted 1587

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-ivolveent babington led to eecution
- Act of Preservation of Qens safety
- threat od span inva

29
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y the eng span tensions

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  • commercial rivalry
  • eng involvement in nethelands
  • actions of francis drake
30
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commercial rivary between ng and spain

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  • Antwerp owned by spain (main trade route) blocked eng trade
  • Spain controlled americas mexi and peru so they had crops like tobacco
  • Eng merchants traded illegal
31
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actions of francis drake

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  • liz hired drake a a pirateer
  • 1572 £40000 of span silv
  • 1580 £400000 of span treasure
32
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eng involvement in netherlands

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  • Duke of Alba w 10000 men tried to stamp out protestantism
  • ## Elizabeth spent £100000 loa for sutch rebels against Spaish fury
33
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pacification of Ghent

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removed spnish troops from netherlands 1576

34
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what caused war between spain and eng

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  • spanish rejected pacificaion of ghent
  • spain gaied portugal so it became stronger
    -liz signed treaty of nonsuch wit dutch protestants iaing 7000 soldiers
35
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why was the spanish Armada

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  • weather
  • tactics
  • england prepared
36
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weather (spanish Armada)

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rough seas and bad visibilty: 1000 span sailors died
wind changed direction not allowing soa ships to behave tachtically