Elizabeth Foreign Relations From 1560s

Question 1

When were the main years for foreign policy with Spain?

Answer 1

1560s
1570-85
1585-87
1588-1604

Question 2

September 1568

Answer 2

John Hawkins fleet blocked at port of San Juan Ulua, only two ships escaped

Question 4

November 1568

Answer 4

Spanish ship containing 400,000 florins shipwrecked on English coast

Question 5

1576

Answer 5

Pacification of Ghent
Provinces collectively agreed to call for the expulsion of all foreign troops

Question 6

Reactions to the pacification of Ghent

Answer 6

French troops prepared for an invasion
Elizabeth contemplated marrying Duke of Anjou (french) to retain religious divisions in Netherlands

Question 7

What were the two divisions in the Netherlands following 1576

Answer 7

Union of Utrecht (northern + protestant)
Union of Arras (southern +catholic)

Question 8

1580

Answer 8

Annexation of Portugal

Question 9

Elizabeth’s response to annexation of Portugal

Answer 9

Supported Protestant pretender Don Antonio
Knighted Sir Francis Drake

Question 10

Following the reconquest of the north by Parma which states were the only Protestant ones remaining?

Answer 10

Holland + Zeeland

Question 11

When was William of Orange assassinated ?

Answer 11

1584

Question 12

When was the Treaty of Joinville?

Answer 12

1584

Question 13

What was the Treaty of Joinville ?

Answer 13

Treaty between Spain (Philip II) and Catholic League

Question 14

Why did the Treaty of Joinville alarm Elizabeth?

Answer 14

Catholic league was made up of guise family
Mary Queen of Scots was a member

Question 15

When was the Treaty of Nonsuch ?

Answer 15

1585

Question 16

What was the Treaty of Nonsuch?

Answer 16

Elizabeth made alliance with Dutch Protestant rebels
Sent troops to Netherlands under control of Leicester