Elizabeth I Flashcards
What is an extremist?
Someone who has very strong religious views which could lead to violence or other matter
What is a Puritans?
A very strong believer or a Protestant
What excommunicated mean?
To banish somebody from the church
What is a recusant?
Somebody who refuses to listen to rules
What is Elizabeths middle way?
a system that provided for both religions
Why did Elizabeth use portraits as propaganda?
She did the to gain her subjects respect and loyalty and people who could lived in the country side or suburbs could then get a good opinion of her
Give and example of the one for the signs in her propaganda?
- she put eyes and ears of her dress to show that she has eyes and ears on everyone.
- she had globes and books to show that she was well educated
- angel wings to show that she was a messenger from god
- serpent to show she was a wise ruler
Why was Mary queen of Scots a threat to Elizabeth?
She was actually the next in line for the throne
Why did the Spanish Armada attack England?
Short term- Sir Francis Drake and English nobleman had set his ships on fire
Long term- He was angry that Elizabeth had killed a Catholic queen and wanted to stop the spread of Catholicism.
What would have been Phillip’s plan if his invasion worked?
He would take Elizabeth off the throne and become king of Spain and England . And convert England back to Catholicism.
Why did Spain’s plan fail?
Well the Spanish did not have a very tactical plan as they would be destroying their own boats as well and Englands. They also didn’t have good commanders as they easily got seasick and were unable to do much. They was also bad weather around England which made it harder.
- Spain had short range guns which weren’t accurate
