Elizabeth I

Question 1

Wages?

Answer 1

Wages continued to fall due to the rise in population

Question 2

When was the Statute of Artificers and what did it do?

Answer 2

1563 : A National attempt to fix prices and wages - maximum wage rates were set by the JPs in every county

Encouraged apprenticeship for men and women into domestic service

Question 3

Coinage?

Answer 3

Debased coins were withdrawn from circulation and soundly minted coins were implemented

Question 4

Foreign trade?

Answer 4

The value of internal trade exceeded that of foreign trade

A wider range of foreign luxury goods were being imported and were becoming more affordable

Question 5

Cloth trade?

Answer 5

Cloth trade with the Netherlands continues but declined as part of the economy

Question 6

Ottoman Empire?

Answer 6

There was an increase of trade with the Ottoman Empire

Question 7

East India Company trade developed in what year?

Answer 7

1600

Question 8

When did the slave trade kick off?

Answer 8

In the 1560’s

Three slave expeditions from 1562

Slaves were acquired in Africa and sold in South America

Question 9

When was John Hawkins’ failed expedition

Answer 9

1568 - fleet blocked in the Mexican port of San Juan de Ulua

Strained relations with Spain

Question 10

Were colonisation attempts successful?

Answer 10

In 1585 Francis Walsingham received a patent from Elizabeth to colonise Virginia

Roanoke island was a disastrous attempt at colonisation

Question 11

When was the Oxfordshire rising?

Answer 11

1596 - Protests over food shortages and high prices

Question 12

General state of the economy?

Answer 12

Inflation remained a serious unresolved issues but trade continues to flourish under Elizabeth and industry continued to grow

Question 13

What was the population?

Answer 13

Just over 4 million - rapid growth

Question 14

What percentage lived below the poverty line?

Answer 14

60%

Question 15

When was the poor law act?

Answer 15

1601 - a new system of poor relief based on parish responsibility

Question 16

How were the undeserving poor treated?

Answer 16

They were continued to be treated harshly

E.g The 1572 vagabonds act enforced branding as a punishment

Question 17

Dukes?

Answer 17

Elizabeth was careful not to create anymore dukes as the 4 holders between 1547-72 had met traitors deaths

Question 18

How were the gentry affected?

Answer 18

The gentry class increased and the proportion of the wealthy also increased

The gentry made up Elizabeth’s government

Question 19

How were the nobility treated?

Answer 19

The nobility were not prioritised in government

Elizabeth’s government prioritised the gentry class. This created resentment amongst the traditional presences at court

A contributing factor to the revolt of the Northern earls in 1569

Question 20

Urbanisation?

Answer 20

There was a rise in the urban elite e.g merchants and skilled craftsmen

Question 21

Wealth discrepancy

Answer 21

A consumer society developed for the prosperous classes

The gap between rich and poor widened

Question 22

Ireland?

Answer 22

Elizabeth’s was named Governor of the Church of Ireland in 1560

Rebellions started in 1569 and 1579

Much of Ireland lost in 1598 in a third rebellion (Battle of Yellowford)