Elizabeth I Domestic Policy Dates Flashcards
When did Elizabeth I become Queen?
November 1558
When was William Cecil appointed Secretary of State?
November 1558
When was there an outbreak of the Black Death early in Elizabeth’s reign?
1563
When was Elizabeth ill with smallpox?
1562
When was the Succession Crisis?
1562
When was James I born?
1566
When was Mary Queen of Scots forced to abdicate the throne?
1567
When does Mary of Scots escape and is then ‘voluntarily’ imprisoned in England?
1568
When was the Rising of the North?
1569
When is Thomas Howard imprisoned for plotting to marry Mary Queen of Scots?
1569
When was James Stuart assassinated?
1570
When did discussions begin to arrange a marriage between Duke of Anjou and Elizabeth?
1570
When was the Babington plot?
1586
When is Mary Queen of Scots executed?
1587
When was Roderigo Lopez executed for allegedly trying to poison Elizabeth I?
1594
When was the Essex Rebellion?
1601
When did Elizabeth I die?
1603
When is the Ridolfi Plot?
1571
When is the Throckmorton Plot?
1583
When is the Parry Plot?
1585
How many acts were passed overall under Elizabeth I?
438
How much did debt rise under Elizabeth I?
Only raised by £123,000 since 1558. This represented just under £3000 debt per year.
When was the Muscovy Company set up? (trade in Russia and North Europe and unsuccessful)
1555
When was the Eastland Company set up? (trade with the Baltic and unsuccessful)
1579
When was the Levant Company set up? (trade with the Ottoman Empire and was successful)
1581
When was the East India Company set up? (trade with Asia and had limited success)
1600
When was the Vagabond Act?
1572
When was the Act for the Relief of the Poor?
1597
Who were the most influential portrait miniaturists?
Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver
Who was the first named English architect?
Robert Smythson
Who were the two most important composers of this time?
William Byrd and Thomas Tallis
Who composed the collection ‘The triumph of Oriana’ which was 25 madrigals?
Thomas Morley
How many out of 44 harvests were considered poor?
9
When were there four successive poor harvests?
1594 - 1597
When was there a subsistence crisis?
1596-97
What is the evidence for the subsistence crisis?
Newcastle buried 25 homeless and real wages dropped 50%
What kind of product was there a wider range of under Elizabeth?
Luxury goods
When did the cloth trade decline?
1550s
Who attempted to colonise Virginia and when?
Walter Raleigh in 1584
How many expeditions did Hawkins make from 1562?
3, he took slaves from Africa and sold them in South America
Why did Raleigh’s attempt to colonise Virginia fail?
bad luck, ill preparation and reluctance from the Queen to make it priority
When was the Statute of Artificers and what was it?
1562 - fixed prices, imposed max wages and did not limit poverty hugely.
What was the population in 1558?
3 million
What was the population in 1603?
4.2 million
How much did the population increase by under Elizabeth?
40%
How much did food prices rise by under Elizabeth?
75%
How much did the price of manufactured goods rise by?
45%
When was the Poor Relief Act?
1576 (national system of relief)
What were the literacy rates under Elizabeth?
30% for men and 10% for women (20% for men in 1558)
How many were subject to the cruel laws of the Vagabond Act?
Around 10,000
When was Tyrone’s Rebellion?
1596 to 1603
How many on the 13 parliamentary sessions were to grant extraordinary revenue?
11
How many bills did she refuse to give the royal assent to?
over 60, 15 in 1585
What parliaments did the issue of marriage come up in?
1563 and 1566
When was the Golden Speech?
1601
When did the factionalism become clear in Parliament over an argument about whether or not to go to war with Spain by supporting the Dutch rebels?
1572 with Cecil arguing for peace and Dudley for war.
How many were in Elizabeth’s Privy Council?
19 men, with a smaller amount meeting daily
When did Elizabeth withdraw the debased coinage?
1560
By 1597 how many members did the Privy Council have?
only 11 as she had failed to make quick replacements
By 1597 how many members did the Privy Council have?
only 11 as she had failed to make quick replacements
Did JPs further increase and how?
Yes, 50 per county in 1600
