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Elizabeth I Domestic Policy Dates Flashcards

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1
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When did Elizabeth I become Queen?

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November 1558

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When was William Cecil appointed Secretary of State?

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November 1558

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When was there an outbreak of the Black Death early in Elizabeth’s reign?

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1563

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4
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When was Elizabeth ill with smallpox?

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1562

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5
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When was the Succession Crisis?

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1562

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When was James I born?

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1566

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When was Mary Queen of Scots forced to abdicate the throne?

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1567

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When does Mary of Scots escape and is then ‘voluntarily’ imprisoned in England?

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1568

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9
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When was the Rising of the North?

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1569

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10
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When is Thomas Howard imprisoned for plotting to marry Mary Queen of Scots?

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1569

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11
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When was James Stuart assassinated?

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1570

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12
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When did discussions begin to arrange a marriage between Duke of Anjou and Elizabeth?

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1570

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13
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When was the Babington plot?

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1586

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14
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When is Mary Queen of Scots executed?

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1587

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When was Roderigo Lopez executed for allegedly trying to poison Elizabeth I?

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1594

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16
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When was the Essex Rebellion?

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1601

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When did Elizabeth I die?

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1603

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18
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When is the Ridolfi Plot?

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1571

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When is the Throckmorton Plot?

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1583

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20
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When is the Parry Plot?

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1585

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21
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How many acts were passed overall under Elizabeth I?

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438

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22
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How much did debt rise under Elizabeth I?

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Only raised by £123,000 since 1558. This represented just under £3000 debt per year.

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When was the Muscovy Company set up? (trade in Russia and North Europe and unsuccessful)

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1555

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When was the Eastland Company set up? (trade with the Baltic and unsuccessful)

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1579

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25
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When was the Levant Company set up? (trade with the Ottoman Empire and was successful)

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1581

26
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When was the East India Company set up? (trade with Asia and had limited success)

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1600

27
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When was the Vagabond Act?

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1572

28
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When was the Act for the Relief of the Poor?

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1597

29
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Who were the most influential portrait miniaturists?

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Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver

30
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Who was the first named English architect?

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Robert Smythson

31
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Who were the two most important composers of this time?

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William Byrd and Thomas Tallis

32
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Who composed the collection ‘The triumph of Oriana’ which was 25 madrigals?

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Thomas Morley

33
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How many out of 44 harvests were considered poor?

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9

34
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When were there four successive poor harvests?

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1594 - 1597

35
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When was there a subsistence crisis?

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1596-97

36
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What is the evidence for the subsistence crisis?

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Newcastle buried 25 homeless and real wages dropped 50%

37
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What kind of product was there a wider range of under Elizabeth?

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Luxury goods

38
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When did the cloth trade decline?

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1550s

39
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Who attempted to colonise Virginia and when?

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Walter Raleigh in 1584

40
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How many expeditions did Hawkins make from 1562?

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3, he took slaves from Africa and sold them in South America

41
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Why did Raleigh’s attempt to colonise Virginia fail?

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bad luck, ill preparation and reluctance from the Queen to make it priority

42
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When was the Statute of Artificers and what was it?

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1562 - fixed prices, imposed max wages and did not limit poverty hugely.

43
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What was the population in 1558?

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3 million

44
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What was the population in 1603?

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4.2 million

45
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How much did the population increase by under Elizabeth?

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40%

46
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How much did food prices rise by under Elizabeth?

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75%

47
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How much did the price of manufactured goods rise by?

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45%

48
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When was the Poor Relief Act?

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1576 (national system of relief)

49
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What were the literacy rates under Elizabeth?

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30% for men and 10% for women (20% for men in 1558)

50
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How many were subject to the cruel laws of the Vagabond Act?

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Around 10,000

51
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When was Tyrone’s Rebellion?

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1596 to 1603

52
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How many on the 13 parliamentary sessions were to grant extraordinary revenue?

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11

53
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How many bills did she refuse to give the royal assent to?

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over 60, 15 in 1585

54
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What parliaments did the issue of marriage come up in?

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1563 and 1566

55
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When was the Golden Speech?

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1601

56
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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?

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1572 with Cecil arguing for peace and Dudley for war.

57
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How many were in Elizabeth’s Privy Council?

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19 men, with a smaller amount meeting daily

58
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When did Elizabeth withdraw the debased coinage?

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1560

59
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By 1597 how many members did the Privy Council have?

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only 11 as she had failed to make quick replacements

60
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By 1597 how many members did the Privy Council have?

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only 11 as she had failed to make quick replacements

61
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Did JPs further increase and how?

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Yes, 50 per county in 1600

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