elizabeth part 3

Question 1

when did mary become queen of scotland?

Answer 1

1542 (she was 8 days old)

Question 2

when did mary qos marry her first husband?

Answer 2

1558

Question 3

who was mary qos second husband?

Answer 3

Loed Darnley

Question 4

when did mary flee to england?

Answer 4

1568

Question 5

where was mary kept in captivity?

Answer 5

first in carlisle castle then bolton castle

Question 6

did they plan on killing queen elizabeth in the northern plot?

Answer 6

no, they just wanted to set mary up as an heir

Question 7

why did the northern rebellion not go to plan?

Answer 7

robert dudley was helping the duke of norfolk because he wanted to restrict william cecil’s power, but he ended up being to guilty and confessed the plan

Question 8

what was the plan for the rodolfi plot?

Answer 8

roberto di ridolfi was an italian who lived in london
6000 spanish men were supposed to land at harwich, where they would lead a rebellion and assasinate the queen

Question 9

when was norfolk beheaded?

Answer 9

1572

Question 10

why was elizabeth indecisive to execute the duke of Norfolk?

Answer 10

he was the only duke in England and he was her cousin

Question 11

what was the plan in the throkmorton plot?

Answer 11

a french catholic force backed by the spanish and papal money would invade england, mary would be freed from house arrest and a catholic uprising involving jesuits, seminary preists and the rest of the english catholic population

Question 12

why didnt throckmorton work?

Answer 12

walsingham discovered the plot before it could happen

Question 13

what plot inspired the bond of association?

Answer 13

the throckmorton plot

Question 14

what was the bond of association?

Answer 14

anyone associated with the assassination of the monarch couldn’t benefit from it in any way

Question 15

where was mary moved after the throckmorton plot?

Answer 15

the ruined tutbury castle in staffordshire then to a moated manor house called chartley hall in late 1585

Question 16

who would intercept the letters in the babington plot?

Answer 16

Gilbert Gifford

Question 17

who decoded the letters in the babington plot?

Answer 17

Thomas Phelippes

Question 18

when did mary write her fatal letter?

Answer 18

17th july 1586

Question 19

when was sir anthony babington executed?

Answer 19

september 1586

Question 20

when and where was mary executed?

Answer 20

8th february 1587 at fotheringhay castle

Question 21

when did elizabeth write the death warrant for mary?

Answer 21

1st february 1587 - but she told her secretary not to seal it, but the privy council ignored this and mary was executed

Question 22

who was elizabeth’s secretary and what happened to him after the death warrant thing?

Answer 22

he was William Davison, he was imprisoned in the tower of london

Question 23

what did elizabeth do to cecil after mary’s death warrant scandal?

Answer 23

he was banished for 6 months

Question 24

when was mary queen of scots found guilty?

Answer 24

25th october 1586

Question 25

when did drake lead the 'singeingthe king of spains beard' and what was it?

Answer 25

in 1587, it was when he destroyed dozens of spanish ships in the port of Cadiz

Question 26

how did Elizabeth help the protestant dutch in their uprise against their spanish rule before 1585?

Answer 26

she sent money, allowed english volunteers to go and fight, and she allowed rebel ships to use english ports. this was all unofficial help

Question 27

who was the dutch rebellion leader?

Answer 27

william 'the silent' of orange

Question 28

when was the treaty of nunshuch signed?

Answer 28

1585

Question 29

what did the treaty of nonsuch mean?

Answer 29

there was a formal alliance between the dutch and England, so England sent 7000 troops under dudley's command to support the rebellion. spain and england were officially at war with each other

Question 30

how many ships were part of the spanish armada?

Answer 30

151

Question 31

how many ships got back to spain after the armada?

Answer 31

65 out of the 151

Question 32

who lead the spanish side of the armada?

Answer 32

duke of medina sidonia - a bad choice because of his lack of ability, chosen because of his rank

Question 33

who lead the english side of the armada?

Answer 33

Lord Howard, the queens cousin and Lord High Admiral. he was assisted by Francis Drake and John Hawkins and Martin Frobisher, who were all very experienced

Question 34

how many people were in the english army for the armada?

Answer 34

20,000

Question 35

how many people were in the spanish side of the armada?

Answer 35

34,000

Question 36

how many battleships did england have?

Answer 36

34

Question 37

how many ships was england able to gather to fight the armada?

Answer 37

200 - from private owned and trading company ships

Question 38

what kind of guns did the english use in the armada?

Answer 38

culverins, which were light and accurate long-range guns

Question 39

who had the better ships in the armada?

Answer 39

the english - they were faster and more manoeuvrable

Question 40

when did the spanish get to the dutch coast?

Answer 40

august 6th 1588

Question 41

when did the spanish armada first try to set sail?

Answer 41

may 1588, but had to turn back due to storms

Question 42

what tactic did the english use on the spanish when they were waiting off the dutch coast?

Answer 42

fireships, a plan by francis drake, which terrified the spanish and scattered them out of their formation

Question 43

when did the english use the fireships?

Answer 43

august 7th

Question 44

when was the battle of gravelines?

Answer 44

8th of august

Question 45

how many spanish lives were lost at the battle of gravelines?

Answer 45

~1000

Question 46

how many english lives were lost at the battle of gravelines?

Answer 46

0

Question 47

how many spanish ships were lost at the battle of gravelines?

Answer 47

5, and many were badly damaged

Question 48

what did Elizabeth do to encourage her troops at the battle of gravelines?

Answer 48

she visited her troops at tilbury on horseback dressed in armour, and made a speech

Question 49

how many spanish lives were lost in total in the armada?

Answer 49

around 20,000

Question 50

what were the winds that pushed the spanish into the north sea nicknamed?

Answer 50

the protestant winds