Elizabeth Section 1

Question 1

What problems did Elizabeth inherit from the throne?

Answer 1

Illegitimate claim, her gender(female. Not being able to lead the country) debt; £300,000

Question 2

What are the religious beliefs in Tudor England?

Answer 2

Protestant: Protestants challenged the old Catholic beliefs. Their churches featured plain walls and wooden alters.
Catholic: Catholic Churches featured colourful images and decorated alters.
Puritans: extreme Protestants, who wanted to take the reformation further.

Question 3

Who was Elizabeth’s family?

Answer 3

Mother: Anne Boleyn(legitimate to the throne)
Father: Henry VIII
Sister: Mary
Brother: Edward VI

Question 4

Religious issues?

Answer 4

Elizabeth was Protestant but disliked the extremism of puritans. And most of the north of England were Catholic and didn’t want to change their faith

Question 5

How was England divided religiously?

Answer 5

Elizabeth was Protestant, along with some of the south, however rural areas like the north and east were still very Catholic and could rebel if Elizabeth banned Catholicism

Question 6

Europes religious division:

Answer 6

European superpowers: Spain and france were strongly Catholic, threatened to invade if England did not return back to Catholicism,
However places like the Netherlands(Protestant) needed Elizabeth’s help

Question 7

Elizabeth’s religious settlement:

Answer 7

Protestant: Elizabeth was head of the church not the pope, all churches had to have an English bible.
Catholic: Churches could be highly decorated and priests had to wear vestments

Question 8

What happened to people who did not attend?

Answer 8

These were called recusants, and these people were fined If they did not go to church every Sunday

Question 9

Enforcement of the religious settlement:

Answer 9

Before 1580
After 1580

Question 10

Before 1580:

Answer 10

Most catholics stayed loyal to the pope on the inside but followed Elizabeth’s laws on the outside and attended Protestant church services, these were called: church papists

Question 11

After 1580:

Answer 11

The pope stated that it would not be a sin to kill Elizabeth which increased assassination

Question 12

What happened after the popes statement?

Answer 12

Catholics started to plot to make Mary Queen of Scots the Catholic queen of England

Question 13

Persecution of catholics:

Answer 13

1581: fines
1585: death penalty
1593: new law

Question 14

1581: catholics?

Answer 14

The fine for recusancy increased by 10,000% to £20

Question 15

1585: death penalty?

Answer 15

Elizabeth brought in the death penalty for anyone sheltering a catholic priest

Question 16

1593: New law

Answer 16

A new law banned all catholics from travelling more than 5 miles away from their home

Question 17

Catholic resistance:

Answer 17

There were 30million catholics(1588) by 1603 only 40,000.
Some opposition still remained, an assassination attempt to the the new king, James I (the gunpowder plot)