Elizabeth - Section 3 Flashcards
What is a Jesuit?
Catholic priests who were specially trained to convert people back to Catholicism
What year did Jesuits arrive in England?
1580s
Who was the leader of the Jesuits?
Edmund Campion
Where did Jesuits hide?
Priest holes
Who was Francis Walsingham?
A privy councillor who worked to eliminate Jesuits
How did Francis Walsingham attempt to eliminate Jesuits?
Employed priest hunters
What year did Edmund Campion get captured?
1581
What happened to Edmund Campion when he got captured?
Hung drawn and quartered
Who captured Campion?
Francis Walsingham
How was Mary Queen of Scots related to Elizabeth?
Cousin
What year was Elizabeth imprisoned in England?
1568
3 reasons why Marys presence in England was a threat to Elizabeth?
- Mary had a strong claim to the throne of England
- Mary was a figurehead for Catholic Rebellion
- Mary had powerful foreign supporters
Why did Elizabeth refuse to execute Mary?
Mary was her cousin and she didn’t want to execute another queen
What year was the Throckmorton Plot?
1583
Who made the Throckmorton Plot?
A young Catholic Noble who plotted with the French
Who found out about the Throckmorton Plot?
Francis Walsingham’s spies
What was the Throckmorton Plot?
Included invading England to put Mary on the Throne
Was the Throckmorton Plot a fail or success? What happened to the planner (Throckmorton)
Fail - he was tortured and executed
When was the Babington plot?
1586
What was the Babington plot?
Babington communicated with Mary whilst she was in prison by hiding coded letters in beer barrels
Who discovered the Babington plot?
Francis Walsingham - he waited for proof
What year was Mary executed?
1587
What caused the Spanish Armada to take place?
The Anglo-Spanish war
What year did the Spanish Armada take place?
1588
4 causes of the rivalry with Spain
- Elizabeth had refused to marry Prince Philip
- Francis Drake stole gold from Spanish ships and Elizabeth Knighted him
- Philips supported Catholic plots against Elizabeth
- The execution of Mary Queen of Scots angered Philip
Who won the Spanish Armada?
The English
What was the original plan for the Armada?
Spanish would go to the Netherlands to pick up 20,000 Spanish soldiers before invading England and reintroducing Catholicism
What actually happened to the Armada when compared to the plan?
The Armada never landed in England and only 80 ships made it back to Spain
Why did the Spanish fail?
The leader of the Armada was inexperienced and got sea sick
Was the weather on England’s side?
The wind blew the Spanish ships north and with this strong wind trapped and sunk many ship in rocks
