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What were Jesuits?

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Catholic priests trained to convert people back to Catholicism

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When did Jesuits begin to arrive in England?

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The 1580’s

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Where did Jesuits train?

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Special Seminaries in Catholic countries (like Spain, France and Italy)

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Who was the leader of the Jesuits in England?

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Edmund Campion

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Who hid Campion and around 100 other Jesuits?

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Wealthy Catholics hid Jesuits in priest holes

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Who was Francis Walsingham?

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A privy councillor

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What did Francis Walsingham do?

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. Developed an effective spy network
. Had hundreds of agents tracking Jesuits and Catholic plotters
. Employed priest hunters to catch catholic priests

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When was Campion caught?

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1581

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What happened to Campion after he was caught?

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He was hanged, drawn and quartered

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Who was Mary Queen of Scots?

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Elizabeth’s Catholic cousin

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Why did Mary come to England?

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She was forced to flee a protestant rebellion in Scotland

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When was she put in prison in England?

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1568

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Why did Mary’s presence in England a threat to Elizabeth?

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. Mary had a strong claim to the throne:
- Mary was Henry VIII’s great-niece and Elizabeth’s cousin
- People believed Mary’s claim to the throne was more legitimate
- Mary had a son and heir
. Mary was a figurehead of Catholic rebellion:
- Until Elizabeth had an heir, Mary was next in line to the throne
- This encouraged Catholics to rebel
. Mary had powerful foreign support:
- Philip of Spain, France, and the Pope plotted to put Mary on throne

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Why did Elizabeth refuse to execute Mary?

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. Mary was her cousin
. Elizabeth did not want to execute a fellow Queen

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When did the Throckmorton plot take place?

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1583

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What happened in the Throckmorton plot?

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A young Catholic noble, Throckmorton, plotted with the French to invade England.

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Who supported the Throckmorton plot?

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The Pope and Philip of Spain

18
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Who uncovered the Throckmorton plot?

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Walsingham’s spies

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What happened to Throckmorton after the plot was uncovered?

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He was tortured and executed

20
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When did the Babington plot take place?

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1586

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What happened in the Babington plot?

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Babington, a young Catholic noble, plotted with Philip of Spain and the French to invade England

22
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How did Babington communicate with Mary?

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Babington hid coded letters in beer barrels that went into Mary’s prisons

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Who discovered the system?

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Walsingham, but waited until he had proof of Mary’s involvement

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When was Mary Queen of Scots executed?

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1587

25
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Who manipulated Elizabeth into signing Mary’s death warrant?

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Cecil and Walsingham

26
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When did the Anglo-Spanish war break out?

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In the 1580’s

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When were the Spanish Armada launched?

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1588

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Why did the war break out?

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. Elizabeth refused to marry Philip of Spain
. English travellers stole from Spanish treasure ships
. Philip supported Catholic plots against Elizabeth
. Elizabeth helped the Netherlands when they were fighting against Philip’s army

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How many ships were in the Spanish Armada?

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130

30
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How many ships made it back to Spain after never arriving in England?

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80

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Why did the Armada fail?

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. The leader, Duke of Medina Sidonia had no experience of sailing and got sick
. The Spanish army was a week late leaving them vulnerable
. The English used fireships to break the Spanish’s formation
. The English ships were smaller and and more agile
. The weather was bad and 40 ships were shipwrecked off of Scotland and Ireland

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What happened to the other two Armadas Philip sent in the 1590’s?

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They were both wrecked by storms

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