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1
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Who is Elizabeth’s parents?

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Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn

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When was Elizabeth born?

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May 1536

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What languages could Elizabeth speak fluently?

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French, Italian, Spanish and Latin

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How many times did Parliament allow new taxations?

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10 times

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What is Sir William Cecil’s also known as?

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Lord Burghley

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What was Sir William Cecil’s job?

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Secretary of State, Member of Parliament

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What was Sir Francis Walsingham’s job?

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Spy master

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What was Sir Christopher Hatton’s job?

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Helped organise Elizabeth’s progresses and elected to Parliament 7 times

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What were four suitors for Elizabeth?

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Phillip II of Spain
Duke of Alencon
Eric of Sweden
Charles of Austria

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Why did Puritans not like the theatre?

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aligned it with Ancient Romans and saw it as the work of the devil

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What happened in 1580 and how was it interpreted?

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earthquake interpreted as God’s wrath against theatre

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What did a law passed in 1572 do?

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required all actors to be licensed but just encouraged them to open theatres

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What was the Elizabethan phrase for hierarchy?

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The Great Chain of Being

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How had London’s population grown from the start of the Tudor era?

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quadrupled to 200,000

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15
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What were some playwrights?

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Shakespeare, Christopher Marlon and Thomas Dekker

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16
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How much did population rise from 1550 to 1600

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43%

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What events crippled the public in the 1590s?

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poor harvests and the plague

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18
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What did each Poor Law do?

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1563 Act - each town was to provide work for the unemployed and set up workhouses

1572 Act - begging was forbidden and have an Overseer of the Poor who essentially collected bursaries

1598 Act - first compulsory poor law tax

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Who did England trade with in the Far East?

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East India Company for silks, spice, cotton and tea

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Who did England trade with in Scandinavia?

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Levant Company for timber, tar, canvas and rope

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Who discovered South America and when?

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Amerigo Vespucci in 1498

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22
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What voyages did Sir Francis Drake make?

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Circumnavigation 1577-1580 earning £400,000

23
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How did Sir Walter Raleigh impact the British Empire?

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Founded Virginia, a stronghold for the British colonisation of America

24
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What was Elizabeth’s response to the Spanish Ambassador demanding punishment for Drake?

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Nighted him

25
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When was Raleigh imprisoned?

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1592

26
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What was the Act of Supremacy 1559?

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Placed Elizabeth as Supreme Governor of the Church of England and required all clergy to swear an oath recognising it

27
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What compromises did Elizabeth make for catholics in the Church of England?

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Decorative altars and clergy had to wear traditional vestments

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What was the Act of Uniformity 1559?

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Improve clarity in what the Church of England believed in with a new prayer book

29
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What happened on St Bartholemews Day in France 1572?

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Thousands of Protestants were massacred

30
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What were Jesuits?

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People that were loyal to the Pope and tried to convert rich families to Catholicism and rebel against Elizabeth in 1580s

31
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What did the Act of 1585 state?

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Against Jesuits and Seminary Priests

  • becoming a priest was treason
  • priests were given 40 days to leave
32
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What happened to Edmund Campon as a result of the Act of 1585?

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Walsingham’s spy network found him and he was tortured and executed

33
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How did Elizabeth upset Puritans?

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  • compromise in the Church of England
  • rejected any bills put forward by Puritan MPs
  • banned MPs from discussing religion in 1576 leading to Peter Wentworth’s imprisonment
34
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What was the Papal Bull?

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Pope Pius V excommunicated Elizabeth

35
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When was the Northern Rebellion?

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1567

36
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When was the Ridolfi Plot?

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1571

37
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When was the Throckmorton Plot?

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1583

38
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When was the Babington Plot?

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1586

39
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What did England trade with Protestant Netherlands?

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Cloth

40
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What were three theatres in London?

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The Globe, The Swan and The Rose

41
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Who did Philip appoint to lead the Armada?

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Duke of Medina Sidonia

42
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What did Elizabeth use to spot the Armada?

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A system of beacons and men spread out along the coast

43
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How many men did Elizabeth raise from each county?

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20,000

44
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When was the Armada spotted?

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19th July 1588

45
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When was the Battle of Gravelines and what happened?

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29th July 1588
Spanish were sailing into the wind
5 Spanish ships were sunk and 100 sailors died

46
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What did Drake do to the Spanish fleet on the 28th of July?

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Sent in fireships to the fleet anchored at Calais

47
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How did John Hawkins improve English ships?

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Made them smaller, lighter and more manoeuvrable than Spanish galleons

48
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How many ships were in the English navy and how many were battleships?

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200 and 34 battleships

49
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Who led the Spanish in the Netherlands?

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Parma

50
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How many Spanish sailors died returning home?

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20,000

51
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How many Spanish ships were wrecked out of the original 130?

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70

52
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Who was Elizabeth’s heir?

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James VI of Scotland

53
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When did Elizabeth die?

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February 1603

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