Elizabethan England

Question 1

What year did Elizabeth become queen of England?

Answer 1

1558

Question 2

What year did Mary queen of Scots come to England

Answer 2

1568

Question 3

What where Elizabeth’s main problems

Answer 3

Legitimacy, gender, religion, marriage

Question 4

Why was Elizabeth’s gender a problem?

Answer 4

Belief that women where weak- made England vulnerable to invasion.
Concerns over who she would marry- the man would have a lot of power.

Question 5

What year did the Northern Earls revolt?

Answer 5

1569

Question 6

Why was religion a problem?

Answer 6

England has been thrown years of religious change and turmoil. The country was still split between Catholics and Protestants.

Question 7

Why was Elizabeth’s legitimacy questioned?

Answer 7

Henry VIII had declared Elizabeth illegitimate soon after he executed her mother.
Catholics didn’t recognise divorce so believed Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne Boleyn Elizabeths mother was not legitimate.

Question 8

Which country was the most serious threat of invasion as soon as Elizabeth became queen.

Answer 8

France

Question 9

Which body had to be consulted if the Tudor monarchs wanted money?

Answer 9

Parliament

Question 10

How many times did parliament meet during Elizabeth’s 45-year reign?

Answer 10

13

Question 11

What was the name of the body of Elizabeth’s advisers?

Answer 11

The Privy Council

Question 12

How many men sat on the privy council?

Answer 12

19

Question 13

What was the name for the growing middle class?

Answer 13

The Gentry

Question 14

How much debt did Elizabeth inherit when she became queen?

Answer 14

£300,000

Question 15

What were 2 of Elizabeth’s aims for religion?

Answer 15

Heal the division, avoid civil war.
Maximise person power, taking from church.

Question 16

Who was Sir Francis Walsingham?

Answer 16

A close advisor of the queen, spymaster.

Question 17

Who was Robert Dudley the Earl of Leicester?

Answer 17

Leading nobleman, advisor and favourite of Elizabeth.

Question 18

What did Elizabeth do in 1559 to solve issues of religious division?

Answer 18

The Religious Settlement. Middle Way.

Question 19

Name 2 features of the Act of Supremacy, 1559.

Answer 19

-Re-establish the break from Rome and an independent Church of England
-All the members of the clergy had to swear an oath of loyalty to Elizabeth.
-Elizabeth was the supreme governor of the church of England.
-Archbishops and Bishops were kept.

Question 20

Name 2 features of the Act of Uniformity, 1559.

Answer 20

Catholic Mass was abandoned, bibles were written in English, ornaments like crosses and candles could be placed on the communion table, priests had to wear traditional-style vestments
Clergy were allowed to marry.
Find for not attending church.

Question 21

What was the impact of the religious settlement on the clergy?

Answer 21

8000 priests took the oath of supremacy.
1 bishop took the oath so 27 new ones were appointed.

Question 22

What proportion of nobility was catholic?

Answer 22

1/3

Question 23

Why were some Catholic noble unhappy with the Religious settlement?

Answer 23

Protestant advisors were appointed so they had less power.