Elizabethan England Flashcards
Upper class education
From age 7 boys would go to grammar schools. You got into grammar schools through wealth
How were girls educated
Wealthy families got private tutors
How were lower class children educated
Attend schools ran by local women. Boys went to petty schools and girls went to dame schools
Who went to theatres
All people. Rich and poor
Where would different people sit in theatres
Noble - sit high in the “galleries”
Poor - stand low in the “pit”
Why did poverty increase
Enclosures (less land available for farming)
Rack renting (increase price on farm land rent)
Inflation
Rising population
Increased taxes
Collapse of the cloth trade
Deserving and undeserving poor
Deserving poor - those unable to work (old, disabled)
Undeserving poor - those who are able to work but dont
New technology in sailing
Magnetic compass
Maps
The astrolabe (help calculate position of stars and the sun)
Factors prompting exploration
New technology
Expanding trade (silks, spice)
What did Drakes voyage do
Gained wealth
Claimed new land for Elizabeth
Establish new trade routes
Virginia colony attempt 1 (summary)
The ship carrying food supplies is destroyed
Relations with the indigenous people are worsened
Virginia colony attempt 2 (summary)
Colonists went over in 1587 and a sailer named John white sailed back to England for extra supplies
He then wasn’t allowed to leave England because they thought the Spanish would attack and they needed boats
When he arrived back in 1590, the colonists weren’t there (it’s a mystery)
Challenges Elizabeth faced from young
She was a girl
Her mum was executed by her dad (Henry VIII)
Henry declared her as illegitimate
What was the great chain of being
Hierarchal system
Top = royalty
Middle = the gentry
Bottom = peasants
What were the privy council
Elizabeth and the “government” of 19 men
