elizabethan england 1558-1603. Flashcards
1569-northern earls rebellion.
-what was the plot?
-what was elizabeth’s action from it?
ANSWERS: 1, the catholic earls of northumberland and of westmore planned to free mary queen of scot’s from her imprisonment and onto the throne. they gathered an army of 6,000 soldiers in an attempt to turn england back into catholicism.
2, elizabeth found out and sent a large army to crush their rebellion. elizabeth killed 800 rebels and the 2 earls fled to scotland.
1571-the ridolfi plot.
-what was the plot?
-what was elizabeth’s action as a result?
ANSWERS: 1, ridolfi (an italian banker) planned to assassinate elizabeth and make mary queen. he had the support of king phillip of spain (II), the duke of norfolk & mary herself.
2, elizabeth’s advisor cecil uncovered this and ridolfi and the spanish ambassador were arrested and expelled from the country & norfolk was executed .
1583: the throckmorton plot.
-what was the plot?
-what was elizabeths action as a result?
ANSWERS: 1, a young catholic man, francis throckmorton organised a plan for a french army to invade england and replaced elizabeth’s with mary, this was paid for the pop and king phillip II of spain.
2, throckmorton was executed and mary was moved to the tutbury castle (staffordshire) and was isolated with no visitors.
1586: the babington plot:
1, what was the plot?
2, what did elizabeth do afterwards?
ANSWERS: 1, sir anthony babington planned to rescue mary from jail and murder elizabeth. secret letters exchanged between the plotters & mary were discovered and provided evidence or mary’s guilt.
2, mary queen of scot’s was finally executed alongside babington and 6 other plotters.
the act of supremacy meant that..
ANSWER: elizabeth was declared as the supreme governor of the church of england.
the act of uniformity meant that…
ANSWER: all church services were stated to be the same. all churches had too use the common book of prayer and non-attendees would be fined.
what were the consequences of mary queen of scot’s execution?
ANSWERS: 1, france feared the might if spain and wanted to maintain their alliance with england.
2, spain were already at war with england due to the english pirates and events at the netherlands.
3, scotland had king james VI on the throne, he was elizabeth’s heir- so he took no action.
4, english catholics remained loyal to elizabeth.
what led to war between spain and england?
ANSWERS: 1, religious differences.
2, piracy (drake attacking & stealing spanish treasure).
3, civil war in france.
4, spain supported the catholic plots.
5, the dutch revolt.
6, elizabeth joined the dutch rebels.
