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who was William Cecil

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someone in Elizabeth’s privy council who helped her run the country. the gov sometimes had more control over the country than Elizabeth.

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when was queen elizabeth born

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1533

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when did queen elizabeth reign

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1558-1603

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what put queen elizabeth of childbirth

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the death of her two stepmothers during childbirth

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how long was she locked in the Tower of London by her sister and why ?

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4 years and her sister thought she was involved in a rebellion to overthrow her

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was elizabeth catholicor protestant

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protestant

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what did she do in 1566

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banned parliamnet on talking about marriage

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what were hte htree suitors proposed to elizabeth

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robert dudley, francis duke of anjour and alencon and king philip the second of spain

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pros and cons of robert dudley

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pros-both were hte same religion

con-he had a scandal with his past wife

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pros and cons of king philip of spain

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pros-powerful and wealthy

cons-diff religious views

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pros and cons of francis dukwe

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pros-can give her children

cons-to young may be in-experienced

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what was sugar used for in elizabethan england

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to show off wealth, mkae things taste better

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how did sugar affect elizabethan life

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diabetes,yellow teeth,heart disease

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what was francisdrake the frist person to do

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go around the whole world

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what was francis drake

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a priavtear who was someone who had the permission to attack other ppl ships as long as whatever they take goes to the queen

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what did elizabeth give raliegh permission to do

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to discover countries and territories

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when was his secnd attempot at colinisation

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1587-first one didnt work because of lack of supplies

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what was feared at theatres

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plague and pickpockets

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when did queen e finally show her support for theatres

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1583

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why were theatres significant

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for the first time ppl of all classes wer gathering in the same place

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why were theatres throwned upon

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many ppl thought they were a distraction from god and reading the bible

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in 1572 what laws were passed about actors

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they all had to have a license

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name three features of elizabethan architecture

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fire places,mulioned windows and e shaped

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whats the hierarchy of importance

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god,angels,kings and queens,commonersf,animals,plant,non living things

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what evidence is there that queen elizabeth was the most powerful
ppl copied her shillouette her hair and she could open and close parliamentwhenever she wanted
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what was the 1577 law against clothing , why
this law controlled what ppl could wear according to their social status because the queen was worried too many ppl were wearing luxury fabrics and that they would ru out
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who were rural poor
countryside poor
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list three features of their houses
small thatched cottages,no windows and straw flooring
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how much did rural poor get paid
4pence
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when was hte large famine in poor people
1594-1597
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list three things about the poor
lost of famine, disease more prominent and worse medicine
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when was the poor law
1601
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what was hte poor law
a compulsary poor rate to be levied every parish
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what did the poor law do
collected money froom the rich to give to the poor to help them
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what are he 6 social classes
monarchs,nobles,gentry,merchants,yeomary,peasants
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what were the tree types of poor
helpless poor-sick and old ppl, able bodied poor-given help , idle poor-lazy
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what three places first helped teh poor
ipswitch,york and norwich
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what did york do
in 1515 they issued a beggar license - required to wear a badge to be identified
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what did ipswitch do
in 1569- issued a licensing system for beggars and increased support for the poor
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what did norwich do
1570 conducted a survery that found 80% of country were poor split them into two categories- idle poor who they gave jobs and unfortunate poor whowere given food and other forms of care
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what does heretics mean
ppl who refused to follow the rleigion they were told to
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what was elizabeths religious sttlement
it said priests could get married book of commons prayers was now written in english called herself govener rather than head of the church catholics were allowed to pray privately
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what country was against elizabeths religious settlement what did theydo
france- they supported jesuit missionaries who came to egnland and influenced catholics thye gaev money to anyone who wanted to get rid of the queen
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whonwas edmund campion
a jesuit priest
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what did edmund campion want to do
bring hope to prosecuted cahtolics
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how did catholics feel about elizBETH COMING TO POWER
feared/worried she would be like mary
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what was the papal bull
when the pope excommunicated elizabeth, told catholics to end her rule abd was designed to sturr up rebellions
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when was the papal bull made
1570
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when was the queens first klaw against catholics
1581 it said it was treason to attend a catholic mass
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what was another law against catholics (the secnd)
treason to have a catholic priest in your home
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when was the second law against catolics made
1585
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what are puritans
extreme protestants
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what are prophesyings
members ofa church meeting for prayer and discussions would often critisise the queen
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who are seperatists
purtians that wanted to seperate chuches all together
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why were protestants angry
they liked bishos to ewar ordinary plain clothing but the church of england were required to wear a surplice
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how much f a threat were puritans
the prophesyings were becoming more popular and coudl create rebellions
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what was the new high commision given the power to do
fine and imprison puritans who didnt conform
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what did dudley and walsingham urge elizabeth to do
to have more tolerance
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what was mary queen of scots religion
catholic
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where was mary queen of scots from
scotland/frace
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why did mary queen of sctos come to england
france kicked her out when her first husband died | then she went to scotland but they went her away as they thought she abandonned them
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how long was mary queen of scots elizabeths prisoner
19 years moved around the country with elizabeh
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when was mary queen of scots put on trial
1586
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who fodn the evidence aganst mary queen of scots
walsingham and william cecil
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why didt elizabeth want ot have her cousin executed
she was qorried there might be consequences and that marys son may even want revenge or the catholic spanish would
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why was it good mary was executed
catholics now had no alternative monarch to try replace elizabeth with
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what was a catholic martyr
someone who died for their faith
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was mry executed in public who saw her execution
not in public it was only witnessed by the earl of shrewbury and kent (not even the queen was here )
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when was the nothern rebellion
1569
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give a brief summary of what happened in the nthern rebellion
elizabeth refused to allow duke of norfolk to marry mary queen of scots. there was a march with 4600 men by westmon and nothumberland
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when was the ridolfi plot
1571
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give ebrief summary of the ridolfi plot
plan to murder elizabeth and replace her with mary - plot was exposed so not completed
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when was the throckmorton plot
1583
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when was the babington pot
1586
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give a brief summary of the babington plot
wanted to replace queen elizabeth with mary, was led by babington but acc involved mary thiss led to her execution as it was the last straw
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when was the uprise in the netherlands of protestants
1566
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when was william of orange assasinated
1584
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how many soliders did elizabeth send to spain
7000
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when did francis drake loot spanish ships and where
1587 in cadiz
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when did the armada begin
1588
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how long did the spanish prepare for the armada
3 years england only spent three months
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what did the spanish dowrong for the armada
prpared to find on land but the fight was acc in the sea so were ubnprapared not enough food cannons/ships not good for wheather they had

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