Elizabethan era catholic plots

Question 1

what are Jesuits

Answer 1

catholic priests who were specially trained to convert people to cathlocism

Question 2

what year did Jesuits start to arrive in England

Answer 2

1580’s

Question 3

where did Jesuits train

Answer 3

special seminaries in catholic country’s like France and Italy

Question 4

who was the leader of the Jesuits

Answer 4

Edmund Campion

Question 5

where where the Jesuits hidden

Answer 5

priest holes

Question 6

who was Francis Walsingham

Answer 6

he developed a effective spy network and he was a privy councillor

Question 7

what happened in 1581 to Campion

Answer 7

captured by Walsingham’s agents and was hung

Question 8

who was Mary Queen of scots

Answer 8

the Queen of Scotland

Question 9

who was Mary Queen of scots related to

Answer 9

she was Queen Elizabeth’s cousin

Question 10

why was Mary forced to flee

Answer 10

a Protestant rebellion in Scotland

Question 11

what year was Mary Queen of Scots imprisoned

Answer 11

1568

Question 12

why was Mary queen of scots a threat to Queen Elizabeth

Answer 12

strong claim to the throne
-Henry VIII great niece
-Mary had a son and heir: James
She was a catholic
Had powerful foreign supporters

Question 13

who urged Queen Elizabeth to execute Mary queen of Scots

Answer 13

the Privy Council

Question 14

which Catholic plot happened in 1583

Answer 14

Throckmorton plot

Question 15

what Catholic plot happened in 1586

Answer 15

Babington plot

Question 16

what happened in 1587

Answer 16

Execution of Mary queen of scots

Question 17

what was the idea of the Throckmorton plot

Answer 17

to invade England with the French and put Mary queen of scots on the throne

Question 18

what was the idea of the Babington plot

Answer 18

plotted with Philip of Spain and the French to invade England and put Mary queen of scots on the throne

Question 19

who uncovered the Throckmorton plot

Answer 19

Walsingham’s spies

Question 20

what did Babington use to try and communicate to Mary queen of scots

Answer 20

hiding coded letters in beer barrels

Question 21

what happened to Throckmorton after he was found out

Answer 21

executed

Question 22

when was the Spanish armada

Answer 22

in the 1580s

Question 23

why did England have a rivalry with Spain

Answer 23

1.Elizabeth refused to marry Phillip of Spain
2.English privateers stole gold from Spanish treasure ships
3.Phillip supports catholic plots against Elizabeth

Question 24

how many ships managed to land in England in Spanish Armada

Answer 24

none

Question 25

how many ships made it back to Spain

Answer 25

80

Question 26

what were the Spanish mistakes in the armada

Answer 26

the leader Duke of Medina Sidonia had no experience of sailing ang got sea sick

the armada was a weak late leaving armada vulnerable to attack

Question 27

what were the English strengths in the armada

Answer 27

the English used fireships to break the armadas crescent formation

the English used smaller ships that were more manoeuvrable than the spanish

Question 28

what did the weather do to help England during the Armada

Answer 28

the armada was pushed north by the wind so they were forced to return to Spain via Scotland and Ireland

Question 29

because of the wind how many ships were wrecked

Answer 29

40

Question 30

how many more armadas did Philip deploy in the 1590s

Answer 30

2