Elizabethean Dates

Question 1

1558

Answer 1

• Elizabeth’s ascension to the throne
• France still at war with England

Question 2

1559

Answer 2

• Religious Settlement passed which included Act of Suprmeacy, Act of Uniformity and Royal Injunction
• Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis, peace treaty between England and France in which England gave up Calais

Question 3

1560

Answer 3

• Treaty of Edinburugh further reinforcing treaty of Cateau-Cambresis, nullifed threat of Scotland and France

Question 4

1565

Answer 4

• Mary QoS married Earl of Darnley

Question 5

1567

Answer 5

• Earl of Darnley murdered (Mary suspicious)
• Mary QoS forced to abdicate and imprisoned

Question 6

1568

Answer 6

• Mary QoS escaped imprisonment and arrived in England
• John Hawkins’ ships attacked by Spanish in West Indes when traveling to sell African slaves. In retaliation English seized Spanish Ballion in the English channel

Question 7

1569

Answer 7

• Revolt of the Northern Earls to restor catholicism

Question 8

1570

Answer 8

• Pope excommunicates Elizabeth from the Catholic Church

Question 9

1571

Answer 9

• Ridolfi plot to replace Elizabeth with Mary QoS

Question 10

1572

Answer 10

• Revolt of the Netherlands - Dutch rebel against the spanish occupation
• Vagabond Act - ordered Local JP’s to keep registers of poor and raise a poor rate to provide shelter and practically making it illegal to be a vagabond

Question 11

1573

Answer 11

• Disastrous harvest followed by bad ones for next 4 years

Question 12

1576

Answer 12

• Act for the Relief of the Poor - aimed to provide work and shelter for those geuinely in need

Question 13

1577

Answer 13

• Francis Drake succesfully attacked Spanish Central America and completed a voyage around the world in 3 years
• Opening of the first theatre in London - The Curtain

Question 14

1580

Answer 14

• Jesuit missionarries landed in England aiming to spread Catholicisim
• Drake Knighted Golden Hind - angered Prince Philip II

Question 15

1583

Answer 15

• Throckmorton Plot - planned for French catholic forces to attack England (funded by Spain and the Pope) to free Mary QoS and start a catholic uprising

Question 16

1584

Answer 16

• Treaty of Joinvelle - Treaty between France and Spain 2 most powerful European nations against Protestantism

Question 17

1585

Answer 17

• Treaty of Nonsuch - Elizabeth committed to support the dutch rebels
• Parliament passed tougher laws against Catholic Priests
• Walter Raleigh established first colony in North America - Virginia

Question 18

1586

Answer 18

• Babington Plot - Mary QoS approved assaination of Elizabeth. Failed! Uncovered by Walsingham, intercepted letters written in code sent in barrels to Mary
• Treaty of Berwick - Between Sctoland and England, allowed Elizabeth to focus on developing events in the Netherlands without worrying about northern border aka Scotland
• Surviving colonists abondoned Virginia

Question 19

1587

Answer 19

• Execution of Mary QoS - other plotters eg. Babington were hanged, drawn and quatered
• Singeing of the King’s Beard - Drake led an attack on Cadiz and destoyed 24 ships being prepared to invade England which gave England more time to prepare
• Opening of Rose Theatre - Christopher Marlowe’s “Doctor Fastaus” became a great hit

Question 20

1588

Answer 20

• Philip II launched Spanish Armada however DEFEATED!
• Elizbeth was over 50 years and still not married and still hasn’t named a succesor