Elizabethean Dates Flashcards
1
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1558
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- Elizabeth’s ascension to the throne
- France still at war with England
2
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1559
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- 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
3
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1560
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- Treaty of Edinburugh further reinforcing treaty of Cateau-Cambresis, nullifed threat of Scotland and France
4
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1565
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- Mary QoS married Earl of Darnley
5
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1567
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- Earl of Darnley murdered (Mary suspicious)
- Mary QoS forced to abdicate and imprisoned
6
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1568
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- 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
7
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1569
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- Revolt of the Northern Earls to restor catholicism
8
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1570
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- Pope excommunicates Elizabeth from the Catholic Church
9
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1571
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- Ridolfi plot to replace Elizabeth with Mary QoS
10
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1572
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- 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
11
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1573
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- Disastrous harvest followed by bad ones for next 4 years
12
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1576
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- Act for the Relief of the Poor - aimed to provide work and shelter for those geuinely in need
13
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1577
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- 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
14
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1580
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- Jesuit missionarries landed in England aiming to spread Catholicisim
- Drake Knighted Golden Hind - angered Prince Philip II
15
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1583
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- 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
16
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1584
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- Treaty of Joinvelle - Treaty between France and Spain 2 most powerful European nations against Protestantism
17
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1585
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- 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
18
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1586
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- 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
19
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1587
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- 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
20
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1588
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- Philip II launched Spanish Armada however DEFEATED!
- Elizbeth was over 50 years and still not married and still hasn’t named a succesor
