Government

Question 1

Privy Council

Answer 1

-increased the size and included more catholics
-became increasingly important
-Mary did not consult her privy council over her marriage

Question 2

When was heresy laws restored

Answer 2

1554 by the Act of repeal- denying the papal supremacy was a heresy punishable by death

Question 3

Persecution

Answer 3

• Mary persecuted Protestants-284
  -Cranmer arrested
  -Protestants who were burned at the stake soon became martyrs

Question 4

Relations with Parliament

Answer 4

1555- Parliament Marys bill to seize the property of Protestant exiles who had fled abroad
-Parliament wouldnt agree to restore lands taken in the dissolution of monastried
-Cooperated with her

Question 5

The marriage issue

Answer 5

• phillip II of spain- Phillip would become the effective King of England- was feared that he would subordinate Englands interests to Spains

Question 6

Marriage treaty

Answer 6

1554- Parliament limited his power
- No sovereign authority
-Any heir born would inherit England and the Netherlands but not Spain
-England would help the Netherlands if they were invaded by France
-No claim to the throne if Mary died without children

Question 7

Unpopularity of the marriage

Answer 7

• political convenience, not love, Phillip spent little time in England
  1554- Parliament rejected a proposed law that would have included him alongside Mary with regard to treason
  -1555- Parliament prevented Phillips coronation as King

Question 8

Heir issue

Answer 8

• Mary was 37 when she came to the throne
• Had phantom pregancies
• Without an heir Elizabeth would become the next monarch- unacceptable to Mary

Question 9

Why did Mary not want Elizabeth to be the next monarch?

Answer 9

• Elizabeth was Protestant
  -Anne Boleyn caused Henry to divorce her mother