Historical opinions Elizabeth

Question 1

Parliament: the new ministers

Answer 1

Mediocrities - smith

Question 2

1601 parliament was…

Answer 2

The most fastidious of all Elizabeth reign - guy

Question 3

30-15 years

Answer 3

30 years illusion, 15 disillusion - Haigh

Question 4

The mid 1590s….

Answer 4

Witnessed turmoil created by rising prices, bad harvests, and outbreaks of plague and influenza - Guy

Question 5

Negative view on Elizabeths government

Answer 5

Didn’t resolve problems, just avoided them and lived long enough for some of them to go away - Haigh

Question 6

Taxation

Answer 6

The poor man payer as much as the rich - Palliser

Question 7

Catholic exaggeration…

Answer 7

Cecil may have exaggerated the catholic threat to scare Elizabeth into executing Mary - Guy

Question 8

Catholics in the 1580s…

Answer 8

There was an average of 4 Jesuits and 120 seminary, however their influence was great - Bossy

Question 9

Catholicism reduction

Answer 9

On the accession of Elizabeth the majority were catholic in belief
By the end of the reign it shrunk to 1-2% - Dorran

Question 10

The treaty of bois…

Answer 10

A defence leave against Spain - Guy

Question 11

Failure of foreign policy

Answer 11

Inconsistent and unsuccessful

Encouraged French intervention by alienating the Spanish and helping the Dutch - Wilson

Question 12

Success of foreign policy

Answer 12

Consistent and ultimately successful based on fear of France and Spain - Wernham