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History - All of Elizabeth I Flashcards

1
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System of sponsoring favourites by giving them land/ jobs-

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Patronage

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Extended household and social hub for Elizabethan England-

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Court

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Small group of advisors; met daily-

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Privy Council

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Brach of government made of 2 houses-

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Parliament

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House where MPs debated-

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House of Commons

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House of Nobles-

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House of Lords

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Next in line to the throne-

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Heir

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8
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When Elizabeth visits someone’s house-

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Progresses

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Elizabeth’s image is used to spread a certain message-

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Propaganda

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10
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Elizabeth’s power to deny any law-

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Royal Veto

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11
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Concept of a monarch chosen by God-

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Divine right

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12
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2 powers parliament has that Elizabeth needs them for-

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Pass laws & increase tax

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Name given to Elizabeth’s issues concerning an heir-

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Succession crisis

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Act passed twice by Henry to remove then reinstate Elizabeth’s right to the throne-

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Act of succession

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When Henry VIII broke from Rome it was called the….-

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Protestant Reformation

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16
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Main goods exported by England-

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Wool

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17
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Religious and economic allies on the continent-

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Netherlands

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18
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Religion of Spain and France-

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Catholic

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19
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1554 rebellion against Mary I-

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Wyatt’s rebellion

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20
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Elizabeth was locked up here twice-

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Tower of London

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21
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Social class whose power comes from wealth, not blood-

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Gentry

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22
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Act of fencing off land-

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Enclosure

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23
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Common leisure activity involving wild animals-

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Bear baiting

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24
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Strict social hierarchy of England-

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Great Chain of Being

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Term to describe the flourishing culture of England-

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Golden Age

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26
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Name a famous Elizabethan theatre (not the globe)-

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The theatre

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27
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Types of play before Elizabeth’s reign

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Miracle/ Religious plays

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Name given to the lower-class audience of plays-

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Groundlings

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29
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Common leisure activity outside of theatres-

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Cockfighting

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30
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Famous play which was Tudor propaganda-

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Richard III

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31
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Famous Elizabethan manor house-

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Hardwick Hall

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32
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Describes the huge building wave-

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The Re-building

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33
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Name 2 new materials used in building-

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Glass & stone

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34
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Shape manor houses are built in-

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E shape

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35
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Pipes leading out the roof which were linked to fireplaces inside the house-

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Chimneys

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36
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Movement that inspired Elizabethan architecture-

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Italian renaissance

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37
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Leather waistcoat which was worn by men-

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Jerkin

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38
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Padded shorts which men wore-

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Trunkhose

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39
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Worn by Elizabethan gentry around the neck-

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Ruff

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40
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White makeup was made of this poisonous substance-

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Lead

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41
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Set of laws limiting what certain classes can wear-

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Statutes of apparel

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42
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Elizabeth had many of these painted-

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Portraits

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43
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One method of impressing Elizabeth in court, often done to music-

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Dance

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44
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Category of poor who couldn’t work-

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Deserving poor

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45
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Category of poor who wouldn’t work-

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Idle poor

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46
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When the cost of goods goes up and wages go down-

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Inflation

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47
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Name for beggars-

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Vagabonds/Vagrants

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48
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Beggar who bit soap to foam at the mouth-

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Counterfeit crank

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49
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Beggar who would fake injuries-

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Clapperdugeon

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50
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Type of farming before enclosure-

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Arable (crop farming)

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51
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Tax to fund the poor-

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Poor rate

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52
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A person appointed to pass local laws surrounding the poor-

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Overseers of the poor

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53
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Largest city in England-

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London

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54
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Set up by Poor laws to punish those who wouldn’t work-

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Correction houses

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55
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Set up by Poor laws for those who wanted to work-

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Workhouses

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56
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Set up by Poor laws for those who couldn’t work-

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Alms houses

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57
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Offered to orphans-

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Apprenticeships

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58
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Violent punishment for the poor-

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Whipping

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59
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When gold is removed from coins-

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Debasement

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60
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Setting a value for coins-

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Coinage

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61
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Resetting the value for coins-

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Re-coinage

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62
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Unfair rent pricing-

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Rack renting

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63
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Navigation device that used stars-

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Astrolabe

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64
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Navigation device that used magnets-

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Compass

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65
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New invention, helped with printing-

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Printing press

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66
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Triangular sails for boats-

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Lateen

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67
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To sail around the entire globe-

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Circumnavigate

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68
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Name for an Elizabethan ‘sea dog’ or ‘pirate’-

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Privateer/ explorer

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69
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Name given to a land/county taken for another country’s benefit-

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Colony

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70
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Name of Drake’s famous ship-

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Golden hind

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71
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BEIC full form-

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British East India Company

72
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Elizabeth’s religious policy-

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Middle way

73
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Law that made Elizabeth Supreme Governor-

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Act of Supremacy

74
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Law that enforced Protestantism-

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Act of Uniformity

75
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Extreme protestant-

76
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Catholic priests-

77
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Head of the Catholic Church-

78
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Catholic belief about bread and wine-

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Transubstantiation

79
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Latin word for the ceremony above-

80
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Puritan practice of debating the Bible’s meaning (banned by lizzy)-

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Prophesying

81
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Owned by Puritans but destroyed in 1572-

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Printing presses

82
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3 Religious terms all churchmen had to accept-

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3 articles

83
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Part of the church’s episcopal structure-

84
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A law passed allowing rebellions to be punished by death-

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Treason Act

85
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Law so that Catholics could not travel more than X miles from their house-

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5 Mile Act

86
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Large Spanish ships-

87
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Long-range English cannons-

88
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Drake’s famous tactic-

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Fire ships

89
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Location of the naval battle during the armada-

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Gravelines

90
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Lit by the English to warn Drake and Howard about armada’s arrival-

91
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When someone has complete control over the sale of a product-

92
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Year Elizabeth’s born-

93
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Year Elizabeth’s mother Anne Bolyn died-

94
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Edward ascends the throne -

95
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Edward dies -> Lady Jane Grey -> Mary ascends the throne-

96
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Wyatts Rebellion-

97
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Year Elizabeth comes to the throne-

98
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Year of Elizabeth’s coronation-

99
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Act of Supremacy & Uniformity-

100
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Elizabeth gets smallpox and nearly dies-

101
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Northern Rebellion & Mary QoS arrives in England-

102
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Elizabeth is excommunicated-

103
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Treason Act & Ridolfi plot-

104
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Statues of apparel passed-

105
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Francis Drake’s voyage starts and ends (give 2 years)-

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1577 to 1580

106
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Whitgift appointed-

107
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Treaty of Nonsuch-

108
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Treaty of Joinville

109
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Mary QoS executed-

110
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Spanish Armada-

111
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Decade of bad harvests/poverty crisis escalation-

112
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First poor law-

113
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Year globe theatre is built-

114
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Year BEIC is formed-

115
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Amended poor law

116
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Year of Elizabeth’s death-

117
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Year of Nothern Rebellion

118
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Ridolfi Plot

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Throckmorton Plot

120
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Babington Plot-

121
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Essex Rebellion

122
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singening of kings beard

123
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St Bartholemews Massacare

124
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Spansish Ambassador expelled from England

125
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Battle Of Gravelines

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August 8 1588

126
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Earl of Leicester, Elizabeth’s favourite-

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Robert Dudley

127
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Spy master-

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Francis Walsingham

128
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Secretary of State-

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Willian Cecil

129
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King of Spain-

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King Phillip II

130
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Elizabeth’s cousin and successor to the English throne-

131
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Suitor from a weak Scandinavian Protestant Country-

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Eric Price of Sweden

132
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Earl of Essex, rebellion in 1601-

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Robert Devereux

133
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Elizabeth’s little frog-

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Francis Duke of Anjou

134
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Dancing privy councillor-

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Christopher Hatton

135
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Elizabeth’s abusive uncle-

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Thomas Seymour

136
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Henry’s 4th wife, ensured Elizabeth’s influence in court-

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Catherine Parr

137
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Elizabeth’s mother, executed-

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Anne Bolynn

138
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Elizabeth’s younger brother died of tuberculosis-

139
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Elizabeths older sister-

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Mary 1 (bloody Mary)

140
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Austrian suitor-

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Archduke Charles

141
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Cambridge scholar, taught Elizabeth-

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Roger Ascham

142
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‘El Draque’-

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Francis Drake

143
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Established Virginia-

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Walter Raleigh

144
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Drake’s cousin, pioneered the slave trade-

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John Hawkins

145
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Founding member of the BEIC-

146
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Found fool’s gold-

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Martin Forbisher

147
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Most famous playwright-

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Shakespeare

148
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Wrote Dr Faustus-

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Christopher Marlowe

149
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Wrote ‘Book of Martyrs’-

150
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Wrote ‘Faerie Queene’

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Edmund Spencer

151
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Specialised in creating miniatures-

152
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Famous musician-

153
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Published the book ‘Warning against vagabonds’-

154
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Archbishop of Canterbury after parker

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Edmund Grindle

155
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Replacement Archbishop-

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John Whittgift

156
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Puritan Pamphleteer, hand chopped off-

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John Stubbs

157
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Jesuit priest executed for treason-

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Edmund Campion

158
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Elizabeth’s royal cousin, involved in plots against her-

159
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Rebellious Italian banker-

160
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Rebel who organised final serious Catholic rebellion-

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Babbington

161
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Elizabeth’s Catholic cousin executed for involvement in two plots-

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Duke of Norfolk

162
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Name 2 earls in the Northern Rebellion-

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Westmoreland & Northumberland

163
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English Navy commander-

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Lord Howard

164
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Spanish seasick commander-

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Duke of Medina Sedonia

165
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Spanish army general-

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Duke of Parma

166
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Advisor to Elizabeth at the end of her reign-

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Robert Cecil

167
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Catholic IRISH Earl-

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Earl of Tyrone

168
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When was the book of Martyrs published and by who

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1563 by John Foxe

169
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when was the Faerie Queene published and by who?

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1590 Edmund Spence

170
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When was the law passed when all actors must be licensed and all actors are vagabonds?

171
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Act on Husbandry and Tillages

172
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population growth between 1550 - 1600

173
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Act for putting the poor on work

174
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Poor laws

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1597 + 1601 poor rate

175
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Three Acrticles

176
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Act against seditious sectaries

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