History: Elizabeth I Flashcards by Katherine Ho

What were the five main problems he faced as the new queen of England?

1) Religion
2) Marriage
3) Mary, Queen of Scots
4) Her appearance
5) starvation

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Expand in Religion and what was her solution to the problem?

• England suffered under Mary’s Catholic rule
• many people were outraged
• she wanted England to have a fair religion
Soultion: she created the middle way to please bother Catholics and a Protestants

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Expand in Marriage and what was her solution to the problem ?

• England desperately needs an heir to avoid war
• Henry VIII went through a lot of trouble trying to get one
Solution: she stayed single

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Expand in Mary, Queen of Scots and what was her solution to the problem?

• Mary was her cousin
• She was catholic
• she fled Scotland after the murder if her husband
• some people might support her claim to the throne
Solution: keep her imprisoned in England

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Expand in Her appearance and what was her solution to the problem ?

• as she got older, her hair went grey, her teeth tarted to rot and she had wrinkles on her forehead
• the strength of a country was judged by the beauty and good health if the Queen
Solution : she painted beautiful portraits of herself

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Expand in Starvation as what was her allusion to the problem?

• there were food shortages in he country
• there were a large number of people who were unemployed and begging on the street
• people were dying because of this
Solution: she passed extra laws against beggars to stop any trouble

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Who were the three people Elizabeth could marry?

1) King Phillip of Spain
2) King Charles of France
3) Robert Dudley

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What were the good and bad points of marrying King Phillip of Spain?

Good : 
• create alliance with Spain
• rich and powerful country
• he promised to spend more time who her than with Mary
Bad: 
• catholic
• he wants to rule England
• encouraged Mary to burn all Protestants

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What are the good and bad points if marrying King Charles of France?

Good: 
• create alliance with France
• second most powerful country 
• end wars with France 
The two countries are close together 
Bad: 
• catholic 
• English people might rebel because a French king is unpopular 
He wanted her  to visit him but his might cause rebellion whilst she's not in England

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What are the good and bad points of marrying Robert Dudley?

Good: 
• Protestant 
• worked as an advisor for Edward
• from a wealthy family
• he has experience in ruling a country
He loves Elizabeth
• people will respect and trust him 
Bad: 
•can't create alliance with other countries 
• he may have murdered his own wife to propose to her 
• her reputation would be brought down

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What are the good and bad points of not marrying at all?

Good:
• no wars would start with other countries
Bad:
• people might rebel
• can’t create alliance with any countries
• people might think she’s weak because he’s a women
• no heir to the throne

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What was her choice of marriage in the end?

She stayed single

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When was the Spanish Armada ?

1588

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What happened in 12th July?

Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada set sail

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What happened in 19th July?

Spanish Armada

English saw the Spanish arriving

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What happened in 21st July?

Spanish Armada

English ships chased the Spanish up the channel

What happened in 27th July?

Spanish Armada

Spanish anchored near Calais
English sent burning fire ships into Spanish ships
They panicked and sailed away

What happened in 28th July?

Spanish Armada

English attacked Spanish near grave lines

What happened in 29th July?

Spanish Armada

Spanish soldiers left the Netherlands

What happened in 30th July?

Spanish Armada

Spanish tried to sail done by going North around Scotland

What happened in August?

Spanish Armada

Many Spanish ships were wrecked due to the storms and bad weather

What happened in September?

Spanish Armada

Only half the Armada returned to Spain

How long did she rule England for? ( years )

1558-1603

What were the four problems or mistakes for Spanish?

they were already fighting a religious war
Phillip picked the wrong commander. Duke of Medina Sidonia, he was the richest man in Europe but he had no experience and he was forced to dirge job
they ignored an opportunity to attack when the tide was in the English Ships’ way
they were tightly packed in a crescent shape but if one boat turns, other boats would crash into each other

What were the skills and tactics for English?

• they had two commanders, Lord Howard and Sir Francis Drake •Lord Howard was Elizabeth's cousin and had no experience Sir Francis Drake had lots if experience and men loved him • they split their ships, they had to go West so they could get behind the Spanish but they had to fight against the wind to surprise them from the back • they fired canons continuously • they stayed away from the Spanish ships and sailed in single file • they set Spanish ships on fire and scared them

Who won the Spanish Armada?

England

What was Elizabeth's middle way?

1) Queen is supreme governed of the church in England 2) bishops must be controlled by the queen 3) people must have their own faith but only properly ordained priests can preach in church 4) the bread and wine don't change but the Christ is present in a spiritual way 5) a person should not pray to saints. There should be no statues of saints in churches but people can celebrate saints days 6) services and the bible should be in English 7) a person is saved by faith but a peeps in with faith will do work because it pleases god 8) churches must be kept in good repair and clean. They can be decorated. There can be music Priests should wear special robes 9) priests can marry but Elizabeth didn't really approve of married Priests

Date, age, reason, how powerful and message of Portrait 1

Date: 1546 Age: 13 Reason: sent as a presets to Edward to support his religious changes How powerful: not very, young and nervous, dresses up to look older Message : not going to plot against him, not to be associated with Mary( book, bible ), red hair is empathised

Date, age, reason, how powerful and message of Portrait 2

``` Date: 1558 Age: 25 Reason: her coronation How powerful: quite powerful, young Message: welathy( gold ), youth (pearls ), she's single ( hair down ) ```

Date, age, reason, how powerful and message of Portrait 3

``` Date: 1588 Age: 55 Reason: celebrate winning the Armada How powerful: strong, powerful, rich Message: jewelled globe➡️North America, commander( sits in galleon ) ```

Date, age, reason, how powerful and message portrait 4

Date: 1600 Age: 67 Reason: some unrest in the North began to see her as a week old women with no heir How powerful: powerful, rich, pretty, quite young Message: she sees( eyes ), •youth( pearls ), •peace ( rainbows ), •youth ( bridal hair ), •love for her people ( heart ), •knowledge ( angles wings ), •wisdom ( serpent ), • wisdom ( jewelled globe ), •provide food for her people ( headdress ), •everyone hears her ( ears ), men will fight for her ( jewelled glove )