History: Elizabeth I Flashcards
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
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
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
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
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
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
Who were the three people Elizabeth could marry?
1) King Phillip of Spain
2) King Charles of France
3) Robert Dudley
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
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
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
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
What was her choice of marriage in the end?
She stayed single
When was the Spanish Armada ?
1588
What happened in 12th July?
Spanish Armada
The Spanish Armada set sail
What happened in 19th July?
Spanish Armada
English saw the Spanish arriving
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 )
