How did certain events impact her?

Question 1

How did the execution of her mother impact her?

Answer 1

-dispassionate and determined to win her fathers public support->she wanted to gain his favour

Question 2

How did the birth of Edward impact her?

Answer 2

-affectionate towards her brother but cautious in her dealings with him->she’d want to be in favour of him and wouldn’t want to go against her family

Question 3

How did the care of a governess impact her?

Answer 3

-loyal to her servants due to being cut off from normal family ties

Question 4

What was Elizabeth’s education in classics like?

Answer 4

-highly literate and articulate and able to deal with foreign ambassadors

Question 5

What was her clothing like?

Answer 5

-very thrifty and economic and keep to find new ways of making and saving money (she didn’t build any castles during her reign)

Question 6

What was Catherine Parr’s influence?

Answer 6

-open minded but more likely to have Protestant rather than Catholic sympathies->a lot of changes in religious so was used to both religions
-she’s Protestant but has Catholic sympathies

Question 7

How did her ‘affair’ with Thomas Seymour impact her?

Answer 7

-detached and determined to avoid future scandal->she didn’t want to be seen as problematic

Question 8

How did Mary I’s Catholic Accession impact her?

Answer 8

-she was clever->attended Mass kept her in Mary’s good books->she knew Mary was weary of her influence over people so tried to avoid causing issues (eg Wyatt’s rebellion)

Question 9

How did Wyatt’s rebellion and TL impact her?

Answer 9

-courageous, cool and determined to survive at whatever costs
-could have feared her freedom

Question 10

How did her Accession in 1558 impact her?

Answer 10

-cautious, calculating, unwilling to display her emotions and was aware of the ‘right’ image->she had seen Edward and Mary’s reigns and the issues they faced and didn’t want to repeat them