How serious were the problems Elizabeth faced in the period after 1588?

Question 1

What are the 4 themes in the question ‘How serious were the problems Elizabeth faced in the period after 1588’?

Answer 1

• Economic and social problems
• Parliament (Monopolies/Funding)
• War w/Spain + Tyrone Rebellion
• Declining popularity

Question 2

1. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS

Answer 2

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS

Question 3

When were there poor harvests?

Answer 3

1594 to 1598

Question 4

In what years was every town affected by plague?

Answer 4

1596 and 1597

Question 5

How much did the death rate increase by from 1595 to 1597?

Answer 5

50%

Question 6

What increased towards the end of Elizabeth’s reign?

Answer 6

Vagrancy

Question 7

What happened after 1598?

Answer 7

Harvests improved

Question 8

2. PARLIAMENT

Answer 8

PARLIAMENT

Question 9

What did Parliament want concessions in regards to?

Answer 9

Monopolies

Question 10

What did QE’s granting of monopolies led to?

Answer 10

Rising prices

Question 11

Who accused people of ‘abusing’ monopolies in the 1597 Parliament?

Answer 11

Robert Wingfield MP

Question 12

Who drew up a list of monopolies for Robert Cecil and told them that they should be cancelled?

Answer 12

The Lord Treasurer, Lord Buckhurst

Question 13

What were monopoly holders referred to as in the 1601 Parliament?

Answer 13

‘Bloodsuckers’

Question 14

What was thrust into QE’s hand in 1601?

Answer 14

A petition to end monopolies

Question 15

What was the 2nd method Parliament considered to end monopolies?

Answer 15

A bill to end monopolies

Question 16

What speech did Elizabeth give in 1601 which ended the issue of monopolies?

Answer 16

The Golden Speech

Question 17

3. WAR WITH SPAIN + TYRONE REBELLION

Answer 17

WAR WITH SPAIN + TYRONE REBELLION

Question 18

When was the Spanish Armada?

Answer 18

August 1588

Question 19

How much did the war with Spain cost?

Answer 19

£4.5 million

Question 20

When did Hugh O’Neill swear allegiance to Philip?

Answer 20

1596

Question 21

What battle did England lose in 1598, in which 1500 were killed?

Answer 21

Battle of Yellowford

Question 22

How much did fighting Tyrone’s Rebellion cost?

Answer 22

£2 million

Question 23

How did Essex undermine Elizabeth?

Answer 23

He negotiated a peace treaty without QE’s permission and returned to England

Question 24

Where did Spanish troops land in 1601?

Answer 24

Kinsale

Question 25

When did Spanish troops in Ireland surrender?

Answer 25

1602

Question 26

When was Tyrone’s Rebellion defeated?

Answer 26

Days after QE’s death

Question 27

4. DECLINING POPULARITY

Answer 27

DECLINING POPULARITY

Question 28

What was QE described as towards the end of her reign?

Answer 28

‘Old and ill’

Question 29

Why was QE mocked?

Answer 29

She wore a bright red wig

Question 30

How was QE still able to charm foreign ambassadors?

Answer 30

She spoke fluent Latin

Question 31

How did the 1601 Parliament end?

Answer 31

With a flurry praise of her graciousness