Julius Caesar Pre test Flashcards
What century and society was it i the beginning of Elizabethan England?
16th century, agriculture
There was a struggle for…
Survival
Majority of population lived where
The South
Approximately 12000 people lived where
in London
Population during Elizabeth’s reign ____ by 1 million
Increased
Inside: no _____ or _____, lit by _____.
Running water, drainage, candles
Poorer people lived and cooked where
One single room (and slept above)
What plague killed 17000 in London
The Bubonic Plague
People traveled by
Horseback or boat
Major industry: ____ explored as ____ to Europe
Wool, cloth
Queen Elizabeth I was the daughter of _________ 2nd marriage to _____
King Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn
Knows as the _______ b/c she never married
Virgin Queen
Liked the consummate _____ of being Queen and didn’t want to share.
Power
Born in
1553
Mother was expected, Elizabeth declared illegitimate and banished from the court, later befriends who
Catherine Parr, Henry VI’s 6th wife
How old was Elizabeth when she became queen and what year was it?
25, 1558
Since she was ill-prepared for the enormity of the task which lay ahead, she had to maintain a …
Politically low profile
Her greatest talent was her unerring ability to
Choose and inspire capable men to govern her kingdom
What were powerful neighboring countries threatening?
Invasion
What tore at the very hearts and should of Elizabeth’s subjects?
Conflicting old and new religious ideologies
Who was England at war with, who were they allied with?
France, Scotland
Who broke with Rome, dissolved all monasteries, and established the Church of England
King Henry VIII
