Key dates

Question 1

Elizabeth is crowned Queen of England at age 25

Answer 1

1558

Question 2

Elizabeth’s religious settlement

Answer 2

1559

Question 3

The Northern Rebellion

Answer 3

1569

Question 4

Norwich authorities conduct first surgery of the poor, model for Poor Law

Answer 4

1570

Question 5

The Pope issues the Regnans in Excelsis - which excommunicates Elizabeth from the Catholic Church

Answer 5

1570

Question 6

The Ridolfi Plot

Answer 6

1571

Question 7

Jesuit priests begin to arrive in England from Europe

Answer 7

1580

Question 8

Sir Francis Drake completes the first circumnavigation of the globe

Answer 8

1580

Question 9

Elizabeth sends troops to the Netherlands to support Dutch Protestant rebels

Answer 9

1585

Question 10

John Whitgift appointed Archbishop of Canterbury and cracks down on Puritanism

Answer 10

1583

Question 11

The Babington Plot is discovered, leading to the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots

Answer 11

1586

Question 12

Roanoke colony is established in North America

Answer 12

1587

Question 13

Mary, Queen of Scots is executed

Answer 13

1587

Question 14

The Spanish Armada

Answer 14

1588

Question 15

First of several bad harvests leads to food shortages; many country people move to towns

Answer 15

1590

Question 16

Opening of the Globe Theatre

Answer 16

1599

Question 17

Establishment of the East India Company

Answer 17

1600

Question 18

Essex’s rebellion

Answer 18

1601

Question 19

Poor Law introduced

Answer 19

1601

Question 20

Elizabeth I dies and is succeeded by James I

Answer 20

1603