LAST PUSH U CAN DO IT

Question 1

when did the privy council discuss marriage?

Answer 1

1567: archduke charles
1579-81: Duke of Alencon

Question 2

who enacted Mary’s death warrant?

Answer 2

general secretary william davison

Question 3

what went on in Ireland under Mary (before Essex)?

Answer 3

• 1595 rebellion under Tyrone who had made Spanish links
• 1598 battle of yellowford
• Essex makes truce

Question 4

what are the dates parliament raises the issue of marriage?

Answer 4

1563: when she had smallpox
1566: raised it again

Question 5

when did parliament discuss MQS?

Answer 5

1572: debated the issue
1587: pressured for death warrant

Question 6

what happened with monopolies under Elizabeth?

Answer 6

• she was selling them too fast creating decline of value and inflation
• parliament successfully had them cancelled in 1601

Question 7

system of local control under Elizabeth?

Answer 7

• 50 JPs per county
• 1564 survey found only half to be enacting religious settlement
• had greater powers e.g. poverty laws
• system of Lord Lieutenants in counties, deputies made 1560

Question 8

overview of foreign policy from 1557-68

Answer 8

• Scotland (marie, edinburgh)
• France (wars of religion, Le Havre, Troyes)
• Netherlands (Alba arrives… what else)
• New World (hawkins, Mexico)

Question 9

overview of foreign policy 1568-72

Answer 9

• 1568 bullion incident
• subsequent trade embargo
• ridolfi plot 1571
• treaty of blois 1572
• bristol/nijmegen

Question 10

overview of foreign policy 1572-84?

Answer 10

1572: bartholomew, sea beggars hold flushing
1573: close channel to spanish ships
1576: spanish fury (£100,000)
1577: Casimir mercenary force and circumnavigation
1579: Parma, Alencon
1580: £100,000 to revive, Portugal
1583: Philip builds large navy
1584: William of OJ assassinated

Question 11

overview of foreign policy from 1584-1603?

Answer 11

1585: treaty of nonsuch (7000 troops), Drake in the Azores £140,000
1587: Drake to Cadiz, sinks 30 ships
1588: the Armada
1596: counter-attack- 47 ships and 80,000 men sink 50 ships, capture another worth 12 million ducats
1596-8: subsequent armadas scattered by storms and fail to land in Ireland

Question 12

what were the aims from 1557-1568?

Answer 12

prevent hostile powers building up around England and protect the cloth trade

Question 13

what were aims from 1567-72

Answer 13

interfere and annoy the Spanish as all war is no an option

Question 14

what were aims from 1572-84?

Answer 14

most importantly avoid war with Spain as she could not afford it - a mostly defensive policy