Problems With A Female Ruler

Question 1

What’s one foreign policy that includes King Philip ii ?

Answer 1

Philip 2 was a devout Catholic and saw eliz as a heretic who should not be in the throne

Question 2

Foreign policy: Ireland

Answer 2

Was mostly Catholic which could be used as a launch base for an invasion on england

Question 3

Foreign policy: countries

Answer 3

Catholic countries like Spain and France wanted to influence England and had support from the pope. Threat of invasion real

Question 4

Foreign policy: Ireland problem

Answer 4

Eliz only influenced “The Pale” and area around Dublin and in 1559 faced a major revolt in Ireland

Question 5

Marriage: alliance

Answer 5

could create alliance with another powerful country and produce an heir to carry on the Tudor line

Question 6

Marriage: inequality

Answer 6

eliz losing power to husband and conflict in England between Catholics & Protestants

Question 7

Marriage: advantage

Answer 7

elis could use possibilty of marriage when dealing with foreign rulers

Question 8

Marriage: Phillip II

Answer 8

He hoped to marry eliz but he was Catholic and he married Mary I beforehand and he could invade if eliz refused

Question 9

Marriage: Parliament’s opinion (date too)

Answer 9

P and Privy council wanted eliz to mary. in 1571 she accused Parliament on interfering in her personal affairs

Question 10

Succession: When/what was the problem when eliz got smallpox

Answer 10

1562
doc told cecil she wouldn’t survive, issue of succession could cause crisis

Question 11

Succession: solution to succession

Answer 11

James I of scotland had double strong clain to throne with mother and father

Question 12

Succession: children problem

Answer 12

Eliz had none- MQS did and had the strongest claim to throne and Catholic

Question 13

Succession: date/name of Mp who got imprisoned and why

Answer 13

1593 Peter Wentworth wanted eliz to name successor- imprisoned and died in tower of london 1597

Question 14

Parliament: what changed

Answer 14

*Parliament became more educated, demanding and powerful.
*this meant they had more say in how the country was run
Eg Strickland wanted to replace the Prayer book

Question 15

Parliament: debt

Answer 15

eliz would ask P for more taxes (subsidies)
couldn’t pay for full-time army

Question 16

Parliament: what they did

Answer 16

give support, advice, issues that were not meant to be discussed (personal affairs,religion,foreign policy)