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section 3 Flashcards

1
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who were jesuits

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catholic priests who were specially trained to convert people back to Catholicism

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when did jesuits begin to arrive in england

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1580s

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3
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where did jesuits train

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special seminaries in catholic countries

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4
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who was the leader of jesuits in england

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Edmund Campion

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5
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who hid jesuits and where

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hidden by wealthy Catholics in secret priest holes

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how many jesuits hid

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around 100

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who was Francis walsingham

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privy councillor who developed an effective spy network

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what was walsingham’s spy network

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hundreds of agents tracked down jesuits and catholic plotters and priest hunters caught catholic priests

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9
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what happened to Campion

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in 1581 he was captured by Walsingham’s agents
hanged drawn and quartered

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10
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who was mary queen of scots in relation to Elizabeth

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her catholic cousin

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why did Mary leave scotland

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forced to flee from a protestant rebellion

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from when had Mary been in prison in england

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1568

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13
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why did people believe Mary’s claim to the throne was strong

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she had a son and heir : James

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14
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how was Mary a threat of catholic rebellion

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She was next in line to the throne and it encouraged catholics to rebel/ plot assassination

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who were Marys foreign supporters

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Philip of Spain, the French, the Pope

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16
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why did Elizabeth refuse to execute Mary

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her cousin, did not want to execute a fellow queen

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17
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who was Throckmorton

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a young catholic noble who plotted to invade england and put mary on the throne

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who supported the throckmorton plot

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Philip of Spain and the pope

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19
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when was the throckmorton plot

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1583

20
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what happened to throckmorton

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walsingham’s spies uncovered the plot, he was tortured and executed

21
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who was Babington

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a young catholic noble who plotted to invade and put mary on the throne

22
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who did Babington plot with?

A

Philip of Spain and the french

23
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when was the babington plot

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1586

24
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how did babington communicate with mary

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hiding coded letters in beer barrels that went into mary’s prison

25
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what did walsingham do about the babington plot

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discovered the system and waited until he had proof of marys involvement

26
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when was mary of scots executed

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1587

27
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why did elizabeth sign mary’s death warrent

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Cecil and Walsingham manipulated her into signing it

28
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how was Mary queen of scots killed

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beheaded

29
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Elizabeths reaction to Marys execution

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furious and refused to talk to Cecil for a year

30
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when did an anglo spanish war break out

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1580s

31
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when was the spanish armada

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1588

32
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who did elizabeth refuse to marry at the start of her reign

A

Philip of spain

33
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who stole gold from spanish treasure ships

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English privateers such as Francis Drake- Elizabeth knighted Drake

34
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how many soldiers did elizabeth send to the netherlands

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7000

35
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when did Elizabeth send soldiers to the Netherlands

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1585

36
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why did Elizabeth send soldiers to the Netherlands

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to support protestant rebels fighting Philip of Spain’s army

37
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What was the Spanish armada

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Philip’s invasion fleet on 130 ships

38
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What was the plan for the Armada

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to sail to the Netherlands, pick up 20,000 spanish soldiers, invade England and reintroduce Catholicism

39
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how many ships made it back to spain

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80

40
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who was the leader of the Armada

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Duke of Medina Sidonia

41
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what was the problem with the leader of the Armada

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he had no experience sailing and got sea sick

42
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how late were the spanish army and why was this bad

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a week late leaving the armada vulnerable to attack

43
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what did the english use to break the Armada’s crescent formation

A

fireships

44
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why were english ships better

A

smaller and more manoeuvrable

45
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what happened to the Armada

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driven north by a storm and forced to return to spain via scotland and ireland, over 40 ships shipwrecked

46
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what happened to other armadas Philip sent

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two more armadas sent in the 1590s but both wrecked by a storm

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