the importance of mary queen of scots

Question 1

when was the Ridofli plot?

Answer 1

1571

Question 2

when was the revolt of the northern earls?

Answer 2

1569

Question 3

when was the throckmorton plot?

Answer 3

1583

Question 4

when was the babington plot?

Answer 4

1586

Question 5

what was mary’s involvement in the revolt of the northern earls?

Answer 5

Mary planned to marry the Duke of Norfolk

Question 6

Who did Mary use to carry messages to the Pope and Phillip 11 of Spain? ( in the Ridfolfi plot)

Answer 6

Roberto ridolfi

Question 7

who did Mary ask to organize the invasion of England? (during the ridolfi plot)

Answer 7

Phillip 11 of Spain and the Pope

Question 8

when was Elizabeth excommunicated?

Answer 8

1570

Question 9

what did Elizabeth’s excommunication leave her vulnerable to ?

Answer 9

assassination

Question 10

in 1571, what did Elizabeth resist?

Answer 10

resisted parliaments demands to execute Mary as she didn’t see her as a severe threat.

Question 11

why did Phillip launched the Spanish armada ? ( 2 main reasons )

Answer 11

1. political and religious rivalry
2. commercial rivalry

Question 12

what was the plan for the babington plot ?

Answer 12

plotters sought to free Mary and restore Catholicism.

Question 13

how was Mary implicated in the Babington plot?

Answer 13

letters written by Mary were found by Elizabeth’s spies

Question 14

When Mary was implicated within the babington plot, she was _______ __ ________

Answer 14

put on trial

Question 15

letters to and from Mary were intercepted and decoded by ………..

Answer 15

Walsingham

Question 16

When was Mary executed?

Answer 16

1587

Question 17

After the babington plot, parliament became concerned about the growing ____________threat from Spain and France

Answer 17

catholic

Question 18

what did Mary use Throckmorton as during 1583?

Answer 18

an intermediary to contact the Spanish

Question 19

during 1583, there was __________ evidence to execute Mary

Answer 19

insufficient

Question 20

________ and _______ money was used to back up a French invasion of England to put Mary on the throne, in 1583.

Answer 20

Spanish and papal

Question 21

Describe the 1st political and religious rivalry of Phillip the 11, causing him to be angered by Elizabeth?

Answer 21

Elizabeth refused to marry Phillip and he therefore resented her

Question 22

Describe the 2nd political and religious rivalry of Phillip the 11, causing him to be angered by Elizabeth?

Answer 22

Phillip detested Elizabeth’s religious settlement and wanted to restore Catholicism

Question 23

Describe the 3rd political and religious rivalry of Phillip the 11, causing him to be angered by Elizabeth?

Answer 23

Elizabeth supported French Protestants, which angered him more

Question 24

Describe the 4th and final political and religious rivalry of Phillip the 11, causing him to be angered by Elizabeth?

Answer 24

Measures against Catholics in England ( Elizabeth’s mass murder ) after 1570 convinced Phillip that the virgin queen had to go.

Question 25

Describe the 1st commercial rivalry of Phillip the 11, causing him to be angered by Elizabeth?

Answer 25

English trades began illegal commerce with Spanish settlers in the New World and also began to attack the Spanish port.

Question 26

Describe the 2nd commercial rivalry of Phillip the 11, causing him to be angered by Elizabeth?

Answer 26

Hawkins and Francis Drake attacked Spanish ships

Question 27

Describe the 3rd and final commercial rivalry of Phillip the 11, causing him to be angered by Elizabeth?

Answer 27

Sir Francis Drake’s circumnavigation caused more conflicts