Troubles at Home and Abroad

Question 1

What are Puritans?

Answer 1

extremist protestants

Question 2

Why was there an uprising of Puritans during Elizabeth’s reign?

Answer 2

previously lived in exile during Mary I’s reign

Question 3

Who are Presbyterians?

Answer 3

puritans who questioned the religious settlement

Question 4

Who was Thomas Cartwright?

Answer 4

-Calvinist
-called for abolition of bishops

Question 5

What title did Edmund Grindal have?

Answer 5

Archbishop of Canterbury

Question 6

What did Edmund Grindal encourage?

Answer 6

Prophesying

Question 7

How did Elizabeth punish Edmund Grindal for encouraging Prophesying?

Answer 7

suspended him as Archbishop

Question 8

What happened to leader of a separatist church in 1593?

Answer 8

both leaders were hanged

Question 9

What were the Three Articles?

Answer 9

1583 - repression of Puritanism

Question 10

What was the Act of Uniformity (1559)?

Answer 10

making Protestantism England’s official faith

Question 11

What was the Papal Bull 1570?

Answer 11

Queen was excommunicated from the Church by the Pope

Question 12

Give 2 plots against Elizabeth

Answer 12

-Northern rebellion 1569
-Babington plot 1586

Question 13

Why was Edmund Campion murdered?

Answer 13

Catholic who was believed to be plotting against Elizabeth

Question 14

What Catholic items were made illegal in 1571?

Answer 14

rosary beads

Question 15

How much were recusancy fines in 1581?

Answer 15

£20

Question 16

What was the ‘statute of confinement’ in 1593?

Answer 16

Catholics could not travel more than 5 miles from home without permission from the authorities

Question 17

Why did plots and rebellions fail?

Answer 17

-spies (Sir Francis Walsingham)
-punishment (execution, Mary, Essex)
-religion (Middle Way kept most happy)

Question 18

What year was Mary Queen of Scots put under house arrest?

Answer 18

1568

Question 19

What year was the Babington plot?

Answer 19

1586

Question 20

When was Mary Queen of Scots executed?

Answer 20

February 1587

Question 21

How was Mary Queen of Scots executed?

Answer 21

in private

Question 22

Mary Queen of Scots was a Martyr to her faith. What does that mean?

Answer 22

she died for her faith

Question 23

Why did England have conflict with Spain?

Answer 23

-pirates (Drake)
-Netherlands
-religion
-Phillip II (proposed to Elizabeth)

Question 24

Why did England have conflict with Spain: Netherlands

Answer 24

-revolt against Spanish rule
-Robert Dudley and 7000 sailors supported

Question 25

What technology was used in naval warfare?

Answer 25

-lateen -astrolabe -cannons

Question 26

What year was the Spanish Armada?

Answer 26

1588

Question 27

Why did England have conflict with Spain: religion

Answer 27

-Papal Bull -Protestant vs Catholic

Question 28

How many ships did the Spanish start with in the Armada?

Answer 28

151 ships

Question 29

How many ships returned to Spain after the Armada?

Answer 29

65 ships

Question 30

What formation did the Spanish boats use?

Answer 30

crescent formation

Question 31

What were the English strengths that help them defeat the Armada?

Answer 31

-smaller, manoeuvrable ships -Drake and Howard were skilled sailors -Hell Burners (fires ships) broke Spanish formation

Question 32

What were the Spanish weaknesses that made them lose the Armada?

Answer 32

-inexperienced commander and crew -weak ships -bad luck with the storm

Question 33

Who was Spain's commander in the Spanish Armada?

Answer 33

Medina Sedonia