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What were the two main reasons for the Wyatt rebellion?

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Political and religious

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What year did the Wyatt rebellion take place?

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1554

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Where was the main location of the rebellion?

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Kent

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What was wyatt a member of?

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A wealthy and well connected gentry family from Kent

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Where did Wyatt fight and when?

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France. 1543

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When did Wyatt’s career suffer a setback?

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1547

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What religion was Wyatt?

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He was a deeply committed Protestant

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What did Wyatt find favour with?

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The Edwardian regime

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Who was Wyatt trusted by?

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Somerset’s successor, Northumberland

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When did Wyatt declare his support for Mary I

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When Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed Queen

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When did Wyatt’s initial support for Mary evaporate?

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When he heard of the Spanish marriage

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What had the House of Commons asked Mary to do in a petition on the 16th November 1553?

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To marry someone from England

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When was Mary’s marriage proposal presented to the Royal Court?

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December 1553

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Why were there anti spanish and xenophobic feelings?

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If the Spanish came to England the rebel leaders would lose their jobs and their influence would disappear.

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What was in the rebels’ own self-interest?

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Their jobs, power & influence

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What did Wyatt and other leaders fear?

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That English interests would become subservient to those of Spain

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What did the rebels not wish to see?

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A Catholic restoration

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What idea were they fighting for?

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A Protestant country ruled by a Protestant monarch

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Where was Sir James Croft rebelling?

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Hereford

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Where was Sir Peter Carew rebelling?

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Devon

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Where was Sir Thomas Wyatt rebelling?

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Kent

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Where was Duke of Suffolk rebelling?

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Leicestershire

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Who was rebelling in Devon?

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Sir Peter Carew

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Who was rebelling in Kent?

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Thomas Wyatt

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Who was rebelling in Hereford?

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Sir James Croft

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Who was rebelling in Leicestershire?

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Duke of Suffolk

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What did some of the gentry begin discussing in 1553?

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The possibility of engineering a Protestant succession

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What were the gentry trying to persuade Elizabeth to do?

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Marry Edward Courtney

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What was essential for the rebellion to succeed?

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For the plans to be kept a secret

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What happened 3 months before the planned rebellion?

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Rumours of the rebellion began spreading

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When was the original date of the rebellion supposed to be?

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18th of March 1554

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Why the 18th of March?

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Before Philip II started for England

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Who did the English have supporting them?

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The French were supporting them on the Channel

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What happened to Carew in January?

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Events had overtaken him & he made no attempt to start a rebellion in Devon. Carew had told everyone he could about the rebellion but only managed to gain very little support from un influential people.

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Who did Carew get support from?

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He got very little support and from un influential people

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Where did Carew flee to?

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Normandy

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Why did Carew flee?

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Because he knew his part of the rebellion would not succeed and that he would be arrested

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How many rebels did Wyatt raise in Kent?

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3,000 armed men

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What did Wyatt appeal to?

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Nationalism. He tried to portray himself as trying to save England and the Queen from the Spanish

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How many of the Queen’s men did Wyatt succeed in brining to his side?

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500

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What was Wyatt’s fault?

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He was too slow!!

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What did he waste a day doing?

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By taking Cooling Castle

42
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Where did he stop to consider Mary’s offers?

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Blackheath

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Why did Wyatt stop in Blackheath?

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To consider Mary’s offers

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What was Mary doing to Wyatt?

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Delaying him in order to buy herself more time to appeal to citizens of the capital for support and to organise troops

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What did the London inhabitants do?

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They showed loyalty to their Queen by attacking Wyatt’s forces

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Where was Wyatt forced to stop?

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Ludgate

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What was Wyatt forces to do in Ludgate?

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Stop and surrender

48
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How many rebels were executed?

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90 rebels were executed including Wyatt himself

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What did Mary show?

A

Clear skill by buying herself time

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