Elizabethan England

• When did Elizabeth become queen?


  1558
• Who was the Queen of Scotland?

  Mary Queen of Scots
• What religion was Elizabeth?


  Protestant
• What religion were most people in England?

  Catholic
• Who did most people want on the English throne?

  Mary Queen of Scots because she was Catholic
• Who were Elizabeth's parents?


  King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
• Why did many Catholics reject Elizabeth as Queen?


  The Pope had rejected her parents' marriage as unlawful therefore Elizabeth was illegitimate
• How much was ELizabeth in debt when she came to the throne?


  £300,000
• Why did Elizabeth want to avoid raising taxes?


  She was already unpopular with most of her subjects
• Why was England's border with Scotland hard to defend?


  It was far from London
• Who was Mary Queen of Scots married to?


  King Francis II of France
• What was the Treaty of Edinburgh?


  Signed in 1560, it agreed that France and England would withdraw all of their forces from Scotland.
• Why did France have the potential to overthrow England?


  It was wealthier
• What religion was France?


  Catholic
• Where did France capture from England in 1558, while Mary I was still Queen?


  Calais
• What was the name of the treaty that in 1559, Elizabeth had to sign to confirm the loss of Calais?


  Cateau-Cambrésis
• What was the most powerful country in Europe in 1558?


  Spain
• What religion was Spain?


  Catholic
• Why were Spain and England allies for most of the Tudor period?


  Different marriage alliances
• What did Elizabeth do when King Philip II of Spain offered to marry her after Mary I's death?


  She rejected him
• Who did Catholics believe should be the Head of the Church?


  The Pope
• Who did Protestants believe should be the Head of the Church?


  The current reigning monarch
• Who did Puritans believe should be the Head of the Church?


  No one
• Which type of Christianity like decorated interiors of the Church?

  Catholics
• Which type of Christianity wanted a plainer Church?

  Protestants
• What did Catholics believe the priests should wear?

  Vestments
• What did Protestants believe the priests should wear?


  Plain black robes
• Which areas of England were strongly Protestant?


  The South
• Which areas of England were strongly Catholic?

  The North
• Which part of the Elizabethan Settlement made Elizabeth the Supreme Governor of the Church, taking power away from the Pope?


  The Act of Supremacy
• Why did Elizabeth's decision to call herself the Supreme Governor not Head, appease Catholics and Puritans?


  Both of them did not want the Monarch to be Head of the Church
• Which part of the religious settlement made Protestantism England's official faith and also set out rules of religious practices and worship in a revised Book of Common Prayer that had to be used?

  Act of Uniformity
• Why was the new Book of Common Prayer deliberately unclear?


  So people could interpret it their own way.
• What did the Act of Uniformity say about what the priests had to wear?


  Special clothing called vestments
• How much were people fined if they didn't attend Church, as set out in the Act of Uniformity


  1 Shilling
• Which part of the religious settlement was a set of instructions issued by Sir William Cecil on a wide range of issues to reinforce the acts that had already been set out?


  Royal Injunctions
• What did the Royal Injunctions say about what language the Bible had to be in?


  In English
• Why did moderate Protestants believe that Elizabeth was bringing in an age of harmony after the chaos of Mary I's reign?


  They believed that she was restoring the true religion back to England.
• Why did Protestants not lead rebellions, protests or help a foreign power invade England?


  They believe Elizabeth was better than Mary Queen of Scots
• How many bishops accepted the settlement and took the oath of supremacy?


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