problems

• What was a significant problem Elizabeth I faced when she became queen?


  She needed a husband to help govern
• What financial issues did Elizabeth I inherit from Mary I?

  She inherited a debt of £300,000
• How did Elizabeth I attempt to solve her financial problems?

  She raised income from crown lands and cut household expenses
• What was the significance of the Treaty of Troyes (1564)?

  It helped avoid war with France
• What challenge did Elizabeth face regarding French Protestants in 1562?

  She had to balance relations with both France and Spain.
• Mary Tudor (Bloody Mary) had been queen since 1553 but died without children in 1558
• Anne Boleyn was executed when Elizabeth was two years old, so she grew up with her mother's reputation as an adulteress and witch
• Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
• Her reign lasted from 1558-1603
• She became Queen when she was 25 years old
• The main reason why Elizabeth became Queen is because there were no legitimate heirs left by Mary Tudor
• When Henry wanted to divorce Catherine, Pope Clement VII refused because it went against church law
• Henry broke away from Rome and created his own Church of England
• By what year was Elizabeth surrounded by potentially hostile Catholic powers?

  1570