History - Elizabeth I

• When did Elizabeth first become queen?

  1558
• What problems did she face at the start of her rule?

  • her gender
  • debt
  • she didn’t want to marry
  • she was protestant
  • she was considered illegitimate
• the religious settlement was elizabeths attempt to bring religious stability to england in 1559
• what were the terms of the religious settlement?

  • act of supremacy - made elizabeth head of the church of england
  • act of uniformity - imposed moderate protestant reforms, all churches would look the same
  • royal injunctions gave further detail
• puritans (extreme protestants) didn’t like elizabeth because they wanted the church to be more protestant
• mary queen of scot’s was elizabeths biggest threat, she was a catholic and had a claim to the throne
• mary queen of scot’s arrived in england in 1568
• when did the northern earls revolt?

  1569
• when did the ridolfi plot happen?

  1571
• when did the throckmorton plot happen?

  1583
• when did the babington plot happen?

  1586
• the northern earls revolted because they wanted cathlocism restored and for mary QoS to take the throne
• why did the northern earls revolt?

  • elizabeth had reduced the northern earls power and land
  • they wanted a catholic monarch
• why did the northern earls revolt fail?

  • not enough support for the rebels
  • poor planning and leadership
• which plot led to the execution of mary QoS?

  babington plot, 1586
• when was mary QoS executed?

  1587
• when was elizabeth excommunicated by the pope?

  1570, after the northern earls revolt