Troubles at home and abroad

• Significance of the wind during the Armada?

  The wind was blowing in the wrong direction, the British said that this was God on their side
• What was Medina-Sidonia’s mistake early during the Armada?

  He refused to attack at Plymouth, if he did they would’ve won the Armada
• How did Prince Phillip feel about Elizabeth?

  He was getting increasingly more angry with Elizabeth because of many reasons, for example, she killed a monarch, rejected his marriage proposal, she allowed her sailors to rob Spanish ships
• What was the Babington Plot?

  It was a plan to kill Elizabeth and free Mary to place her on the throne, to re-establish catholicism as Englands religion
• When was the Babington plot?

  1586
• What happened during the Babington plot and its result?

  Letters were passed, Walsongham worked with Gifford to decipher the coded letters, Mary was seen to approve of the plot. Babington was executed
• What were the impacts of Mary’s execution?

  Phillip of Spain was unhappy

  The king of scotland and catholic king of france protested

  Elizabeth was furious as she’d unknowingly given permission for the death of a fellow monarch
• When was the Throckmorton plot?

  1588
• What was the Throckmorton plot?

  Mary was to be freed from house arrest and there was to be a catholic uprising involving the Jesuits. Elizabeth would be captured and following her murder, Mary was so he installed as queen
• What was the bond of association?

  It was a pledge of loyalty to Queen Elizabeth in 1584 to protect her from being assassinated or overthrown. Anyone involved in plots against Elizabeth would be executed
• Results of the Throckmorton plot?

  Throckmorton was convicted of high treason and was executed