History-Elizabethan England

• In 1587 Mary Queen of Scots was executed on Elizabeth's orders
• The Spanish Armada was defeated by the English navy, led by Francis Drake
• Puritans were strict Protestants who wanted to purify the Church of England from its remaining Catholic practices.
• She also had to deal with threats from foreign powers such as Spain and France.
• How did Elizabeth settle the religious problems ?

  Through the Act of Supremacy, Oath of Alliance and Ecclesiastical.
• What was the crucifix controversy under the Act of Uniformity ?

  Were crucifixes are to be in every church and was seen as a Catholic idol.
• What was the Vestment controversy under the act of uniformity ?

  Priests must wear a surplice and the Catholics believed that priests were more than ordinary people.
• Reasons for increased in poverty in England ?

  Enclosure and increase in population .