Plots Against Elizabeth

• Timeline

  • 1568: MQS arrives in England
  • 1569-70: Northern Rebellion
  • 1570: Papal Bull Issued
  • 1571: Ridolfi Plot & Treason Act
  • 1573: Francis Walsingham Hired
  • 1583: Throckmorton Plot
  • 1586: Babington Plot
  • 1587: MQS executed
• How did Elizabeth control Threat of Catholics?

  • Fines for not attending Protestant mass.
  • Executed Priests.
  • Persecuted Catholics.
  • Bond of Association.
  • Re-defined treason.