History Elizabeth

• What is Elizabeth's reign referred to as?

  Golden Age
• How long did she reign for?


  45 years
• Had a large influence of what?

  Of the world we live: empire, literature, religion etc
• When was Elizabeth born and where?

  Greenwich Palace

  7th September 1533
• When was Anne Boleyn beheaded?

  9th May 1536
• When Catherine Howard beheaded?

  3rd February 1542
• When did Henry VIII die?

  January 1547
• When did 15 year old Edward VI die after a six year reign and who took over the throne?

  6th July 1553
• Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger's Rebellion


  1554
• When did Mary I die?

  17th November 1558
• When was Elizabeth's coronation ceremony?

  15th January 1559
• What year was Elizabeth's Protestant/Catholic religious settlement?

  1559
• What year did did French King Francis II die and MQOS return to Scotland?

  1561
• When does Elizabeth imprison Mary Queen of Scots?

  1568
• What year did Pope Pius V issue an interdict against Elizabeth?

  1570
• What year was the Ridolfi plot which was to overthrow Elizabeth and replace her with MQOS?

  1571
• In what year does Elizabeth name William Cecil Lord Treasurer and gives him the new title of Lord Burleigh

  Brings in Sir Francis Walsingham to replace him as Secretary of State

  1571
• What year did Leicester entertain Elizabeth at Kenilworth Castle?

  1575
• What year did Leicester secretly marry Lettice Knollys, Elizabeth's cousin?

  1579
• What year did Elizabeth's marriage negotiations with French King's brother (Anjou) dissolve?

  1579
• What year did Pope Gregory XIII announce that killing Elizabeth is not a sin?

  1580
• What year was the Throckmorton plot?

  1582
• What year were the marriage negotiations with the Duke de Alencon?

  1583
• What year was William the Silent assassinated?

  1584
• What year was the Bond of Association enacted - anyone plotting against the Queen in the line of succession to the throne?

  1584
• What year was the Babington Plot?

  1586
• When was Mary Queen of Scots executed?

  8th February 1587
• What year was Drakes's surprise attack on Spanish fleet at Cadiz?

  April 1587
• When did Philip of Spain launch the Spanish Armada?

  July 1558
• What year did Robert Dudley die?

  1588
• When did Francis Walsingham die?

  1590
• When did Lord Burleigh die?

  1598
• When was Robert Devereaux (Earl of Essex) executed?

  25th February 1601
• When did Queen Elizabeth die?

  24th March 1603
• List 5 of Elizabeth's immediate problems

  People thought women were not capable of ruling England

  The country had undergone years of religious turmoil due to the actions of her father, brother and sister

  France and Scotland were causing problems for England at the beginning of Elizabeth's reign

  Rapid rise in population and poor harvests meant that there was a lot of starvation - high food prices and high taxes

  People did not believe that Elizabeth was rightful Queen due to the circumstances of her mothers death
• What were Elizabeth's aims as monarch?


  Elizabeth needed to establish herself as rightful queen

  She needed to assert authority and for it to be accepted without question

  She needed to make herself different from previous rulers so that she could gain her people's support and respect

  She had to ensure the safety and security of her people
• What was Elizabeth's concept of sovereignty and monarchy?

  She was queen at 25 years old

  Well educated and Protestant

  Had been put into the Tower of London by her sister Mary I when she was implicated in a plot against Mary by Thomas Wyatt

  Elizabeth learnt to be careful and calculating watching the actions of her father and her brother and sister

  Elizabeth believed in the divine right of kings and used this to her advantage

  She called and dissolved parliament , made decisions about wether to go to war or not, dismissed and appointed ministers, decided wether to get married and named her successor

  There was no full time army to keep peace and law and order

  Elizabeth had to rely on the system of patronage

  She was more feared and obeyed than even her father had ever been
• What were her strengths?

  Witty, intellectual and determines

  Very analytical

  A skilful propagandist

  Thrifty

  Self-controller

  Excellent speaker

  Able to tell people off if they did things incorrectly or displeased her

  Deeply religious and moral
• What were her weaknesses?

  Cautious and calculating

  Anxious and nervous

  Irritable and bad tempered (sometimes violent)

  Frequently involved herself in minor issues that did not concern her

  Jealous

  Prone to sudden changes of mind and indecisive

  Dominant and distrustful

  Found it hard to delegate
• How did she win the loyalty of her people?

  One of the most popular monarchs in British history

  Elizabeth held carefully planned parades on dates such as Accession day

  Her coronation was a sign of things to come with grand parades and parents

  In almost every year of her reign, she went on progresses - travelling to spend summer in her richest nobles houses

  She would travel a route that would allow large numbers of people to see her and she would find out about what she was going so that she could talk knowledgeably abut the area she was in. She would also give out aims

  She never went north of Stafford or Bristol but each progress was given maximum publicity. She wanted to be mother, sister, daughter and godmother of her people

  Images of Elizabeth were also important and tended to be more symbolic rather than true representations

  From 1575 all portraits were based o the template for the Darnley portrait and after 1594 only pictures that made the Queen look youthful were allowed