troubles at home and abroad

• act of supremacy - elizabeth became supreme governor of the church and if denied you could be accused of treason
• act of uniformity 1559 - all churches had to follow the same book of common prayer (catholics had to put their beliefs private) , making protestantism the official faith
• catholic threat - they were unhappy about the laws and excommunication allowed catholic to rebel against her which put elizabeths potions under pressure
• treason act - 1571 - was to strengthen her postion and any one who denied that she was the supreme governor
• northern rebellion - 1569 - catholic earls wanted to get mary queen of scots out of jails and on the throne.

  • 6000 soldiers to restore catholicism in england
  • => elizabeth sent a huge army to crush it and put 800 rebels to death
• ridolfi plot - 1571 - to assassinate Elizabeth and make mary queen

  => ridolfi and spanish ambassador were arrested and expelled from the country
• throckmorton plot - 1583 - french army to invade england and replace elizabeth with mary

  => throckmorton executed and mary was isolate
• babington plot - 1586 - anthony babington to rescuse mary from jails and murder elizabeth. lots of letters were exchanged as evidence

  => led to her execution
• arrival of mary queen of scots - 1568

  • her prescence was a threast
  • encourage many plots
  • urged catholics to rebel against elizabeth
  • was seen as the legitimate queen