elizabeth log sheet 1

• Elizabeth's mother was Anne Bolen
• Elizabeth became queen in 1558 and ruled until 1603
• Elizabeth's sister Mary I was queen before her and saw Elizabeth as a threat to her power.
• In 1601 Elizabeth faces a threat from somebody in her privy council called Robert Cecil, Earl of Leicester
• Elizabeth faced opposition from Catholics who wanted England to return to Catholicism.
• Mary had Elizabeth imprisoned in the Tower of London, but she was released when Mary died without an heir.