Elizabethan 1

• When was Elizabeth’s coronation?

  January 1559
• What was the order of the social hierarchy?

  Monarch, nobility, gentry, yeomen, farmers, homeless
• What proportion of the population lived in the countryside?

  90%
• What was the hierarchy based on in the towns?

  Wealth and occupation
• What did professionals organise themselves into?

  Guilds (i.e. trade associations)
• Name the six parts of government:

  the monarch, privy council, parliament, lords lieutenant, justices of the peace
• Complete sentence: the monarch had the right to rule by…

  ‘the grace of god’
• What was the Secretary of State?

  Most important privy councillor
• Who was the Secretary of State until 1573?

  Sir William Cecil
• What were the powers of parliament?

  Raise taxes and pass laws
• Who was Elizabeth’s mother?

  Anne Boleyn
• Who considered Elizabeth illegitimate?

  Catholics
• How large was the Crown’s debt when Elizabeth became queen?

  £300,000
• What religion was Elizabeth?

  Protestant
• Which parts of England were more Catholic?

  The north and the west
• Which part of the religious settlement made Elizabeth supreme governor of the Church of England?

  The Act of Supremacy
• Which part of the religious settlement established the appearance of churches and the form of services they held?

  The Act of Uniformity
• Which part of the religious settlement included further instructions about religion?

  The Royal Injunctions
• Why did the wording of the new Prayer Book help people accept Elizabeth’s religious settlement?

  It could be interpreted to support both Catholic and Protestant beliefs
• Who were the Puritans?

  Radical Protestants
• What did Puritans dislike?

  Crucifixes and vestments (special clothing for priests) and aspects of the religious settlement that were not radical enough
• What did the Pope say in 1566?

  Catholics should not attend Church of England services
• Where did a revolt against Spanish rule break out in 1566?

  The Netherlands
• Who was sent by Philip II to put down the revolt in 1567?

  The Duke of Alba
• Where did the rebels known as the ‘Sea Beggars’ flee?

  England
• What was the Genoese Loan?

  The Spanish gold Elizabeth took when Spanish ships took refuge in an English port