Elizabeth I

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    Cards (4)

    • Parliament
      • grant taxation
      • make laws - 438 passed = Act of Supremacy 1559
      • Cecil active in preparing Bills
      • challenge royal prerogatives - Peter Wentworth in 1593 = freedom of speech and succession
      • debates over monopolies = compromise = Golden Speech 1601
    • Council: Faction
      • marriage - Charles of Austria 1567 and Duke of Alencon 1579 = Cecil for
      • Mary - Bond of Association; pressure to execute Mary
      • Foreign Policy
      • weaknesses: force Burghley to continue; key ministers died; failed to replace them quicker; Essex Rebellion 1601 = failed
      • limits to faction - protect queen, establish protestantism, intervene in Scotland, Queen should marry
    • Finances
      • ordinary revenue = sold crown lands but declined income
      • taxation not effective
      • avoiding costly wars - Spain
    • Local government
      • JPs = dual role; more duties
      • Lord Lieutenants = raised money, men, not used after Northumberland's fall
      • Councils = Wales; North - more power
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