Elizabethan england

• Who were the nobility in Elizabethan society?

  Wealthy landowners and aristocrats
• Which groups owned lots of land in Elizabethan society?

  Nobility and gentry
• Who were yeomen in Elizabethan society?

  Small landowners or farmers
• Who did tenant farmers rent land from?

  Nobility or landowners
• What did the landless and the labouring poor do?

  Worked for wages or subsisted
• How were vagrants viewed in Elizabethan society?

  As a social problem or threat
• Who was the court mainly made up of?

  Nobility and advisors
• What was the main role of the court?

  To advise the monarch
• What was the privy council made up of?

  Senior advisors to the monarch
• How often did the privy council meet?

  Regularly, often weekly
• List one important role of the privy councillors.

  Advising the queen
• Who was the only person who could call and dismiss parliament?

  The monarch
• What did parliament do?

  Made laws and discussed issues
• What area did the Justices of the Peace control?

  Local governance and justice
• Who did the JPs report to?

  The monarch or privy council
• List one important role of the JPs.

  Maintaining law and order
• What does Divine Right mean?

  Monarch's authority from God
• What does patronage mean?

  Giving favors for loyalty
• What was William Cecil's role?

  Chief advisor to Elizabeth
• What power did the government have?

  To enforce laws and policies
• Who passed laws in Elizabethan England?

  Parliament
• What did Royal Prerogative mean?

  Monarch's exclusive powers
• List one of Elizabeth's characteristics.


  Intelligent
• Who were Elizabeth's parents?

  Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
• Why did many Catholics say Elizabeth could not be queen?

  Because of her mother's marriage
• List one problem that Elizabeth's sister, Mary I, left her.

  Religious divisions in England
• List another problem that Elizabeth's sister, Mary I, left her.

  Financial difficulties
• List a third problem that Elizabeth's sister, Mary I, left her.

  Political instability
• List another characteristic of Elizabeth.

  Strong-willed
• List a third characteristic of Elizabeth.

  Charismatic
• List another important role of the privy councillors.

  Managing state affairs
• List another important role of the privy councillors.

  Advising on foreign policy
• List another important role of the privy councillors.

  Overseeing financial matters
• List another important role of the JPs.

  Administering local justice
• List another important role of the JPs.

  Supervising local officials