ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND

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  • who was Elizabeth in relationship to King Henry VIII
    daughter-3rd child
  • how did Elizabeth tightly control parliament
    set the agenda of what is allowed to be discussed and pass laws about
  • importance of parliament

    helped by passing the Act of Supremacy and Act of Uniformity
  • what was the Great Chain of Being
    the belief that God had set out an order for everything
  • who was at the top of the Great Chain Of Being?
    queen
  • 1559 - Act of Uniformity

    refused to attend Church of England services refused to attend Church of England services
  • 1581 - Act to retain the Queen’s subjects in their due obedience

    Catholics who were still refusing to attend services in the Protestant Church were forced to pay an even bigger fine of 20 pounds per month
  • when was the northern rebellion
    1569
  • events of the northern rebellion
    catholic earls of northumberland and Westmoreland hatched a plan to get MQS out of jail and onto the throne
    gathered an army of 6,000 soldiers in attempt to return England to Catholicism
  • action of northern rebellion
    sent a huge army to crush the rebellion
    800 rebels to death
    2 earls fled to scotland
  • when was the ridolfi plot
    1571
  • events of ridolfi plot 

    roberto ridolfi(italian baker)
    planned to assasinate Elizabeth and make Mary queen
    support of King Phillip II
  • action of ridolfi plot 

    plot was discovered by cecil
    ridolfi and spanish ambassador were arrested and expelled from the country
  • when was the throckmorton plot

    1583
  • events of throckmorton plot
    francis throckmorton,young catholic man
    organised a plan for the french army to invade England and replace with MQS
  • action of throckmorton plot
    throckmorton was executed and mary was moved to tutbury castle
    held in isolation and no vistors
  • when was babington plot
    1586
  • events of babington plot
    sir anthony babington planned to rescue MQS from jail and murder Elizabeth
    secret letters were discovered which gave Elizabeth's advisors the evidence to prove Mary's guilt
  • action of babington plot
    execution of MQS
    execution of babington and six other plotters
  • why is being a female ruler weak?
    seen as a weak country
    france and spain ruled by kings,question who elizabeth is going to marry
  • why was religion a major issue
    elizabeth's father broke away from the roman catholic church and started the church of England
    Mary-catholic
    Elizabeth-protestant
  • why was invasion an issue?
    mary was a Catholic and married to the heir to the french throne.
    they could try to invade and threaten Elizabeth’s position.
  • why was money an issue?
    elizabeth’s sister, mary, had left debts of £250,000, which was a great deal of money at the time.
  • who was the privy council?
    a group of powerful noblemen.
    advised Elizabeth but did not control her
  • how many people were in the privy council per group?
    19
  • how many times did the council meet a week?
    3
    as it grew,they met everyday
  • role of the privy council
    advised on domestic and foreign issues
    how to handle challenges and threats when to go to war
    relations with foreign ambassadors
    supervising the enforcement of the religious settlement
  • role of william cecil

    most important minster
    guided her wisely for 40 years
  • role of robert dudley

    trusted adviser
    died in 1558
  • role of sir francis walsingham
    was in charge of Elizabeth's secret service
    advised foreign affairs
  • what is different to the parliament before to the parliament now?

    less powerful
    not fully representative of the population
    no prime minister
    no political parties
    MPs were all men
    all voted in by wealthy landowners
  • how did Elizabeth tightly control parliament
    parliament could only meet if Elizabeth called
    parliament could only talk about what Elizabeth allowed it to discuss
    elizabeth could close parliament at any time
    only met 13 times out of 45 year reign
  • religion issue with the MPs
     some Puritan MPs disagreed with this compromise and challenged Elizabeth by threatening to not grant her taxes
  • freedom of speech issue
    1576:MPs were not free to discuss whatever they liked
    Elizabeth sent him to the Tower of London for a month for speaking out
  • why did Elizabeth not want to marry?
    she wanted to remain independent of any foreign influence marrying a foreign prince would have brought
  • advantages of Elizabeth not announcing a marriage?

    she could keep sole control of English affairs
    allowed her to keep her option open in foreign affairs
    enabled her to play countries off against each other
    remained the focus of all power
  • disadvantages of Elizabeth not announcing a marriage?
    uncertainty of who would inherit the throne
    led to plots and attacks to overthrow Elizabeth
    councillors and MPs were frustrated because the succession wasn't settled and they felt this is made the country vulnerable
  • who were the 4 suitors
    robert dudley
    king philip of spain
    archduke charles
    francis duke of alencon
  • why did Elizabeth emphasis "Virgin Queen"
    shows her stability and security of England before her personal happiness
    she would not marry anyone who might jeopardise England's position