LIZ

• 1577 - Set sail from plymouth with 5 ships and 170 men
• 1578 - sailed down the coast of brazil, Dougherty executed for mutiny
• Sept 1578 ~ Jan 1579 - ships went up the west coast of south america, first brits to do it, only had 1 ship, found the drake passage, stopped at the island of mocca but attacked by locals
• Feb 1579 - Surprise the Spanish and attack along the coast of Peru. Steals gold, silver, silk, wine
• March 1579 - Drake attacks "Cacafuego" that was full of gold and silver and shit and he stole it all
• June 1579 - 1 ship left, 55 men, named California "New England", received feathers and tobacco from native
• November 1579 - Traded for spices in Turnate. Got cloves, ginger and pepper
• Jan ~ Sept 1580 - Came home, arrived with 400000 worth of treasure
• Diego

  • Ex slave, met Drake in 1572
  • Had local knowledge and relations
• Dougherty

  • Drakes co-commander at the start of journey
  • Executed for mutiny
• Nuno De Silva

  • Portuguese captain kidnapped by Drake
  • Knew how to navigate where Drake couldnt
  • Crucial for the success of the voyage
• Drake passage

  • accidentally discovered after storms blew them through
• Nova Albion

  • Northen California he claimed for the queen
• Strait of Anian

  • couldnt find it lmao
• Revenge

  • 1568 attacked in San Juan after being told they can pass through
  • 41 cannons on the ship
  • Violence lead him to be known as "El Draque" the pirate
  • Reduced threat of Catholic Spain takeover
• Money (drake)

  • Stole 40000 in gold and silver in Panama in 1572
  • Reward the people who invested in the voyage
  • 480m in todays money of all the good you talk ab before
  • Most of it came from the cacafuego, took 6 days to unload
  • He took home 10000 of it, made him one of the richest men
• Trade (Drake)

  • Find new trade routes for Merchants
  • Couldnt Find Strait of Anian to get to East Asia faster
  • Found Drake Passage
  • Claimed New Albion
  • Trade with Spice Islands
• Glory (drake)

  • Motivated by money and status
  • Impress the Queen, who sponsored the voyage
  • National hero
  • Mayor of plymouth
  • 6 hour audience with Queen when he returned
  • Knighted on "The Golden Hind"
  • Glory for England
• Religion (Drake)

  • As a puritan he wanted to weaken the largest catholic power
  • Didnt like the actions against Dutch protestants
  • El Draque
  • Encouraged Philip to start defending himself
• Middle Way - May 1559

  • her first act
  • unite country to maximize her power and wealth
  • made herself the head of church
  • compromise for catholics and protestants
  • 5p fine for those who skip Church
  • 1576 banned from talking about religion in parliament
  • it worked!
• 1569 Northern Rebellion (Political and Religious)

  • Northern Earls took control of Durham Cathedral and did a illegal Catholic mass
  • March on London with 4600 men
  • Mary was moved further south
  • Northumberland and more executed
  • 700 killed as a warning to other plotters
  • Duke of Norfolk sent to a tower (mistake)
• Papall Bull 1570 (religious)

  • Pope issued a Papall Bull that told Brits to rebel against the queen
  • Excommunicated the queen from the Church
  • Most people didnt care cuz everyone was loyal
  • Encouraged Philip to be a naughty boy
  • Said she wasnt the "true queen"
  • 1571 Treason Act
• Ridalfi Plot 1571

  • Ridalfi carried messaged between Mary and Philip and Pope
  • Planned for 10000 spanish men to overthrow Elizabeth
  • Invade from Dutch and the north
  • Stopped when Cecil and Walsingham captured a message and Duke of Northumberland was executed in 1572
  • increased tensions
• Jesuits 1580

  • tried to convert people back to catholic
  • made in the 1540s
  • send people to england to convert them
  • went to rich and powerful houses
  • Campion held services in their houses and told people not to go church (recusancy)
  • Queen thought he would rebel, he wouldnt, but he was executed for treason 1581
• Elizabeth got the throne in 1559
• • Queen - used patronage to increase loyalty
  • Royal court -
  • Privy Council - 19 dudes, met every day to help Liz decide on stuff
  • Parliament - house of commons was politicians who passed laws, only summoned 13 times for mostly tax laws
  • JOP - enforce peace in cities
• She was pressured to get married and banned it from court

  Didnt marry so she could keep her power over the country