Elizabethan England AQA GCSE

When did Elizabeth become queen?

Who was her mother?

Who was her father?

What religion was she raised as?

What crime did both of her siblings accuse her of?

How many people were in the Royal Court?

What was the name of Elizabeth's council of close advisors who controlled the day-to-day running of the country?

What was it called when Elizabeth toured the country to show her power?

What is the word for giving people key jobs to keep their support?

Who were laws made by, and taxes raised by?

What did Lord Lieutenants and Justices of the Peace govern?

Who was Elizabeth's most important advisor?

Who was Elizabeth's spymaster?

Who was Elizabeth's favourite (and rumoured lover)? Also a marriage candidate.

What was the house in Parliament that was made up of the nobility?

What was the house in Parliament that was made up wealthy, but not noble, merchants and landowners?

When was the Religious Settlement?

What issue did Elizabeth ban from discussion in Parliament?

What did Elizabeth have pressure to produce after she nearly died of smallpox in 1562?

Who was the French marriage prospect?

Who was the Spanish marriage prospect?

What religion were Spain and France?

Who was the Earl of Essex?

What was Essex given as he was the Queen's favourite?

When was Essex made a Privy Councillor?

What did he capture in 1596?

Who was Essex's rival?

When did Essex and Elizabeth fight over Ireland, where he half-drew his sword on her and she hit him?

What did he see Elizabeth without?

When was the Essex rebellion?

Who were important landowners in Elizabethan England?

What trade made the gentry richer?

What does BEV stand for in terms of impact of the gentry? (__,__,__)

Name a key way people showed their status.

When was the Sumptuary Statute controlling what people could wear?

What is the time period often referred to as?

What was theatre a good way of Elizabeth perpetrating?

Name an entrepreneur who invested money in new theatres.

Name a playwright/actor who Elizabeth enjoyed.

What led to higher inflation and lower wages?

What led to food prices increasing?

What kind of farming did farmers switch to from arable?

What left families without a wage earner?

What led to higher taxes?

What kind of poor deserved charitable help?

What kind of poor deserved punishment?

When was the 'Act for setting the poor on work?'

When was the Poor Law?

Where would the old and sick poor be allowed to stay?

Where did the able-bodied poor work in exchange for food and accommodation?

What T did voyagers steal from Spanish ships and ports and gain from the slave trade?

What T developed Englands naval power and formed the basis of its empire?

What T meant new goods, markets, and trading companies were opened?

What T was a new item introduced to England for the first time?

Who circumnavigated the world 1577-80?

Who started the English slave trade in 1564?

Who founded the first American colony?

Name the reason for the Golden Age (acceptance of Vesalius' ideas and and breakthroughs in navigation and Maths.)

Name the reason for the Golden Age (this became more acceptable and accessible for the poor.)

Name the reason for the Golden Age (this was a successful time for music and painting.)

Name the reason for the Golden Age (large country houses were built due to the gentry's wealth, like Hardwick Hall)

Name the reason for the Golden Age (plays and poetry that are still admired today)

Name the reason for the Golden Age (voyages brought back wealth and power)

Name the acronym for the reasons for the Golden Age.

Who was no longer in charge of the English Church due to the Middle Way?

What could priests do that Catholic priests couldn't?

What language were the Bible and Church services in?

What did priests wear?

What were kept low?

When did Mary Queen of Scots arrive in England?

When was the Northern Rebellion?

Name the two Earls who conspired to kill Elizabeth.

Which Duke intended to marry Mary?

How many people were in the army raised by the rebels?

How many were executed after the loyal nobles gathered an army?

What did the Pope issue in 1570?

When was the Ridolfi Plot?

Which foreign country would support it?

When was the Throckmorton Plot?

Which country supported that?

When was the Babington Plot?

Where were coded letters from Mary to Babington found?

When was Mary executed?

Who trained Catholic Seminary Priests at Douai?

When did these arrive in England?

Name the Jesuit priest executed in 1581.

What year were recusancy fines increased to £20 so only the rich could afford them?

What year was it made treason to be a Catholic priest?

When was the Statute of Confinement (Catholics couldn't travel more than 5 miles from home without permission)?

What were strict Protestants?

What Puritans wanted to abolish bishops and the Church hierarchy?

Who wanted to set up churches outside of CofE?

Who was suspended in 1583 for supporting Puritan prayer meetings known as prophesyings?

Who was he replaced with?

Who had his right hand chopped off in 1583 for criticising Elizabeth's marriage negotiations with a Catholic prince?

When was the Spanish Armada?

Where had Elizabeth sent troops to help rebels fighting the Spanish?

How many ships did Spain send?

Who led the fleet?

How many priests did they take with them?

How many soldiers did they take?

At what battle did the English break the Spanish's formation and sink 5 ships?

What formation did the ships arrive in?

Name the noble leader of the English naval attack.

What was wrong with the Spanish cannonballs?

Whose army did the Spanish fail to meet up with in the Netherlands due to wind not blowing in the right direction?

What natural thing wrecked ships?

What did Elizabeth claim the Armada was defeated by?

When did England end its war with Spain?

What made ships faster and easier to sail (triangular sails)?

What made boats easier to steer?

What made it easier to calculate latitude, helping accuracy of navigation?

What were the Americas known as to the British?

Which 2 countries dominated the New World?

Which treaty between them in 1494 divided the New World between them?

Who claimed to have discovered the North West Passage?

What status was Drake's father?

When did Drake join his cousin, Hawkins, on a slave trading mission?

Which battle was launched against them which only Drake and Hawkins' ships escaped?

Where did Drake go to in 1572-1573?

Who did he recruit?

What were the native people called?

What nickname was Drake given after stealing 20 tonnes of treasure from the Spanish?

How many ships were in Drake's circumnavigation fleet?

How many men?

How many cannons?

What was the original name of the ship Drake captained?

Where were the crew told they were travelling (to collect dried fruit)?

When did Drake's fleet set sail from Plymouth a 2nd time (after being forced back by a storm the first attempt)?

What did the fleet get scattered by?

Who was executed in July 1578 on suspicion of treason and witchcraft?

What was the ship renamed in August 1578?

Name a Spanish settlement in Peru that Drake attacked.

What ship did he capture in March 1579?

What does Cagafuego translate to?

Who was captured, abused, and abandoned?

What area did Drake claim near modern day San Francisco?

Which native people welcomed Drake and gave him gifts here?

Which islands did Drake stop at for food and water? And make a trade treaty with for spices?

When did he round the Cape of Good Hope?

When did Drake land in Plymouth again?

Name a key investor in the voyage.

Name the M that Drake brought back that would help future explorers.

Name the M that meant he brought back £400 000 of treasure.

Name the M that gave him a reputation.

How much money did Drake keep?

How much money did Elizabeth keep?

How much money did investors get per £1 invested?