Elizabeth I versus Parliament
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- Created on: 06-02-18 11:01
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- Elizabeth I versus Parliament (1559-1603)
- Only puritan challenges caused problems
- Met infrequently till 1585 (like VII and VIII)
- Changed when the War with Spain broke out and taxes for war were needed
- Met infrequently till 1585 (like VII and VIII)
- Parliamentary Concerns
- Monopolies
- Given as rewards for patronage in the Spanish War
- Believed she was misusing her royal prerogative
- Give her profit (exp: Walter Raleigh's ownership of Playing Cards, Tin and taverns)
- Greedy couriers unjustly raise prices
- Major tensions in 1597 and 1601
- 1597
- Spain and Tyrone's Rebellion!!
- concerns over monopolies exposed these political and economic tensions
- M|Ps petition a bill directly to Elizabeth hoping to not challenge her royal prerogative and have her look favourably upon it
- 157 MPs are sympatheitc to the complaints about monopolies
- after a mob breaks into parliament
- 157 MPs are sympatheitc to the complaints about monopolies
- 157 MPs are sympatheitc to the complaints about monopolies
- after a mob breaks into parliament
- confidence of Parliament as it shows the first OPEN criticism of a monarch!
- Spain and Tyrone's Rebellion!!
- 1597
- likely rebellion if she had not died in 1603
- Monopolies
- Only puritan challenges caused problems
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