Elizabethan History
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- Elizabethan History
- Privy Councillors
- William Cecil
- loyal adviser for 40 yrs
- Elizabeth trusted him completely
- loyal adviser for 40 yrs
- Robert Dudley
- puritan
- rumoured to be a love interest
- disliked William Cecil
- rumoured to be a love interest
- puritan
- Christopher Hatton
- hated puritans
- sympathised with Catholics
- hated puritans
- Francis Walshingham
- strong puritan
- 1571-discovered Throckmorten plot
- discovered Mary's involvement in Babington plot
- 1571-discovered Throckmorten plot
- strong puritan
- Robert Devereux
- hated the Cecil family
- was hit over the ear
- led a rebellion-was arrested for treason
- was hit over the ear
- hated the Cecil family
- William Cecil
- Poverty
- causes
- Debasement of coinage
- needed money for wars so melted coins and made them less valuable
- Elizabeth gave old proportion coins back
- needed money for wars so melted coins and made them less valuable
- bad harvests
- 1596-terrible
- threat of starvation
- 1596-terrible
- rising populations
- after black death populations rose and not enough food, clothes,houses and jobs were available
- inflation
- wages did not go up with rising prises
- shortage of goods and a larger demand meant poor couldn't afford what there was
- wages did not go up with rising prises
- rack-renting
- rents were losing value so were increased
- poorer farmers couldn't afford to rent the land
- rents were losing value so were increased
- changes in the cloth trade
- England's main export
- tens of thousands were jobless
- England's main export
- changes in farming
- more farmers kept sheep instead of farming crops
- loss of jobs for labourers
- more farmers kept sheep instead of farming crops
- dissolution of monastries
- source of charity for poor people was taken away
- monopolies
- 1590's Elizabeth sold monopolies to nobles and prises rose
- Debasement of coinage
- causes
- Mary, Queen of Scots
- 1568-fled to England
- 1569- Northern rebellion
- 1569-Duke of Norfolk, wanted to marry Mary
- 1570-excommunication of Elizabeth
- 1586-Babington plot! Mary agreed to the plan.
- 1586- Mary was executed
- 1586-Babington plot! Mary agreed to the plan.
- Ships and seamen
- John Hawkins
- Started the slave trade
- designed and built ships for the navy
- developed new fighting galleon
- fought against the Spanish Armada
- Francis Drake
- First english man to sail around the world
- made large profits from voyages
- attacked spainish ships and angered spain- the Golden Hind
- Francis Drake
- Francis Drake
- First english man to sail around the world
- made large profits from voyages
- attacked spainish ships and angered spain- the Golden Hind
- Walter Raleigh
- Established english colony in Virginia
- wasn't very successful-didn't find any gold, second expedition were never found
- John Hawkins
- Privy Councillors
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