Elizabeth's relations with Parliament
- Created by: 13mlilli
- Created on: 06-04-18 10:04
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- Relations with Parliament
- Monopolies
- Way of maintaining loyalty of powerful men
- 1571 - MP Robert Ball said they were unfair + many others agreed
- 1601 - E made speech to Parliament cleverly giving impression she was making changes, without promises
- Marriage + succession
- By 1566 - began openly discussing marriage issue
- Elizabeth banned them talking about her marriage
- Religion
- Majority of those in both houses of Parliament = Protestant
- Elizabeth found it easy to introduce laws against Catholics
- Disagreements over Puritanism tho
- Freedom of speech
- MP Peter Wentworth arrested 3 times for arguing that MPs should have freedom of speech
- Some MPs agreed, some didn't
- One arrest was organised by MPs showing loyalty to Elizabeth
- Crime + poverty
- Poverty often led to crime
- Many MPs realised that punishing the poor didn't work
- Attempt to introduce poor laws - failed until 1601
- Mary, Queen of Scots
- Majority of Parliament saw her as threat to national security
- Pressure on Elizabeth from Parliament to execute her
- Monopolies
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