State of country when Elizabeth came to throne
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- State of the country in 1558
- Government
- In debt by £250,000.
- Not enough money to pay for a full time army.
- Navy had been strengthened.
- Religion
- England was divided by religion: Catholicism, Protestantism and Puritanism.
- The economy
- The cloth trade had collapsed in the early 1550s. This led to prices rising quickly.
- After several bad harvest, the harvest in 1558 was good.
- Society
- 3 million people lived in a hierarchical society in England and Wales.
- Women were seen inferior to men.
- Poverty and unemployment were growing amongst lower classes.
- 3 million people lived in a hierarchical society in England and Wales.
- Relations with other countries
- Allies with Spain (powerful Roman Catholic country).
- Philip of Spain was married to Mary Tudor and now wishes to marry Elizabeth.
- 1558- France and England at war. Same year Mary Stuart claimed that she was the rightful Queen of England.
- Allies with Spain (powerful Roman Catholic country).
- Reactions to the new Queen
- E was popular when she came to throne: she was young, single, completely of English blood and seemed to offer a fresh start. Some nobles hoped to marry her.
- Many were worried because she was a women and many thought that women were weaker rulers than men.
- Cultural Development
- Renaissance has spread to England.
- Invention of printing press meant boos could be mass produced.
- People starting to discover other parts of the world. Eg. The New World of the Americas.
- Government
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