Elizabeth I

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One of her main aims
Preserve the prerogative (own) powers of the crown - Similar to Henry VII who was suspicious of nobility
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Another aim
Consolidate her position
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Another aim
Settle religious disputes
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Last aim
Pursue a peace settlement with the french
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Why did she keep some of Mary's councillors?
To keep good intentions with the Catholics
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What year was her religious settlement?
1559
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What did the Act of Supremacy include?
Made Eliz supreme governor (had to change from 'head') of the church of England
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What did the Act of Uniformity include?
Reintroduced the book of common prayer, catholic artefacts could still be placed on the table, attendance at church was compulsory, heavy fines if you attended catholic mass
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What is a royal injunction?
A set of rules/instructions
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How many royal injunctions were there?
57
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What did they include?
Pilgrimages were outlawed, preachers had to be licensed by a bishop before they could start preaching, every church had to display a bible in english
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How many clergy resigned or lost their livings because they didn't accept the settlement?
400 (half as many as Mary)
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What was the act of exchange?
Allowed eliz to take over property belonging to bishops and force them to pay rent, (kept her in control over them)
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What did the 1564 survey show?
Only 1/2 of the JPs could be relied upon to actively support the settlement
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How did Scotland respond to the settlement?
Peace treaty formed between Spain and France, MQOS and Lord darnley marry (more of a long term impact)
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How did the Netherlands respond?
Philp stops the trade with eliz because she is seen as promoting piracy and protestant preaching in the netherlands
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How did France respond?
Death of Francis II, cause issues between France and scotland and england as MQOS was married to Francis (france) (after darnley) - leads to Mary escaping to England
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How did Spain respond?
Phil tries to persuade eliz to marry him and dilute the protestant settlement
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Why did Eliz need to marry?
Heir, political alliance (would increase support), support from a man
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What did parliament do?
Hold control over what taxes were paid to the public, passing laws
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What did the privy council do?
manage crown finances, parliament, regional councils, local officials, national defence
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What was William of Cecils other name?
Lord Burghley
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How much did eliz reduce her privy council?
20 men, from 40-50 in Mary's reign
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Out of the 13 parliament sessions, how many were to grant taxation?
11
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What happened in 1563 in Parliament?
Eliz opened it because she wanted money but MPs wanted to talk marriage (going against the royal prerogative)
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Why did Eliz prevent the passage for bills in 1566?
So she could focus on religious reforms
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What did William Strickland do in 1571?
Proposed a bill to reforms the book of common prayer - angered Queen
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Who had factional rivalry?
Cecil and Dudley (Earl of Leicester) about Eliz's potential marriages
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What did Parliament debate about in 1601?
Monopolies
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Treaty of Cateau Cambresis?
1559, Ended the French war, loss of Calais for Eng, (after 8 years france would either pay 500,000 to eng or return it)
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What was the Treaty of Berwick in 1560?
Signed with Scotland, Eliz sent an army to Scotland to help Mary of Guise who had prot rebels going against her but army failed to defeat French troops (but they later got lost at sea) & Mary of Guise died
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What was the Treaty of Edinburgh - 1560?
England and France agreed to withdraw troops from Scotland
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Why did marrying Lord Darnley strengthen Mary's claim to the throne?
Grandson of a Tudor
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Relations with Spain in the 60s
Deteriorated because of trading activity by Hawkins (attempted to break Spanish monopoly in Caribbean- only 2 ships escaped), Eliz seized Spanish ships in netherlands which backfired because of Duke of Alba (did the same to England's ships)
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Relations with Spain in the 70s
1572 - eliz expelled sea beggars (dutch pirates) from eng ports, 1576 - parts of Netherlands rose against the spainish army because they wanted independence back
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South side of Netherlands?
Catholic
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North side?
Protestant
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What portugeuse pretender did she support?
Dan Antonio
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Relations with Spain in the 80s
Duke of Parma (Philips right hand man) took over most of the north apart from Holland and Zeeland
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Why was 1584 a turning point?
Protestant reb William of Orange assassinated, Treaty of Joinville signed by Phil and French Catholic league (led by Guise family)
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How did Eliz react to the Treaty of Joinville?
Treaty of Nonsuch, alliance with Dutch protestant rebs, Eliz sent 7000 troops to Netherlands but her troops quarrelled - Dudley resigns
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Deserving poor
Deserved to receive assistance. E.G OAPSs, disabled etc
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Impotent Poor
Unable to look after themselves,
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Undeserving/Idle Poor
Deemed lazy
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1572 poor law act
Donations to local authorities were made compulsory
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What year were the Houses of Corrections set up?
1576
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1597 poor law act
Confirmed the compulsory poor rate and established an overseer of the poor (who administered poor relief)
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Norwich - poor
80% of population living in poverty, the rich were taxed a lot
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Ipswich - poor
1569 - licensing system for beggars introduced, hospitals opened for sick, youth training schemes
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York - poor
Prosperous town, the poor needed to move to find work, beggars who refused to work were either sent back to birth town or house of correction
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1601 poor law
Created a national system for poor relief, based on the parish. Children were apprenticed into trade work, deserving in poorhouses, house of correction for idle etc
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Regional issues in Ireland
Mainly Catholic, important as this offered a base for foreign powers/intruders, 1595 Earl of Tyrone led a rebellion to exploit the 2nd Armada as they (ire) wanted to be involved, 1598 Battle of Yellow Ford - Tyrone sent 6000 men and defeated Eng
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How did the Earl of Essex betray Eliz?
Eliz sent him to Ireland and instead he went behind her back and made a truce - He lost his influence
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Why was 1601-02 a turning point between Eng or Ireland?
3000 spanish troops arrived in Ireland and Lord Mountjoy (Essex's replacement) defeated them
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Regional issues in Wales
Structure of border administration and the council of wales remained in operation. The book of common prayer and the Bible translated in Welsh, majority were poor
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Regional issues in Northern England/Scottish Border
Border between Eng and Scot still an area of conflict, Eliz appointed southerners to maintain the border (angered northerners because they had no loyalty), this became an issue because there was no local base
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How did Eliz resolve it?
Eliz provided James (Scotland) a £4000 per year pension
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Good things about trade?
Value of internal trade became larger than foreign trade e.g largest development was shipping coal from the River Tyne to the Thames, More luxury good imported like sugar and exotic fruit making goods more affordable
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Why did the main markets of english wool move from Antwerp to Amsterdam in the 1580s?
As Antwerp was a catholic city whereas Amsterdam was Protestant, this was because William Cecil had encouraged it
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When was the Turkish Company set up?
1581, Ottoman company
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Why was the East India Company successful?
Est 1600, backed by Lancaster who in 1591 successfully sailed around Africa reaching the East and West Indies
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What did John Hawkins do in 1562?
Went to Africa, captured locals as slaves and took them to West Indian Islands in exchange for goods
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What year did Eliz fund Hawkins trip?
1564
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What dod Francis Drake do?
1580 he returned from 3 year circumnavigation of globe, making a profit of 4000 percent - led to better maps - good for armada
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What colony did Raleigh find?
Virginia
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1563 Statute of Artificers
Helped fix prices and regulate wages
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When were all the debased coins replaced?
1560
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Where was there particular poverty?
The North
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When was the collapse of real wages?
1596
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Bad Harvests?
1594-7
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