Elizabethan England 2.1-3.1

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What religion was Spain?
Catholic
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What religion were the two key leaders of the Revolt of the Northern Earls?
Catholic
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Who was appointed Archbishop of Durham in 1561?
James Pilkington
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What year was the Revolt of the Northern Earls?
1569
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Who was Mary Queen of Scots planned to have married in order to produce an heir who could succeed Elizabeth?
Duke of Norfolk
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Who informed Elizabeth I about the rumours circulating about the Revolt of the Northern Earls?
Robert Dudley
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What did the pope issue in 1570 in reaction to the Revolt of the Northern Earls?
papal bull
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What did the Papal Bull tell ALL English Catholics to do?
dispose of Elizabeth
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In reaction to the Pope's Papal bull Elizabeth ______ the definition of treason
widened
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What is a written order issued by the Pope called?
Papal Bull
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Who uncovered the Ridolfi plot?
William Cecil
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Who's death warrant did Elizabeth Sign after the Ridolfi Plot's failure?
Duke of Norfolk
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Who did Elizabeth not take any actions against after the Ridolfi Plot?
Mary Queen of Scots
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What plot to dispose of Elizabeth I happen in 1583?
Throckmorton Plot
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Who was going to invade England in the Throckmorton Plot?
Duke of Guise
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In the Throckmorton Plot, who acted as a go between with Mary?
Throckmorton
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Who uncovered the Throckmorton plot?
Sir Francis Walsingham
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How was Throckmorton punished after the Throckmorton Plot?
Executed
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What was the plan of the Throckmorton Plot if it was successful?
Elizabeth would be overthrown and Mary would be put on the throne
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What plot happened in 1586?
Babington Plot
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What were secret hiding places for priests called?
Priest holes
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Which new act, passed in 1585, gave another reason for Mary's execution?
Act for the Preservation of the Queen's Safety
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Who did Mary Queen of Scots leave her claim to the English Throne to?
Phillip II
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What were pirates who operated with the secret support or even open authorisation of their governments called?
Privateers
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Many English merchants traded _____ with the New World
illegally
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Who did Elizabeth hire as a privateer?
Francis Drake
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Francis Drake was the 2nd person to ______ the world.
circumnavigate
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Which privateer did Elizabeth knight?
Francis Drake
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Who boosted the Crown's finances in a time of growing concern over Spain's threat to England?
Francis Drake
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What could England offer Spain an alliance?
Protection of the Spanish Netherlands
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What could England offer France in an alliance?
Protection from the Spanish-controlled lands surrounding it
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Who crushed the Dutch protestant uprising in 1567?
Duke of Alba
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Instead of fighting against the Spanish to free the Netherlands, what did Elizabeth attempt to do?
negotiate
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Who did Elizabeth offer a marriage alliance to in the 1570s?
Duke of Alencon
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What country was the Duke of Alencon from?
France
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What is a possible drawback for Elizabeth getting France to fight the Spanish in the Netherlands for her?
France may take the Netherlands for themselves
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What was the unification of the Catholic and Protestant Dutch rebels called?
Pacification of Ghent
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What did the Spanish soldiers do after Spain ran out of money to fight the Dutch Rebels?
mutinied
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