Elizabethan Foreign Issues

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  • Created on: 27-01-21 14:43
Who proposed to Queen Elizabeth I and was previously married to her sister, Mary?
Philip of Spain
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Who fled from Scotland to England in 1567 after failing to regain the Scottish throne?
Mary, Queen of Scots
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Which Catholic nobles rebelled to try and free Mary, Queen of Scots in 1569?
Earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland
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What did the Papal Bull of 1570 do?
Excommunicated Elizabeth
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What was the name of the 1571 where an Italian banker promised to fund Catholic plots against Elizabeth?
The Ridolfi plot
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What is the name of the event where hundreds of protestants were killed by Catholics in France?
St Bartholomew's Day Massacre
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What year was the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre?
1572
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Which Puritan member of Elizabeth's Privy Council witnessed the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre?
Sir Francis Walsingham
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What was the name of the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe who returned with millions of pounds worth of stolen money?
Sir Francis Drake
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Who attempted to invade England in 1588?
The Spanish Armada
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Where did Elizabeth give a speech to troops in preparation for the invasion of the Spanish Armada?
Tilbury
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What was the name given to the series of attacks on Spanish ports by Sir Francis Drake that delayed the Spanish Armada's invasion?
The Singeing of the King's Beard
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Who fled from Scotland to England in 1567 after failing to regain the Scottish throne?

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Mary, Queen of Scots

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Which Catholic nobles rebelled to try and free Mary, Queen of Scots in 1569?

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Card 4

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What did the Papal Bull of 1570 do?

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Card 5

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What was the name of the 1571 where an Italian banker promised to fund Catholic plots against Elizabeth?

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