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Was there a police force and what affected how much land you owned?
No, how much power and status U had
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What was a Yeoman?
Someone who owned a small amount of land and rented it to tenant farmers
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Who looked after tenants?
The landowners
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What did wealthy businessman organise themselves into?
gields
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Was there equality?
No, men ruled the households
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What was the privy council?
Made up of noble men and house of comments, 19 people would have meetings 3 times a week and elizabeth would often attend.
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What did the privy council do?
Oversaw law and helped elizabeth decide and pass laws
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What was the parliament?
House of commons and house of lords, called and dismissed by elizabeth, few could vote and only called parliament 10 times in Elizabeths reign
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When did elizabeth reign?
1558-1602
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What was a lord lieutenant?
Each country had one, chosen by elizabeth was always a noble and often belonged to the privy council, made sure laws were carried out ad in charge of defending each country and raised local men to be soldiers
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What was the justice of peace?
large landowners who kept law and order. Unpaid and reported to privy council and judged courts every 3 months
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What was the divine right?
The belief the monarch was chosen by god
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What could the monarch do?
Call and dismiss parliament, pass laws, give out titles and land and status, take money from taxes
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What was the secretary of state?
Most important member of privy council, key adviser
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Who was the secretary of state and till when?
Sir William Cecil until 1573
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What was the Government made up of?
Elizabeth, privy council and parliament
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What did illegitimacy make novels think?
They could overthrow Elizabeth and they were better than her
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Why was Liz illegitimate?
The catholic church never accepted Henry VIII divorce with Catherine and marry Anne Berlyn
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When did Henry divorce Catherine?
1533
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In 1536 what did henry say about both daughters?
Neither Mary or Liz should be queen as they are both illegitimate
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Why was not marrying seen bad for a women?
Men had to lead the country as they were strong physically and emotionally and they had to lead armies and defend the country in war
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Why couldn't Liz marry someone from England?
She was already the highest rank
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What did parliament want Liz to do?
Marry but she refused
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When did Mary rule?
1553-1558
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Why did people not believe a female ruler was good?
Mary let disease breakout, let a poor harvest happen and lost the war with france and she burnt protestants
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Why was Liz different to Mary?
She was well educated and spoke 5 languages, understood politics and knew the dangers of the tower of london, charismatic, confident and had a bad temper which people feared, had advisers to help her and used propaganda well
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Why did Liz run into problems in 1558?
She had her own money and often didn't repay loans, when she became queen england was £300,000 in debts Liz was always broke
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Why did inflation occur?
Henry took gold out the currency and made it more worthless and lost peoples trust in the money
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Why was Mary seen as the rightful heir to the throne?
She was catholic and ruled spain so had their support, had a french mother so had their support
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When was Liz excommunicated?
1571
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What was the treaty of Cateau-Cambresis?
A treaty that ended the war with france and spain
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Why was it bad for Liz that frane and spain ended their war?
They could gang up on england as they were protestant and both spain nd france were catholic
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Whats protestants views?
Had 2 sacraments, only pray to jesus or god, speak english and priests can marry, churches should be plain
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What were Catholic views?
Should have bishops, churches should be pretty, priests can't marry, speak latin, pray to saints or Mary
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Who was Catholic out of the family?
Mary I, Henry VIII
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Who was protestant out of the family?
Elizabeth I, Edward VI
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What were puritans?
When Mary ruled protestants left and when Liz ruled they came back and were known as very strong protestants (puritans)
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What is a recusant?
Strong Catholic
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When and what did the 2nd act of supremacy do?
1559, made Elizabeth the head of a new church of england
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What was different about this new church fo england?
took the view of both catholics and protestants, was a protestant church but had catholic features
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When was the act of uniformity
1559, made it a law to go to church on sunday or pay a fine
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What was the book of common prayer?
A book that stated in detail the church services
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What was the Royal injunctions?
showed How to worship god and church services
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What were some of the royal injunctions?
Priests taught that Liz was head of church, Bible had to be english, report people who didn't go to church on sunday, There were bishops, could have catholic images in churches
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Where did Elizabeth send money and english soldiers and where didnt she send them?
Scotland (1560, France (1562) refused to send them to the dutch in 1566
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What did the refusal of money and soldiers being sent here do?
Caused the Dutch revolution
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Who was Francis Drake?
A guy who travelled the world and had permission to attack and steal from spanish ships
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When was Mary put in prison?
1568
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Why was Mary out under house arrest what happened and for how long?
She was plotting to overthrow Liz, judges never made a judgement so she was out under house arrest for 19 years
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Why did people want Mary on the throne?
She had direct claim to the throne, she was Catholic
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When did the treaty of Edinburgh happen
1560
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When and what was the rebellion of the north?
Nobles in the north tried to overthrow Liz in 1569
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When was the spanish armada?
1588
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Why did the northern earls rebel?
They felt neglected as they were catholic and away from the royal courts
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Who lead the first Catholic rebellion?
Norfolk
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What happened too the catholics after the rebellion?
Treatment and punishments of catholics got harsher
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Who backed u the plots to overthrow Elizabeth?
Spain
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Who got money for England?
Francis Drake from the spanish ships he stole goods and shipwrecked them leaving them with no food
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Why did spain loose the Armada?
Drake took their food so most shipwrecked or starved before they got to the english ships, english ships were faster and bigger and better and spain had bad communication and planning
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What was good for Liz after the Armada?
It showed she could lead her country through war
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Near the end of Liz reign what improved?
Leisure activities and education
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When was he first grammar school?
1560
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What could Nobility people do in terms of activities?
Tennis, fencing, fishing
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What could normal men do?
wrestling, swimming
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What could lower class do?
Football
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Why did poverty increase?
Sheep farming, enclosures, rising prices, population increase
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When was the first slavetrade?
1562
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What was the voyages for that young nobles did?
Discovery, to become rich and for adventure
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What was drake known for?
First englishman to travel all around the world by sea, 1577-1580
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Who was Raleigh?
In 1591 he married the queens ladies in waiting without her permission and was sent to the tower of london
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What did Raleigh do in 1594
sailed to america looking for the city of gold and wrote a book accounting it
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Why was Raleigh sent to the TOL again?
He was accused of being part of the plot against king james in 1603
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When was Raleigh executed?
1618, he violated his terms of his pardon and peace treaty with spain as they ransacked a spanish outpost
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What was Virginia used for?
pirate base for producing money for england and to attack spanish ships
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What failed in Virginia?
Colonies due to inexperience unsuitability and native american resistance
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