Mary Tudor’s husband, proposes to Elizabeth (his sister-in-law!).
Elizabeth politely refuses.
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Mary, Queen of Scots (1568)
She loses the civil war vs her nobility. She is forced to flee to England in 1568, leaving her baby, the future King James with the Protestant Scottish nobility.
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Northern Rebellion (1569)
Northern catholic nobility (Earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland) rebel. They were hoping to free Mary, QoS, to challenge Elizabeth.
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Papal Bull (1570)
Excommunication of Elizabeth. Pope orders all good Catholics to rebel vs Elizabeth.
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Ridolfi Plot (1571)
Italian banker Ridolfi promised to financially support catholic plots vs Elizabeth.
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St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
In France, hundreds of Protestants including the French Protestant Royal Family are killed by Catholics. Puritans like Sir Francis Walsingham witness the murders.
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Sir Francis Drake returns from sailing around the World.
1st Englishman to achieve this feat (1st person = Portuguese, Magellan 1519).
Returns with ££millions of stolen Spanish silver.
Drake’s personal wealth is estimated to be £122 million (today’s money).
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Spanish Armada (1588)
Spanish are defeated through a combo of English skill, Spanish failings and Luck!
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Elizabeth’s Tilbury speech
“I may have a body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a King”
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
She loses the civil war vs her nobility. She is forced to flee to England in 1568, leaving her baby, the future King James with the Protestant Scottish nobility.
Back
Mary, Queen of Scots (1568)
Card 3
Front
Northern catholic nobility (Earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland) rebel. They were hoping to free Mary, QoS, to challenge Elizabeth.
Back
Card 4
Front
Excommunication of Elizabeth. Pope orders all good Catholics to rebel vs Elizabeth.
Back
Card 5
Front
Italian banker Ridolfi promised to financially support catholic plots vs Elizabeth.
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