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1
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Who is Philip 2 of Spain?

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son of Charles V of spain, Catholic; married Mary 1 ; after Mary’s death, claimed the English

2
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Who is Mary Stuart?

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Catholic; Mary Queen of Scots; cousin of Elizabeth through Henry V11’s daughter, Margaret; executed following series of catholic plots

3
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Who is Pius V?

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Pope; issued a papal bull which declared Elizabeth 1 a heretic and released her subject from their loyal duty to her

4
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Who is Francis Walsingham ?

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Protestant; Secretary of state and member of the privy council; known as Elizabeths spymaster, he gained evidence to convict Mary Stuart of treason

5
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Who is Matthew Parker ?

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Elizabeth’s first Archbishop of Canterbury (1559-75)

6
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Who is Edmund Grindal ?

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Elizabeth’s second Archbishop of Canterbury, put under house arrest after refusing to act against prophesyings

7
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Who is John Whitgift?

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Elizabeth’s third Archbishop of Canterbury issues Three Articles- acknowledge Royal Supremacy, agree Common Book/39 Articles

8
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Who is William of Orange

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Protestant; leader of Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule; his assassination by Catholics led to fears of Catholic ploys in England to kill Elizabeth

9
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When was the Act of Supremacy

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1558

10
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What was the Act of Supremacy

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Removed the Pop as the Head of Church and declared Elizabeth was Supreme Governor of the Church

11
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What is the Act of Uniformity?

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Set out what form the English Church would take, including the re-establishment of the Book of Common Prayer, with a few modification

12
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When is the Act of Uniformity?

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1559

13
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When did Mary QOS arrive in England?

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1568

14
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When was the Ridofi plot?

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1571

15
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When was the Treason Act?

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1571

16
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When was Strickland’s bill to reform the Book of Common Prayer?

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1571

17
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When did the Seminary priests arrive?

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1574

18
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What is Prophesying?

A

the Clergy come together to discuss the Bible

19
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When was the Throckmorton plot?

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Throckmorton Plot

20
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When did parliament pas an Act against seminary priests and Jesuits?

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1585

21
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When was the Babington plot

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1586

22
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When was Mary QOS executed?

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1587

23
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What year did Cope’s ‘bill and book’ overturn the government of the Church?(bishops)

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1587

24
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When was the Spanish Armarda?

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1588

25
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What id the Divine Right of York ?

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the belief that monarchs have been chosen by God and therefore it is sacrilege for the people to turn against their monarch and kill them

26
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What is the York conference?

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A meeting in york, following Mary QOS arrival in England, to decide if Mary should stand trial for killing her husband, Lord Damley

27
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What is excommunication?

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When the Pope declares a person is no longer a member of the Catholic Church; this removed the obligation on any Catholic to obey Elizabeth

28
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What is casket letters?

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Radical Puritans that believeElizabeth’s Church could not be reformed and so wanted to set up completely independent Church

29
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What is St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre?

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In Paris, French Catholics killed French Protestant (Huguenots) marked a new stage in the French Wars of Religion ; following the Ridofi Plot. This increased fears of a Catholic attack on Protestant in England.

30
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What does presbyterians mean?

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Wanted to replace the system of government in the english Church which focused on bishops.

31
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What is rescusants?

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Those who refuse to attend the new church; they had to pay a fine of one shilling a week which was not much for a rich person

32
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Who were Jesuits?

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Catholic priests; members of the society of Jesus ; trained in Europe they entered England to support Catholics and bring the country back to Catholicism

33
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Who fled England upon the accession to the throne of the Catholic Mary Tudor (Mary I) in 1553

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Walsingham

34
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Who was Walsinghams daughter

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Frances Walsingham

35
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How much debt did Elizabeth inherit?

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£227,000

36
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What year did Liz have a surplus, and how much was it?

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1584 she had a surplus of £300,000

37
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when did Elizabeth die

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1603

38
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On Accession day what did people do?

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Jousting and knights shown loyalty to the Virgin Queen

39
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Who did she call frog

A

Alencon

40
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What did she use the women of her privy chamber to gain?

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Political gossip

41
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What was Cope’s ‘bill and book’ demanding in 1887?

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An end to the authority of the bishops.

42
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When was Wentworth debate over freedom of speech

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1576 and 1586

43
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How many times did parliament meet in Elizabeth’s reign?

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13 times

44
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What was the role of parliament?

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Give advice and pass laws

45
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What was the Puritan choir?

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Protestants who kept demanding change

46
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when did cecil become a lord?

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1571

47
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What was the hierarchal order?

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Queen
Privy council
Court
Parliament

48
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What is purveyance

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This was the right of the Court to buy commodities at a price they themselves set.

49
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What is monopolies

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What she ended up giving to people as rewards when she did not have much money after spanish war. Could set their own prices

50
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What did monopoly did Elizabeth give the Earl of Essex

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sweet wines

51
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Who is The earl of Essex

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John Dudleys step son, Robert Devereux

52
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What was Cecil also known as?

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Lord Burghley

53
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Who is Thomas Sackville?

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aka Lord Buckhurst. Joined Privy Council in 1571. Died 1599 as Lord Treasurer

54
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why did liz meet with government in 1601

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because they had a debt of 140,000 pounds and therefore need a grant of 300,000 pounds to fix it

55
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What years do Liz get double subsidies?

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1589 and 1593

56
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What year did Elizabeth agree to investigate and deal with financial problems?

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1593

57
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Who sent Wentworth to the tower the second time? 1593

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Privy council so queen did not have to act

58
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What was the year where people kicked off over monopolies

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1597

59
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When was the The regulation of employment & Statute
Of
Artificers

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1963

60
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What is the The regulation of employment & Statute
Of
Artificers

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Those under 30 and unmarried had to serve an employer who needed one.

7 year apprenticeships

61
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What was the Alms act?

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Distinguished between the idle and the deserving poor and said they were to receive help from the Poor rate.

62
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When was the Alms act?

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1563

63
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When was the Act for the relief of the poor?

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1576

64
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What was the Act for the relief of the poor?

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The able bodied poor were to be directed by the JPs to find work. Those who refused were to be sent to a house of correction.
Large towns had to provide resources to put the idle poor to work.

65
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When was the Vagabonds Act?

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1572

66
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What was the vagabonds act?

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Poor rate became compulsory.

Severe penalties were to be enacted against the poor aka whipping

67
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What was the state food?

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Bread

68
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What happened for the first time in Newcastle for the first time in a century?

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People were collapsing in the streets

69
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How many % of people in Kent could not support themselves in 1598?

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12

70
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What did the Privy Council forbade due to the problems in the 1590s?

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Export of grain, to keep fewer dogs and not to feed cattle peas

71
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Between what years were there a run of disastrous harvests

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1594-1598

72
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What was sent out to enforce the quarantine of plague victims?

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Book of Orders

73
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What two grains increased in price sometimes more than wheat?

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Oats and Rye

74
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In what year was the Act for the Punishment of Rogues, Vagabonds and Sturdy Beggars passed?

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1598

75
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In which Act for the Relief of the Poor was the Poor Law made permanent?

A

1601

76
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In what year did the Act for the Relief of the poor give licenses to beg?

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1598 and 1601

77
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Who dies in 1598?

A

William Cecil

78
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How do the government punish beggars?

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Whipping

79
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What was intercepted by Walsingham in 1586 that sealed Mary’s death warrant?

A

A Letter

80
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What was passed in 1583

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Bond of Assosication

81
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when did begging become illegal/forbidden

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1598