AQA A Level History: Elizabeth I
Exam Prep
7th September 1533 - Answer>> Elizabeth I born
May 1536 - Answer>> Declared illegitimate after her mother's
death
1544 - Answer>> returned to the succession
1554 - Answer>> briefly imprisoned after the Wyatt Rebellion
17th November 1558 - Answer>> parliament proclaimed
Elizabeth Queen
John Knox - Answer>> criticised Elizabeth in the monstrous
regiment of women
officially Catholic country after - Answer>> 1555
1558 financial policy - Answer>> £227,000
1558 foreign policy - Answer>> loss of Calais
end of Hapsburg-Valois rivalry
parliament proclaimed Elizabeth Queen - Answer>> breaking
tradition of parliament dissolving and being called by new
monarch
council supported Elizabeth's claim
key appointments - Answer>> Sir William Cecil
reappointed 11 councillors
,appointed 9 new councillors
privy council reduced from 40 to 20
December 1558 royal proclamations - Answer>> forbade
preaching of non-enshrined practices to stop spread of radicalism
15th January 1559 - Answer>> extravagant coronation
made several public appearances
Philip of Spain early relationship - Answer>> confirmed lack of
opposition by sending the Count of Feria as ambassador to
arrange marriage alliance
1559 - Answer>> religious settlement as final word on religion
aims - Answer>> settle religious uncertainty
achieve a peaceful foreign policy
achieve a stable and prosperous reign
royal court - Answer>> combined a social and political function
employed 15,000 people
place of power, opinion and favourites
privy chamber - Answer>> largely staffed by women
women of the privy chamber - Answer>> often the wives and
daughters of leading politicians
patronage - Answer>> retained the support of key nobles
limited plots and nobles becoming over mighty
granted rights to - Answer>> collect taxes in a community
, have a monopoly over a certain trade
foreign exploration
peerages made - Answer>> 18
1603 society - Answer>> fewer nobles than in 1558
no single councillor - Answer>> had control of patronage
factional rivalry - Answer>> few plots
domestic peace
key factional rivalries - Answer>> Cecil v Dudley
Cecil v Devereux
War v Peace
privy council - Answer>> central government based on life at
court
advised the monarch on foreign and public policy
acted as a royal court of law
privy council size - Answer>> 40 reduced to 20
more efficient and easier to control
councillors appointed - Answer>> had opposing views so to
give a range of opinions and advice
range of councillors caused - Answer>> disagreements and
rivalries
catholic councillors replaced by - Answer>> a core of
professional administrators
Exam Prep
7th September 1533 - Answer>> Elizabeth I born
May 1536 - Answer>> Declared illegitimate after her mother's
death
1544 - Answer>> returned to the succession
1554 - Answer>> briefly imprisoned after the Wyatt Rebellion
17th November 1558 - Answer>> parliament proclaimed
Elizabeth Queen
John Knox - Answer>> criticised Elizabeth in the monstrous
regiment of women
officially Catholic country after - Answer>> 1555
1558 financial policy - Answer>> £227,000
1558 foreign policy - Answer>> loss of Calais
end of Hapsburg-Valois rivalry
parliament proclaimed Elizabeth Queen - Answer>> breaking
tradition of parliament dissolving and being called by new
monarch
council supported Elizabeth's claim
key appointments - Answer>> Sir William Cecil
reappointed 11 councillors
,appointed 9 new councillors
privy council reduced from 40 to 20
December 1558 royal proclamations - Answer>> forbade
preaching of non-enshrined practices to stop spread of radicalism
15th January 1559 - Answer>> extravagant coronation
made several public appearances
Philip of Spain early relationship - Answer>> confirmed lack of
opposition by sending the Count of Feria as ambassador to
arrange marriage alliance
1559 - Answer>> religious settlement as final word on religion
aims - Answer>> settle religious uncertainty
achieve a peaceful foreign policy
achieve a stable and prosperous reign
royal court - Answer>> combined a social and political function
employed 15,000 people
place of power, opinion and favourites
privy chamber - Answer>> largely staffed by women
women of the privy chamber - Answer>> often the wives and
daughters of leading politicians
patronage - Answer>> retained the support of key nobles
limited plots and nobles becoming over mighty
granted rights to - Answer>> collect taxes in a community
, have a monopoly over a certain trade
foreign exploration
peerages made - Answer>> 18
1603 society - Answer>> fewer nobles than in 1558
no single councillor - Answer>> had control of patronage
factional rivalry - Answer>> few plots
domestic peace
key factional rivalries - Answer>> Cecil v Dudley
Cecil v Devereux
War v Peace
privy council - Answer>> central government based on life at
court
advised the monarch on foreign and public policy
acted as a royal court of law
privy council size - Answer>> 40 reduced to 20
more efficient and easier to control
councillors appointed - Answer>> had opposing views so to
give a range of opinions and advice
range of councillors caused - Answer>> disagreements and
rivalries
catholic councillors replaced by - Answer>> a core of
professional administrators
