Queen Elizabeth I revision

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1558

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The year Elizabeth I became queen

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1588

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The year the Spanish Armada attempted to invade England

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1558

The year Elizabeth I became queen

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1588

The year the Spanish Armada attempted to invade England

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Duke of Medina Sidonia

The leader of the Spanish fleet of the Armada

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The Netherlands

The country where the Spanish army had been fighting (who were meant to meet up with the SPansih Armada)

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Duke of Parma

The leader of the Spanish soldiers - a very competent army leader

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Francis Drake

The experienced sailor who was second in command of the English fleet

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Fireships

The risky tactic used by the English before the battle of Gravelines

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Supreme Governor of the Church in England

What was the Queen's new title (how was she to be referred to) in her religious settlement?

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Statues

What was not allowed in churches in Elizabeth's religious settlement?

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English

What language should services and the Bible be in in Elizabeth's religious settlement?

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cousin

What relation was Mary Queen of Scots to Queen Elizabeth?

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Strong claim to the throne, supported by Catholic countries

Why was Mary Queen of Scots a threat to Elizabeth?

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8000

Out of 9000 clergy, how many swore the Oath of loyalty to Elizabeth's new religious settlement?

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Jesuits

Priests who arrived in England from the 1580s to try to convert people to Catholicism:

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Philip II

King of Spain, who first wanted to marry Elizabeth, and then tried to invade with an Armada:

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Robert Dudley

The main English possible contender for Elizabeth's hand in marriage (who fell out of favour when his wife died in suspicious circumstances)