Queen Elizabeth I revision

1558

The year Elizabeth I became queen

1588

The year the Spanish Armada attempted to invade England

Duke of Medina Sidonia

The leader of the Spanish fleet of the Armada

The Netherlands

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

Duke of Parma

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

Francis Drake

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

Fireships

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

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?

Statues

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

English

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

cousin

What relation was Mary Queen of Scots to Queen Elizabeth?

Strong claim to the throne, supported by Catholic countries

Why was Mary Queen of Scots a threat to Elizabeth?

8000

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

Jesuits

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

Philip II

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

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)