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The year Elizabeth I became queen
1588
The year the Spanish Armada attempted to invade England
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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)