Eduqas GCSE History The Elizabethan Age 1558 to 1603 overview quiz quiz

Supreme Governor of the Church of England

Supreme Head of the whole Church of England, as her father had been

Sole Defender of the Faith against the Pope

Lord Protector of the Realm and its people

To take communion in Latin using the old Catholic service

To attend church on Sundays or pay a recusancy fine

To swear a public oath of personal loyalty to the Pope

To pay a yearly tax sent directly to the King of Spain

It banned the practice of all religion throughout the country

It made England a fully Catholic country once again under the Pope

It steered between Catholic and Protestant extremes

It abolished the monarch's role as the head of the Church

Declared Elizabeth a saint of the Roman Catholic Church

Ended the long-running war between England and Catholic Spain

Banned the use of the new English Book of Common Prayer in all parish churches

Excommunicated Elizabeth and released Catholics from obedience to her

Missionary priests sent secretly to keep Catholicism alive

Spanish soldiers sent to prepare the way for a planned invasion

Puritan preachers who wanted to reform the Church even further

Royal officials sent to collect taxes from Catholic families

To restore the authority of the Pope over the Church in England

A plainer, more fully reformed Church without vestments, bishops and ceremony

To remove Elizabeth from power and put Mary Queen of Scots on the throne in her place

To abolish Parliament and let the queen rule alone by decree

She personally controlled and commanded the whole of the English army

She served as Elizabeth's most trusted chief minister at court

She was a Catholic claimant to the throne and a focus for plots

She led the powerful Spanish fleet that threatened England

He forced a full confession out of Mary while she was held prisoner

He found a single witness willing to testify against Mary in court

He had all of Mary's belongings searched and discovered some incriminating papers there

His agents intercepted and decoded letters in which Mary approved Elizabeth's murder

Fotheringhay Castle, 1587

The Tower of London, 1571

Edinburgh, 1568

Hampton Court, 1601

To set up a naval blockade of the port of London and slowly starve the whole city

To escort the Duke of Parma's army from the Netherlands and invade England

To launch a surprise attack on Protestant Scotland from the north

To capture Drake's treasure ships returning from the New World

Boarding the Spanish ships and fighting hand to hand on their decks

Launching a surprise land assault on the Spanish troops onshore

Sending fireships into the anchored fleet

Sinking the Spanish flagship with a single well-aimed cannon shot

Everyone in the country had become genuinely wealthy and comfortable

There was no poverty at all anywhere across the whole of England

There were no religious problems or disputes during Elizabeth's reign

Of its culture (theatre) and overseas exploration

They were punished or set to work as able-bodied beggars

They received generous relief payments from their own parish

They were given plots of land to farm and support themselves

They were rewarded with noble titles and a place at court