Elizabethan Era

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The Elizabethan Era

What do you know?

Queen Elizabeth l

• Born September 7, 1533
• Illegitimate  
• Siblings: Prince Edward and Princess Mary
• Virgin Queen
• The Elizabethan Era
• Ruled for 45 years (1558-1603)

Reign of Queen Elizabeth I

What did Queen Elizabeth I do?

1. Reinstated Protestantism
2. Voyages of discovery
3. Defeats Spanish Armada
4. Art flourished

• ''Golden Age of England''

England's Foreign Politics

The government seperated into 3 parts: 

1. The monarch
2. The Privy Council
3. The Parliament

The monarch

• Queen
• 1558, 25 years old
• The Virgin Queen--> no king
• Catholics VS Protestants
• Mary, the Queen of Scots
• Died: March 24, 1603
• Most desicions

The Privy Council

• Closest advisors
• Start: 50 members 
• 1597-> 11 members

The Parliament

• House of Lords:
• Nobles and high ranking church officials 
• Second Chamber
• House of Commons:
• ''Normal citizens’’
• Laws and finances

50 members

Commoners

Bishops

Laws

The Virgin Queen

Advisors

House of Lords

The Monarch

The Privy Council

The Parliament

80 years war

• Spain VS the Netherlands
• King Philip II
• Catholics VS Protestants
• Fun Fact: Elizabeth's half-sister 

The defeat of the Spanish Armada

• A naval force  of 130 ships
• Battled at sea
• 1/3 of Spain’s ships sunk 
• National pride

Elizabeth l Patron of Arts

• Art blossomed
• Love Queen
• Economic growth
• Puritans & Church
• Courts
• Bad Reputation

Theatre & Elizabeth I

• 1567- Red Lion
• 1576- Elizabethan Theatre
• 15.000 visitors
• 1583- Queen's Men
• Richard Tarleton

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