People In Elizabethan England

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Who was the 'Virgin Queen' of England for 1558?
Elizabeth I
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Who was Elizabeth's father?
Henry VIII
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Who was Elizabeth's mother?
Anne Boleyn
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Who had spent money on wars with Scotland and made Elizabeth inherit lots of debt?
Edward VI
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Which ruler of England started a war with France which Elizabeth resolved?
Mary I
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Who was married to the heir to the French of throne and executed in 1587 without Elizabeth's permission.
Mary Queen of Scots
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What title did Elizabeth give herself in the Religious Settlement 1559?
Supreme Governor
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Those who revolted to restore Catholicism?
Northern Earls
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Who had a plan to marry Mary Queen of Scots?
Duke of Norfolk
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Who excommunicated Elizabeth in 1570?
Pope Pius V
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Who planned to marry Mary Queen of Scots to the Duke of Norfolk and assassinate Elizabeth?
Roberto di Ridolfi
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Who was Elizabeth's principal secretary and spymaster?
Francis Walsingham
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Who was the leader in the plot to overthrow Elizabeth and replace her with Mary?
Francis Throckmorton
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Who sent information to Mary from her conspirators?
Anthony Babington
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The king of Spain who was involved in plots against Elizabeth after the religious settlement?
Philip II of Spain
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Who went to the Netherlands and accepted role of Governor General and was Elizabeth to turn it down?
Robert Dudley
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Mary's son who may seek revenge for his mother's death?
James VI of Scotland
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Who raided Cadiz in 1587?
Francis Drake
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Who were the Spanish going to meet at the Spanish Armada at Dunkirk?
Duke of Parma
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Who wrote 'The Art of Navigation' - a key Spanish book in 1561?
Martin Cortés
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Who invented the backstaff which is a key invention because it was a more accurate and better navigation system?
John Davis
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Who journeyed around the world from 1577 to 1580?
Francis Drake
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Who set out to establish a new colony in Newfoundland and failed?
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
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Who had many unsuccessful attempts to colonise Virginia?
Walter Raleigh
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Which ruler of England started a war with France which Elizabeth resolved?

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