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62 Cards in this Set
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Elizabeth becomes queen |
1558 |
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william cecil appointed as secretary of state |
1558 |
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elizabeth’s coronation |
jan 1559 |
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religious settlement implemented |
1559 |
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treaty of cateau-cambresis ends the war between england and france |
1559 |
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treaty of edinburgh end the war between england and scotland |
1560 |
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elizabeth catches small pox, forcing her to wear makeup to hide her scars |
1562 |
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robert dudley appointed to the privy council |
1562 |
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robert dudley made earl of leicester |
1564 |
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statute of artificers- compulsory 7 year apprenticeship for boys |
1563 |
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the 39 articles |
1563 |
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european clergy meet at the council of trent and agree to stop the spread of protestantism |
1563 |
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first dutch revolt |
1566 |
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the vestments controversy |
1566 |
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mary queen of scots flees to england |
1568 |
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the northern rebellion |
1569 |
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pope pius V excommunicates elizabeth |
1570 |
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thomas cartwright proposes presbyterian church |
1570 |
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the ridolfi plot |
1571 |
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vagabonds act |
1572 |
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walsingham made secretary of state |
1573 |
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law passed banning strolling players |
1572 |
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earl of leicester’s players formed |
1574 |
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second dutch revolt |
1575 |
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poor relief act issuing houses of corrections |
1576 |
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james burbage builds ‘the theatre’ |
1576 |
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peter wentworth is jailed for complaining mp’s didn’t have freedom of speech |
1576 |
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francis drake circumnavigates the world |
1577-1580 |
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archbishop grindal confined to his home for refusing to follow the queen’s instructions |
1577 |
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francis drake is knighted on the deck of the golden hind |
1580 |
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puritan robert browne began the separatist movement |
1580 |
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fine for recusancy increased to £20 and it made treason to try and convert people to catholicism |
1581 |
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jesuit edmund campion executed |
1581 |
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throckmorton plot |
1583 |
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john whitgift issues his three articles |
1583 |
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bond of association created |
1584 |
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all catholic priests ordered to leave the country or they were to be sentenced to death |
1585 |
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treaty of nonsuch |
1585 |
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war begins between england and spain |
1585 |
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first colony in virginia established |
1585 |
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elizabeth overruled mp’s who tried to pass a law banning near baiting |
1585 |
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the babington plot |
1586 |
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surviving colonists abandon virginia and return to england |
1586 |
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mary queen of scots executed |
1587 |
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colony established at roanoke in north america |
1587 |
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second attempt to colonise roanoke |
1587 |
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drake’s attack on cadiz |
1587 |
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elizabeth orders the arrest of 5 mp’s for discussing changes to the church |
1587 |
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phillip II launches the armada |
1588 |
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spanish armada defeated at the battle of gravelines |
1588 |
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the marprelate tracts |
1588 |
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robert cecil appointed to the privy council |
1591 |
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act passed banning catholics from gathering in large numbers and restricted them to within 5 miles of their homes |
1593 |
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act against seditious secretaries |
1593 |
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bad harvests increase poverty rate |
1596 and 1597 |
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hardwick hall completed |
1597 |
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second poor relief act which appointed overseers of the poor |
1598 |
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act for the punishment of rogues |
1598 |
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the globe theatre opened |
1599 |
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earl of essex executed for leading a rebellion against elizabeth |
1601 |
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third poor relief act consolidating the poor law |
1601 |
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death of elizabeth |
1603 |