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Anne Boleyn was Queen Elizabeth's mother. She was beheaded before Elizabeth was even three years of age. King Henry VIII grew tired of Anne because she did not bore him a son.
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Mary who is the daughter of King Henry and his first wife becomes the queen. because Mary is catholic, she is unpopular, but Elizabeth is well liked.
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Elizabeth is imprisoned in a tower because Mary sees her as a threat.
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on this day Mary, who is Elizabeth's half sister, dies. It was said that she was pregnant at the time.
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on the very same day that Queen Mary died. Elizabeth was proclaimed queen.
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Even though Elizabeth was proclaimed queen on November 17, 1558, she was not crowned until the following January
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Queen Elizabeth never marries. It is believed she never married because of how she saw the way women were treated including the way her mother was treated by her father; therefore, she was diguisted by the idea of marrying.
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Queen Elizabeth faced many threats from everywhere. One which involved with the largest military threat with Spain
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Elizabeth's cousin, Mary, is executed after she had left her country and when she returned she was put on house arrest. Mary expected to be protected by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, but Elizabeth knew she was a threat and signed her death warrant.
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The war with Spain was still on until 1603. Dispite all of Queen Elizabeth's hard work, she died
