Queen elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth I

By Miriam I
  • Elizabeth I Guided A Religious Settlement
    Apr 30, 1559

    Elizabeth I Guided A Religious Settlement

    The religious settlement went through Parliament that stopped religious differences from taking England apart. This was guided by Elizabeth I and Cecil (Kagan PG. 357).
  • Act of Supremacy
    Apr 30, 1559

    Act of Supremacy

    The Act of Supremacy that passed Parliament was repealing all the anti-Protestant legislation of Mary Tudor and asserting Elizabeth's right as "Supreme Governor" over both spiritual and temporal affairs (Kagan PG. 357).
  • Elizabeth For Heresay
    Apr 30, 1570

    Elizabeth For Heresay

    A favored military conquest of Protestant England, who was Pope Pius V, excommunicated Elizabeth for heresay (Kagan PG. 360).
  • Elizabeth's Famous
    Apr 30, 1570

    Elizabeth's Famous

    Seamen Sir Francis Drake and John Hawkins began to prey regularly on spanish shipping in the Americas (Kagan PG. 360).
  • Plot Against the Queen

    Plot Against the Queen

    Elizabeth's secretary, Sir Francis Walsingham, discovered a plot against Elizabeth involving the spanish ambassador (Kagan PG. 362)
  • Treaty Signed

    Treaty Signed

    Elizabeth I signed the Treaty of Nonsuch that gave English soldiers and cavalry to the Netherlands (Kagan PG. 361-362).
  • Another Plot

    Another Plot

    Walsingham uncovered another plot against Elizabeth called the Babington Plot (Kagan PG. 362)
  • The Queen's Death

    The Queen's Death

    Queen Elizabeth I died leaving behind a strong nation poised to expand into a global empire (Kagan PG. 362)