Year 8 · History · Tudors and the Reformation · Lesson 4
Elizabeth I: settlement and threats
Elizabeth I's problems, the 1559 Religious Settlement, Catholic threats including Mary, Queen of Scots, and the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
19-minute video lesson
Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.
Watch free for a monthWhat your child will learn
- Describe Elizabeth's problems in 1558
- Explain the Religious Settlement
- Explain the threat from Mary, Queen of Scots
- Explain why the Armada failed
- Judge the settlement's success
The method
- What was the aim?
- Evidence it worked.
- Evidence it didn't.
- Overall judgement.
Key words: Religious Settlement, Supreme Governor, recusant, excommunication, Armada, Puritan, interpretation.
Worked examples
The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.
Question 1
When did Elizabeth I become queen?
- Step 1: After Mary I died
Answer: 1558
Question 2
When did Elizabeth I die?
- Step 1: End of the Tudor era
Answer: 1603
Question 3
Who was Elizabeth I's mother?
- Step 1: Henry's second wife
Answer: Anne Boleyn