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My Revision Notes: Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History: Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88
My Revision Notes: Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History: Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88
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Exam Board: Pearson Edexcel
Level: GCSE
Subject: History
First teaching: September 2016
First exams: Summer 2018

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English
ISBN
9781510403017
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Key topic 1: Queen, government and religion, 1558–69
1 The situation on Elizabeth’s accession
1.1 Elizabethan England in 1558
1.2 The Virgin Queen
1.3 Challenges at home and from abroad
2 The ‘settlement’ of religion
2.1 Religious divisions in England in 1558
2.2 Elizabeth’s religious settlement, 1559
2.3 The Church of England: its role in society
3 Challenges to the religious settlement
3.1 The Puritan challenge
3.2 The Catholic challenge
4 The problem of Mary, Queen of Scots
4.1 Mary’s arrival in England, 1568
4.2 Relations between Elizabeth and Mary, 1568–69
Key topic 2: Challenges to Elizabeth at home and abroad, 1569–88
1 Plots and revolts at home
1.1 The Revolt of the Northern Earls, 1569
1.2 Plots and spies
1.3 The execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
2 Relations with Spain
2.1 Political and religious rivalry
2.2 Commercial rivalry
3 Outbreak of war with Spain, 1585–88
3.1 English involvement in the Netherlands, 1585–88
3.2 Drake and the raid on Cadiz
4 The Armada
4.1 The Spanish invasion plans
4.2 The English victory
Key topic 3: Elizabethan society in the Age of Exploration, 1558–88
1 Education and leisure
1.1 Education
1.2 Sport, pastimes and the theatre
2 The ‘problem’ of the poor
2.1 Reasons for the increase in poverty and vagabondage
2.2 Changing attitudes and policies towards the poor
3 Exploration and voyages of discovery
3.1 Factors prompting exploration
3.2 Reasons for Drake’s circumnavigation
4 Raleigh and Virginia
4.1 Significance of Raleigh
4.2 Attempted colonisation of Virginia
4.3 Reasons for the failure of Virginia
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Question 1: Describe
Question 2: Explanation of causation
Question 3: Judgement
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