Elizabethan England
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| What was drakes ship called | Golden hind |
| What spanish thing did he attack | The cacafuego. spanish treasure ship |
| Why did this anger spain | Drake was treated as a hero for beong a privateer. |
| Why was drakes travel significant? | Queen was able to pay of national debt. new land for englands trading. brought back gold, jewels worth 140000 |
| Who sent the letters and how in the b plot | Sir anthony babington in beer barrels |
| What was the b plot letters about | Spanish invasion of england, free mary and kill elizabeth |
| How were they caught | Marys servant were spies for walsingham. he intercepted the one where she agreed . |
| What did b plot lead to | Execution of mary, babington and 6 plotters |
| Who was sir francis walsingham | Elizabeths spy master |
| What plots did walsinham stop | Ridolfi plot 1571, babington plot 1586, throckmorton plot 1583 |
| What were leisure activities for the rich | Musicians, fencing, tennis, bowling, hunting, theatres, feast days |
| Leisure activities for the poor? | Running, football, theatres, hunting, feast days, bearbaiting,inns, gambling= |
| When and who built the first theatre | James burbage in 1576 |
| What was the job of the master of revels | Checked play scripts for no secret political messages and checked royal liscenses |
| What was it like watching plays in the theatre | Very lively, audience could walk around, clap, eat, throw things at the actors |
| How much did it cost to sit in each section | Pit- 1 penny. stalls- 4 pennys |
| What was the treaty of nonsuch | Elizabeth sent 7000 soldiers to help dutch rebels fight against spain |
| Where was elizabeth protecting | Netherlands |
| What did ton lead to | War between eland v spain as spain was angry elizabeth was protecting the netherlands |