Quee Elizabeth

INDEX

Introduction
I. CHRONOLOGY EVENTS
II. BIOGRAPHY
III. ACCESSION
IV. POWER AND GOVERNMENT
V. THE SPANISH ARMADA
VI. THE QUEEN’S DEATH
VII. ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I
BIBLIOGRAPHY

INTRODUCTION
ELIZABETH TUDOR is considered by many to be the GREATEST MONARCH IN ENGLISH HISTORY. When she became Queen in 1558, she was twenty-five years old. Sheinherited a bankrupt nation, torn by religious discord, a weakened pawn between the great powers of France and Spain. Her only hope, was to marry quickly and lean upon her husband for support, but Elizabeth had other ideas. 
She ruled alone for nearly half a century, lending her name to a glorious epoch in world history. She dazzled even her greatest enemies. Her sense of duty was admirable, thoughit came at great personal cost. She was committed above all else to preserving English peace and stability; her genuine love for her subjects was legendary. Only a few years after her death in 1603, they lamented her passing. In her greatest speech to Parliament, she told them, 'I count the glory of my crown that I have reigned with your love.

I. CHRONOLOGY EVENTS
1533 Elizabeth is born atGreenwich Palace.
1536 Elizabeth's mother, Queen Anne Boleyn, is executed at The Tower of London.
1537 Elizabeth's half-brother, Prince Edward, is born.
1547 King Henry VIII dies and Prince Edward becomes King Edward VI.
1553 King Edward VI dies and Elizabeth's half-sister, Mary, becomes Queen Mary I.
1554 Elizabeth is imprisoned in The Tower of London and then Woodstock Manor.
1555Elizabeth is freed.
1558 Queen Mary I die and Elizabeth becomes Queen Elizabeth I.
1559 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth I.
Elizabethan Religious Settlement
1562 Elizabeth is seriously ill with small pox at Hampton Court Palace.
1564 William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe are born.
1567 Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate the throne.
1568 Mary, Queen of Scots, is imprisonedin England after fleeing Scotland.
1569 Northern Rebellion
1570 Elizabeth is excommunicated from the Catholic Church by the Pope.
1571 Ridolfi Plot to assassinate Elizabeth.
1572 Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, is executed for treason.
1574 Richard Burbage opens the first theater in England called The Theater.
1575 Kenilworth Entertainments
1577 Francis Drake sets out on the first Englishvoyager around the world.
1584 Bond of Association
1585 Elizabeth takes The Netherlands under her protection, beginning the War with Spain.
1586 Babington Plot and trial of Mary, Queen of Scots, for treason.
1587 Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed at Fotheringay Castle.
1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada
1597 Second Spanish Armada defeated.
1599 The Globe theater is opened.
1601 EssexRebellion
Queen Elizabeth's Golden Speech.
1603 Death of Queen Elizabeth I and accession of King James I.

II. BIOGRAPHY
Elizabeth I was born on September 7 September 1533 at Greenwich Palace; London, England was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and lastmonarch of the Tudor dynasty. The daughter of Henry VIII, she was born a princess, but her mother, Anne Boleyn, was executed two and a half years after her birth, and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate. In 1558 Elizabeth succeeded the Catholic Mary I, during whose reign she had been imprisoned for nearly a year on suspicion of supporting Protestant rebels.
Elizabeth set out to rule by goodcounsel,[1] and she depended heavily on a group of trusted advisers led by William Cecil, Baron Burghley. One of her first moves as queen was the establishment of an English Protestant church, of which she became the Supreme Governor. This settlement later evolved into today's Church of England. It was expected that Elizabeth would marry and produce an heir so as to continue the Tudor line. She never...