Queen Elizabeth I Research Paper

Have you ever heard of the Elizabethan Era? It was named for Queen Elizabeth I who was a very influential queen. Queen Elizabeth I was a powerful women: she showed exceptional intelligence, excelling at her studies well beyond any of the other royal children.

Queen Elizabeth I was born on September 7, 1533 in Greenwich; she was a princess but declared illegitimate through political machination. (Biography.com et al). Elizabeth I is the England’s most famous monarch; she grew up in complex and sometimes difficult circumstances. (Biography.com et al ). Elizabeth I was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, his second wife, who was executed two and a half years after Elizabeth's birth. (Chelsea house). Henry VIII treated all his children with what contemporaries regarded as affection; Elizabeth was present at ceremonial occasions and was declared third

in line to the throne. (“Elizabeth I”). Elizabeth was lucky because she was not treated like other girls in her age scholastically. Elizabeth received the rigorous education normally reserved for male henis consisting of a course of studies centring on classical languages, history, rhetoric and moral philosophy; “ Her mind has no womanly weakness” (“Elizabeth I”).

Elizabeth had a sister named Mary; was thirty-seven when she became queen. She has been declared an illegitimate child when her mother Catherine of Aragon was banished from Henry VII court. On March 16,1554 Elizabeth wrote this letter to her half-sister, Mary Tudor defending herself against charges of participating in Thomas Wyatt’s rebellion against the Catholic queen. (Hilliam Paul) . At the death of Mary on November 17 1558, Elizabeth took the reins of her country (Biography.com ex al). When Elizabeth ruled the country, Elizabeth acted swiftly address these two pressing issues, during her first session of Parliament in 1559 called for the passage of the Act of Supremacy, which re-established the Church of England, and and the Act of Uniformity, which created a common prayer book (Biography.com et al). She was able clashing with other superpower of the age, Spain for much of her reign.

Finally, in 1585, Elizabeth begin the fray to bear all the Protestants rebellion against Spain in the Netherlands (Biography.com ex al).

Elizabeth also had to fend off internal efforts to remove her from the throne. When succession became an another pressing issue for Elizabeth once she took throne (Biography.com ex al). She reveal her talents as diplomat, managing a number of suitors and potential royal matches during her reign. Elizabeth seemed to have no interest in sharing power with a spouse, she cultivated her image as a queen married to her job and her people which Elizabeth earned the nickname the “Virgin Queen.” (Biography.com ex al).

In the late years Elizabeth still showed her devotion to her people, she gave one of her most famous speeches in 1601 to the Parliament, during what is referred to as her "Golden Speech," a self-reflective Elizabeth seemed to look back on her long reign. "Of myself I must say this, I was never any greedy, scraping grasper, nor a strait, fast-holding prince, nor yet a waster. My heart was never set on worldly goods but for my subjects' good." (biography.com ex

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Spanish King tried to maintain the balance of political power in Europe by threatening to invade France if Henry VIII invaded England. (Hilliam Paul) As the threat of a catholic invasion temporarily lifted, Elizabeth seized the opportunity that peace and stability offered and attempted to settle religious affairs in England. (Hilliam Paul) The Act of Supremacy made Elizabeth supreme governor of the church of England. (Hilliam Paul) In 1570, the pope excommunicated Queen Elizabeth say to the pop, she could no longer legitimately be queen if was not catholic. (Hilliam Paul)

Throughout her reign, Elizabeth and her government tried to tackle the twin problems of poverty and vagabondage by passing various laws. (Hilliam Paul) In 1563, she passed the act of the poor requiring all local authorities to appoint a special collector of aims ( donations to the poor). (Hilliam Paul) In 1598, the Great Poor Law required all towns to raise taxes from their citizens for the relief of the poor. (Hilliam Paul) The number of voyages of discovery increased during the reign of Elizabeth overall the voyages were not very successful in achieving their aims. (Hilliam Paul)

At the start of Elizabeth and Spain were at peace and allied against France. (Hilliam Paul) Irish rebel Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, formed an alliance with other Irish Chieftains and the spanish to fight against Elizabeth I. (Hilliam Paul) Elizabeth would not marry, she came under pressure to name her successor.( Hilliam Paul) She was fearful that if an heir were named too early, attention, loyalty would be transferred from her to the future monarch as she grew older. (Hilliam Paul)

She tried to control the royal portraits that circulated widely in England and abroad, and her appearances in public were dazzling displays of wealth and magnificence.(“Elizabeth I”) Elizabeth, in addition to adopting these fanciful roles, appropriated to herself some of the veneration that pious Englishmen had directed to the Virgin Mary.(“Elizabeth I”) But Elizabeth eased their fears in August of 1588 with a speech to soldiers assembled at Tilbury. Her words stirred national pride and confidence and scorned any European power who dared to invade England. Her optimism was typical of one of the most creative and productive periods in England's history. Later on, Queen Elizabeth drew her final breath on march 24,1603 at Richmond Palace in Surrey. (Biography.com et al) Elizabeth largely been remembered as being a queen who supported her people. (Biography.com et al)