Challenges to Elizabeth at home and abroad, 1569-88 (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Main aim of Throckmorton & Babington plots
Main aim of Throckmorton & Babington plots
Overthrow Elizabeth I, replace with Mary, Queen of Scots
Year of Throckmorton plot
Year of Throckmorton plot
1583
Year of Babington plot
Year of Babington plot
1586
Mastermind of both plots
Mastermind of both plots
French Duke of Guise
Francis Throckmorton's role
Francis Throckmorton's role
Passed letters between conspirators & Mary, Queen of Scots
Who discovered both plots
Who discovered both plots
Sir Francis Walsingham
Walsingham's position
Walsingham's position
Secretary of State & spymaster
Throckmorton's execution date
Throckmorton's execution date
May 1584
Catholics imprisoned after Throckmorton plot
Catholics imprisoned after Throckmorton plot
11,000
1585 Act about Catholic priests
1585 Act about Catholic priests
Made helping them a capital offence
Babington's action in July 1586
Babington's action in July 1586
Wrote to Mary detailing assassination plot
Mary's death sentence date
Mary's death sentence date
October 1586
Mary's execution date
Mary's execution date
February 1587
Babington's execution method
Babington's execution method
Hanging, drawing & quartering
Priests executed in 1586
Priests executed in 1586
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