Religious divisions in England in 1558 (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards

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Religious divisions in England in 1558
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Year Elizabeth became queen

1558

Most serious foreign threat to Elizabeth in 1558

France

Why Catholic nations viewed Protestant England negatively

Religious enemy and political threat

Mary Queen of Scots' relation to Elizabeth

Elizabeth's cousin

Who Mary Queen of Scots married in 1558

Francis, heir to French throne

Treaty under which England lost Calais

Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis

What Calais was for England

Last remaining territory on European continent

Alliance between France and Scotland

Auld Alliance

Year Francis became Francis II of France

1559

England's financial state in 1558

Heavily in debt

Treaty Elizabeth signed in 1564

Peace of Troyes

What happened to Mary Queen of Scots in 1568

Fled Scotland, imprisoned in England by Elizabeth

Elizabeth's approach to foreign threats

Diplomatic solutions rather than warfare

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