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ELIZABETH 1590s LECTURE - Coggle Diagram
ELIZABETH 1590s LECTURE
TRIUMPHS
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WAR
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war on 5 fronts all won - Netherlands, West Indies, Spanish coast, France, Ireland
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ELIZABETH AS QUEEN
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lost Robert Dudley (Leicester), FW, WR
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ECONOMIC TURMOIL
PAYING FOR WAR
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forced loans, unpaid bills
CORRUPTION
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Exchequer officially had 94 posts but over 200 people employed - privately sub-contracted to deal with workload
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led to govt bad rep - Parliament demanded bill against monopolies in 1601 - Elizabeth politically claimed innocence and acquiesced
RELIGION
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lots of regional, village, parish division in religious beliefs
CONCLUSIONS
strucutural issues were growing in the economy, religion, patronage and corruption
Elizabeth secured herself in the present by mortgaging the future - left unsolved issues and ambiguities to James I as she had no kids or siblings succeeding her
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