Elizabeth I

Queen and Woman

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 Childhood
• Born on September 7th in 1533
• She was the daughter of King Henry VIII, and
Anne Boleyn.
• She was well-educated.
• Her mother’s execution
• She still admired her father.

Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII

 Her way to becoming the
• Her father’s death
Queen
• Her sister's coronation (Mary)
• Her arrest
• She became the new queen of England.
• She was a good queen.

Tower of London Queen Elizabeth I

 The Marriage Question
• People did not beleieve she could be a good
ruler
• They wanted her to marry, so they could solve
the problem of a woman ruling.
• The Virgin Queen
 Religion
• She wanted equality for all
religions.
• The Act of Supremacy
• The Act of Uniformity
 Plots Against the Queen
• Queen Mary of Scots tried to kill her.
• Elizabeth set up a spy network throughout
England

Queen Mary Of Scots Sir Francis Walsingham

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War with
She avoided fighting wars.
Spain
• The King os Spain sent the Spanish Armada.

“I know I have the body of a weak and feeble

woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a
king, and a king of England too, and think foul
scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of
Europe, should dare invade the borders of my
realm…” 
(Elizabeth I, Queen of England)
 The Elizabethan Age
• The period is also called the Golden Age.
• William Shakespeare and Edward Spenser.

William Shakespeare Edward Spenser

 Death
• She experienced depression.
• March 24, 1603
• James VI succeeded to the
throne. Lady Knollys

James VI