Queen Elizabeth I's Reign?

Question

What were three problems that she encountered during her reign??

Answer 1

well 1 was that she had to turn the religion of her country back to protestant after her sister Queen Mary made people become catholics.

Answer 2

well, one would be men wanting to marry her to be her king or consort and have his children be in line for the throne.

Answer 3

1, As a woman she faced great opposition because she wanted to rule alone and unmarried. At the time this was considered unnatural and impossible.

2, Her Mother was executed by her father for adultery and treason. This left her as a b*****d and the child of an infamous 'w***e.' Elizabeth only spoke twice of her Mother but carried a picture of her hidden in a ring. (It was found when she died) many have said that the death of her Mother and of Catherine Howard gave her a lifelong fear of s*x and marriage.

3, The  controversial death of Amy Robsart the wife of her great love Robert Dudley. She  decided because of this that she could never marry him.

4, (Please can I have a 4?) Mary Queen of Scots fleeing from her own people to England for safety and having a legitimate Catholic claim to Elizabeth's throne.

Elizabeth is my favorite of all our Kings and Queens because of her great personal sacrifices for her country. She encountered many problems BEFORE her reign which I think made her  grow into such an excellent ruler. (She was held in the tower for treason in her half sisters reign.)

The English people welcomed Elizabeth with open arms after the bloody massacres by her  half sister 'bloody Mary' who Married Philip of Spain and brought the Spanish Inquisition to England. After that, the people were glad for Elizabeths middle of the road thoughts on religion.

Answer 4

Mary Queen of Scots was the rightful Heir to the Thrown but she wasn't the brightest bulb in the pac, hence being beheaded by Liz's hench men

I was the duel between the Tudors & the Spencers, unfortunately it back fired for Queen Elizabeth I, due to when she got scarlet fever it made her Barron thus Mary's 1st son King Henry VIII took the the Thrown after Liz passed away

Answer 5

Well, there was the problem of religion to start with.  She inherited a kingdom where the majority of the population had untill very recently been Catholic, while the ruling class were now mostly Protestant, and she had to come to some kind of settlement.  She more or less created the church of England as we know it today, and formalised religious observance.

There was the problem of her marriage, throughout the first thirty years of her reign she was constnatly trying to decide whether to marry, whom to marry, what would happen if she did etc.  In the end she didn't marry anybody, and declared that she was married to her kingdom.  Hence the cult of the Virgin Queen that arose in her later years. Whether she genuinely would ahcv eliked to marry remains an open question,b ut in the end I think the risks were too great.

There was the problem of what to do with Mary, Queen of Scots, who had taken refuge in England after being forced to abdicate fromthe throne of Scotland.  Elizabeth held her in prison for 19 years while she decided what to do with her, and finally, after 19 years, nerved herself to have Mary put ont rial and executed.  She was fearful of doing this because she thought it would set a bad precedent - having a fellow monarch executed.  And she was right, sixty years later Mary's grandson, King charles I of england and Scotland, was also executed.

Answer 6

Well, one was Spain tried to gain control of England and put Isabella in her place. Then there was the fights of the Protestants and Catholics. Last, Mary Queen of Scots tried to have her killed.

Answer 7

1. Succession Issue (could not settle on who Elizabeth I should marry in order to form an alliance)

2. Religious Issue (nation was split between Catholics and Protestants, some of her privy council members pushed for further reformation from Protestant to Radical Protestant)

3. Foreign Affair Issue (difficulty in forming alliances with major powerful nations such as Spain and France, which are both Catholic nations).

Answer 8

1. The Spanish Armada--tried to invade

2. Catholic rebels--plotted to depose  

3. The issue of succession--had no children