Who are the people who came before Queen Elizabeth 1 who helped pave the way for England?

Question

My teacher asked us to research about the 4 or 5 important people who can helped Queen Elizabeth 1 to make England successful? They came before her is the clue..

Answer 1

You are going to have to put some more thought into your project than this! Thomas Cromwell died in 1540, and he was significant in the split between England and the Church in Rome...so as far as being Protestant, then yes, he is significant and contributed to Elizabeth's later role....especially as her sister, Mary was a Catholic who persectued Protestants during her reighn (1553-1558). Thomas should not be confused, as someone has, with Oliver Cromwell, who came a century later, and was the Lord Prtoetctor of the parliament after the overthrow of the Stuart dynasty.  But Catherine of Aragon was only important because she was Mary's mother, and failed to provide Henry with an heir...she had been married to henry's older brother, who died...and it was legally declared that she had never had that marriage (with Arthur) consumated - and so at 23 or 24 was married to the much younger Henry (who was 17 or 18 at the time). Anne Boleyn, was useless...she was not known to be virtuous at the French court, but she had several physical anomalies which, at the times, were supposed to be indicators of fertility. She had 3 b*****s and a sixth finger on one hand. She did nothing though, for England apart from the accident of buirth that made her Elizabeth's mother...and a king's fancy. Anne was NO help to her daughter, who barely knew her: she was executed within 3 years of her marriage to Henry for adultery, after all, and Elizabeth spent her formative years being declared alternately a b*****d and legitimate!

You should take this question to the History section, you would get more information. Alternatively, you can do your own research and not be such a lazy kid! You need to come up with more than these three people!

Answer 2

Henry VIII , her father was a powerful English king.

Cecil, her first minister helped her

Answer 3

One of them would definitely be Oliver Cromwell, he established  the first British Parliament in all of Europe.

Answer 4

Another couple is Richard I of England ( Lionheart) and is brother John of England (John Lackland). The last one gave the English barons the Magna Charta Libertatum

Answer 5

I thought it was Mary Queen of Scots.. Lizzie chopped of Mary's head and decided that she better smarten up or she might get her own head chopped off. yes ,definitely Mary Queenof Scots.

Answer 6

William Cecil (Lord Burleigh) was her chief councillor.  He was older than her and helped her not to get beheaded during the reign of her sister Mary.

King Henry VIII, her father started the English navy, without which, England would have lost to Spain during the Great Armada War.

Anne Boleyn, was actually a supporter of John Wycliffe, and more active in reforming the church than most people know.  Wycliffe translated the Bible into English and made the scriptures available for everyone.  He was burned at the stake a year before Henry approve the translation of the Bible into English.  You might include Wycliffe also.

Katherine of Aragon was an enemy of Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth, and did not help the reform of the English Church.  She was a great woman, but was against the reform of the church that made Elizabeth's reign successful.

Thomas Cromwell, although he arranged for Anne's trial and beheading, did enact and write almost every law concerning the reformation of the English church and the break from Rome.

Thomas Cranmer was also a great church reformer, and was burned at the stake by Mary I.  

Sir Francis Drake acted during Elizabeth's time, but his p****y and circumnavigation of the globe made England a wealthy nation.  He was also the originator of the plan to send a fire ship into the Armada when it was in port, to scatter the ships into a wind that would send them North of England.

These are the one's I think are most beneficial to "paving" the way for Elizabeth.  I have omitted her other advisors.

Answer 7

Vlad, the question was about people who came BEFORE Elizabeth I, not fifty years AFTER her death.

Your three examples sound good to me.  I would, especially since you were asked for four examples, go with Mary I, as well.  Those examples are particularly important to her.

Answer 8

probably Blacks who didn't get credit.

Answer 9

Check these out!

http://www.britroyals.com/kings.asp?id=e...

http://www.britroyals.com/kings.asp?id=h...

http://www.britroyals.com/royals1.htm

Answer 10

Well her Father did (Henry VIII) and well maybe her mother after all she was the reason of England going Protestant.

Answer 11

1.  Henry VIII.  As her father a very powerful influence.  As a man "larger than life" the people expected his children to be as powerful as he was. Nothing was too much for her to undertake and no matter however small was not to be overlooked.  And much like her father and likely her mother, she had little tolerance for fools.

2.  Anne Boleyn.  The mother she hardly knew and much maligned by the people of England.  I think she always wanted to show England that Anne Boleyn's child was worthy.

3.  Mary I of England.  Her half sister was a cruel Queen.  Elizabeth was able to see first hand how the mistreatment of people affects the country.

4.  Prince Philip of Spain, husband of Mary 1.  Elizabeth was able to see how her life would be if she married.  In fact after the death of Mary 1, Prince Philip made it quite clear that he wished to marry Elizabeth.  Many potential suitors were considered and rejected.   Elizabeth chose instead to "marry" her country and rule unencumbered by a husband.

5.  Her teachers. Elizabeth's first governess, Lady Margaret Bryan, wrote that she was “as toward a child and as gentle of conditions as ever I knew any in my life”.  At the age of four, Elizabeth passed into the care of Catherine Champernowne, better known by her later, married name of Catherine “Kat” Ashley, who remained Elizabeth’s friend for life. Champernowne clearly made a good job of Elizabeth’s early education: by the time William Grindal became her tutor in 1544, Elizabeth could write English, Latin, and Italian. Under Grindal, a talented and skilful tutor, she also progressed in French and Greek.  After Grindal died in 1548, Elizabeth received her education under Roger Ascham, a sympathetic teacher who believed that learning should be fun.  By the time her formal education ended in 1550, she was the best educated woman of her generation.

best of luck to you!