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Edexcel GCSE: Early Elizabethan England 1558-1588
Last updated 7 Jan 2021
Browse these study & revision resources covering Early Elizabethan England 1558-1588 for the Edexcel GCSE History option (B4).
Revision Activities for Early Elizabethan England (1558-88)
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GCSE: Elizabethan England - '8 Ball Challenge' Revision Activity
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GCSE: Plots & Revolts Against Elizabeth I - "Timeline" Revision Activity
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GCSE: Revolt of the Northern Earls - "Codecracker" Revision Activity
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GCSE: Plots Against Elizabeth I - "Codecracker" Revision Activity
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GCSE: The Spanish Armada - "Codecracker" Revision Activity
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GCSE: Mary, Queen of Scots - "Codecracker" Revision Activity
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Key Topic 1: Queen, Government and Religion (1558-69)
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Elizabeth I - An Introduction
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Elizabeth's Legitimacy
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Elizabethan Family Tree
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Elizabethan Society
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Court in Elizabethan Government
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Parliament in Elizabethan Times
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Privy Council and Elizabeth I
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Lord Lieutenants
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Justices of the Peace
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France
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Protestants
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Catholics
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Puritans
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Elizabethan Religious Settlement
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Puritan Challenges to the Religious Settlement
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Key Topic 2: Challenges to Elizabeth at Home and Abroad (1569-88)
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Revolt of the Northern Earls (1569-1570)
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The Ridolfi Plot (1571)
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The Throckmorton Plot (1583)
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The Babington Plot (1586)
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Earl of Essex
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Francis Walsingham
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Mary, Queen of Scots
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Spain
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Philip II
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Francis Drake
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Raid on Cadiz
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Treaty of Joinville 1584
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Reasons for the Spanish Armada
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Battle of Gravelines (1588)
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Consequences of English Victory over Spain
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Key Topic 3: Elizabethan Society in the Age of Exploration (1558-88)
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The Poor in Elizabethan England
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Causes of Poverty in Elizabethan England
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Dealing with the Poor
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Vagabondage
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Walter Raleigh
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Failure in Virginia
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