Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I brought much prosperity and mystery to the throne of England. She had

situations that she had to conquer and still keep in mind what was best for the people of

England. Elizabeth became the Queen of England after her step-sister Mary passed away

in 1558. Her sister also known as "Bloody Mary" left England in a terrible state. She was

in the process of bringing England back to Catholism, meanwhile she burned nearly three

hundred protestants for not becoming Catholic.

Elizabeths reign was known as the Elizabethean Age. The reason for this was because

she was such a determined women and many positive things happened because of her.

Such as, the cultural world which strenghtened greatly. Art was in the liking of many

people, and theatre became very popular. The well known William Shakespeare came

along in this time period performing plays in the "Globe Theatre."

Elizabeth was known as "One of Englands strongest Monarchs," which is a statement

that carries on through history. Elizabeth cradled the country of England in her arms as

they successfully overcame a very rough time. One of the three major problems that

Elizabeth had to face was the Spainish Armada. It began when Phillip II's wife Mary,

also mary Queen of Scots was beheaded by Elizabeth's signature on her death warrant.

This incident pushed Phillip II over the edge and he felt that there was no reason not to

invade on England. Phillip II sent a hundred and thirty ships towards the English

Channel. To intercept the Spainards, England sent their ships. Englands ships were more

advanced in many ways. One being that they were smaller , which meant that they were

more manuverable. Secondly, their guns fired faster and further. With all of these

advancements over Spain, England won with pride. What had happened was England had

sunk quit a few of Spains ships. However; the ships that had not got to damaged tried to

escape to the North Sea but, a storm known as the "Protestant Winds" blew in and

wrecked more of Spains ships. The few ships remaining returned home to Spain. The

outcome for England led them to explore overseas.

After the Spainish Armada Elizabeth faced two more major problems. One was the

religious percecution left behind by her step-sister Mary. The other was problems dealing

with Parliment.

The religious problemin England was becoming more and more corupt. The puritans

were not fully satisfied with the changes taking place.