Even though most people didn't like Queen Elizabeth I since she made her own decisions, She was the most powerful ruler of her time period because she chose to live a life on own her terms and she was able to maintain an entire country without a king. She may have been known has the ´Virgin Queen’ but she wasn't as innocent like everyone thought. ¨Elizabeth became queen in year 1558¨(“ Queen Elizabeth 1: Biography, facts, portraits and information¨), taking her sisters Mary place. She inherited a bankrupt nation, torn by religion, and a weakened pawn between the great powers of France and Spain. Her sense of duty was so admirable, it came at a great personal cost though. She was so committed to preserving English peace and stability. ¨She ruled alone for nearly half a century, leading her name to a glorious epoch in world history (¨Queen Elizabeth 1: Biography, facts, portraits and information”). One of the most important concerns during Elizabeth's early years has Queen was religion. She relied primarily on Sir …show more content…
She faced adversity from the moment of her first breath. Not only was she the wrong sex, everyone predicted her parents were having a boy, but her mother was the most despised women in England. She has the best of everything, all the way from real gold and silver decorations on her cradle. The only thing she didn't have was a typical family like everyone else. Her parents visited when their duties permitted. Elizabeth´s servants became her substitute family. ¨Anne, Elizabeth´s mother was accused of plotting to kill Henry and of having affairs with four of the king's servants and her own brother. The five men were also arrested having an affair with the Queen was a treasonous crime, punishable by death¨ ( Sapet, page 21). When Elizabeth was seven months old, she was so close to being betrothed to to the King Of France´s