Queen Elizabeth 1 Research Paper

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The Virgin Queen Elizabeth was named as the “Virgin Queen” although she had ten men in her life and married none. The Queen was born September seven, fifteen thirty-three in Greenwich, England. When Elizabeth was two years old, her mother was beheaded. Being raised by her father, she adhered being a Protestant like most of her people at that time. When her half-sister Mary became Queen, Mary did everything that was possible to imprison Elizabeth even if she was innocent, she was an obstacle for Mary. Elizabeth became Queen at age twenty-five. Through all her years being queen, she never married nor had any kids. Unlike the other women in England, they had limited roles. Women would have to stay as housewives and not have a profession like men …show more content…

There were many rumors about this event before it even happened but Elizabeth did not pay attention to them until she heard it for herself from someone that knew for a fact. They just did not know when it will take place so what the Queen did was to prepare her men for whatever reason and had people over the seas to alert them when they saw Spaniard ships. Elizabeth was not just a queen that saw her people risk their life’s for her and England. Elizabeth herself risked her life with her men and went to the battle. At this time, there was a huge storm over the seas helping the English defeat the Spaniards. Fortunately, Spain got defeated and the queen was safe. Everyone was proud of themselves and honored Elizabeth even more since she led them greatly. Many say the storm was the “work of a Protestant God” helping them the whole time. Elizabeth had a lot of hobbies and talents. She always had that special flare for languages, by the time she was an adult, she could speak five languages fluently. She also loved playing sports, play instruments, and even go hunting. People described her as a very fun and nice person, but as the years went by, she got lonely. Her friends were dying slowly as they grew older. That is whenever she started getting bitter and cruel with some