Queen Elizabeth I Research Paper

Queen Elizabeth I was born on September 7, 1533 in Greenwich, England. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, his second wife. Elizabeth lost her mother at age 2, due to false charges against her and impulsive actions taken by the king. Her half-sister Mary and Elizabeth were illegitimate because Henry VIII wanted a son. Later on they both were reinstated to take the throne after Edward was born.

She wasn’t in much of her father's life, and after Henry VIII died she was sent to go live with her step-mother Catherine Parr. She was given an excellent education while away from her father. She excelled in her studies and was taught by famous scholars. she was able to speak 5 languages frequently and was known to be spectacularly gifted.

Edward died in 1533, and Elizabeth's half-sister, Mary, and her cousin, Lady Jane Grey, were in line for the throne. Jane Grey got the throne but only for nine days, then Mary took the throne. Mary tried to return the county into Protestants once again. As a rebellion, a guy tried to make Elizabeth take the throne, and Mary found out. So as a result Elizabeth was sent to prison for 2 months. After the rebellion, it was made known that Elizabeth had no idea of the plan, and she returned to her studies.

After Mary died in 1558, it was Elizabeth's turn to the throne. Queen Elizabeth was known as one of the greatest Queens in England. Her foreign affairs and diplomatic relations put England in a good place for a long time. She maintained stability in a nation and maintained authority of England under the pressure of parliament. If anyone else tried to do what she did it would have been disastrous. Queen Elizabeth's reign was informally known as the golden age in England because she remained unmarried, settled the church dispute and expanded her overseas

In 1559 the war with France was ended. Elizabeth used religious conflict to weaken their two principal enemies. she kept France and Spain viable but not enough to be taken to war. "Pressured by her council to intervene directly. Elizabeth refused," I think that as very brave of her to refuse her council. She thought war would mess up the trade and would force her to get subsidies from parliament when would eventually burden her people with unruly taxes.

Mary Queen of Scots helped maintain England's friendship with Spain. Elizabeth prevented the French from landing in Scotland which broke the Scotland and French alliance. In 1580 "Elizabeth expanded seas ventures and Spain's emergence as Europe's Catholic super power." The English privateers had been looking and preying on Spanish treasure ships, and would gain as much as 4,700% in profit. This angered King Phillip. Phillip then began a plan to assault