Queen Elizabeth's Assassination

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Queen Elizabeth had a fear of committing to foreign affairs or to anything that can possibly start a war. Because of her mother’s death, she did not like executing her enemies or even anyone. She wanted peace with everyone, believing wars were expensive and peace is cheap, but after several assassination attempts Queen Elizabeth recognized the need for her enemies’ death. Queen Elizabeth was a Protestant and was constantly in danger of being assassinated by Catholics who wanted to replace her with the Queen of Scots, Mary. England at the time had no separation between the church and the state, so traditionally, the country was ruled politically by the king and spiritually by the Roman Catholic Church. There were deep tensions between Protestants