1. Starter Quiz
TASK: Please write down the title, and 1-9 in your margin on a new sheet of paper.
1. Which English man was Elizabeth said to be in love with early in her reign?
2. How many peers were there at the start of Elizabeth’s reign?
3. What caused Hyper-inflation?
4. Were all MPs elected?
5. Why was Prince Eric of Sweden possibly a good suitor?
6. How many sessions of Parliament were there in Elizabeth’s reign?
7. Which politician convinced Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as chancellor and that Hitler could be controlled?
8. Which German politician helped bring about ‘golden years’ ?
9. How much younger than Elizabeth was Anjou (Duke of Alencon)?
Last lesson = 1 pt
Last week = 2 pt
Last term = 3 pt

2. Last lesson = 1 pt Last week = 2 pt Last term = 3 pt
1. Robert Dudley (Earl of Leicester)
2. 90
3. Invasion of the Ruhr Valley, government printing too much money
4. No some nominated by Queen or leading nobility
5. He was Protestant
6. 13
7. Von Papen
8. Gustav Stresemann
9. 21
Give yourself a score out of 18
In a green pen, you are going to write down which topic you need to develop you understanding of (Elizabeth marriage and succession ; Elizabeth and Parliament; Weimar Germany and rise of Nazis)
For next lesson you need to create revision material on that topic. In that next lesson, you will be given a new quiz just on the topic you are revising.

3. Elizabeth Lesson 6: The difficulties of a female ruler: the strength of Elizabeth’s authority at the end of her reign
Even better:
Evaluate the effectiveness of Elizabeth and her Government
Good learning:
Understand why Elizabeth’s years were seen as being years of decline.
Great learning:
Explain the causes, events and consequences of the Essex Rebellion
Key Words:

4. Understand why Elizabeth’s years were seen as being years of decline.
Elizabeth’s reign is said to have included 30 years of success and 15 years of failure. In 1588, 30 years into Elizabeth’s reign the Spanish Armada was defeated and England had seen 30 years of very stable Government with very few changes to the Privy Council.
However one by one Elizabeth started to lose her trusted councillors:
Dudley died in 1588, Walsingham in 1590, Hatton in 1591 and Cecil in (he had been very ill for many years but Elizabeth would not let him resign)
She felt these losses and became angry, depressed and bad tempered. The young councillors who replaced those who died (William Cecil’s son Robert Cecil and Dudley’s step-son the Earl of Essex) were not as loyal to Elizabeth.
It was now clear that Elizabeth was getting old, would not marry and would not have children. People started to think about who the next monarch would be.
Many social and economic problems had not been with dealt with and there had been a lack of reform.
Parliament challenged Elizabeth over monopolies in 1601
The Earl of Essex led a Rebellion in London in 1601
The war with Spain was draining Crown finances
Using the information on this slide to explain why the final years of Elizabeth’s reign were seen as years of decline. Identify two main causes of decline and write a paragraph about each.

5. Explain the causes, events and consequences of the Essex Rebellion
Using the information on page 24 to 25 and details from Starkey to create a flow diagram on the Essex rebellion:
Cause
Why did Essex rebel?
Events
What happened? Did he come close to overthrowing Elizabeth?
Consequences
What happened to Essex? What did the rebellion show us about Elizabeth’s power

6. Evaluate the effectiveness of Elizabeth and her Government
Summarise- How effective you think Elizabeth’s government was? Write a 50 word answer with reference to: The Royal Court, Privy Council, Parliament and years of decline
Review of Chapter 1: P31
Complete questions 1-3
Extension/ Revision
Further practice questions on page 25
Complete Focus Task P16 and Focus Task B P25