1. How do you structure this question?
With reference to this source and your understanding of the historical context, how convincing is this source to an historian studying Henry VII’s attempts to consolidate royal authority in the years 1485 to 1509?

2. Accession to the throne
Elizabeth:
Accession to the throne
Good learning:
Describe Elizabeth’s life before accession to the throne
Great learning:
Explain the situation in 1558
Even better:
How far did Elizabeth consolidate her position in the first year of her reign?
How effectively did the Tudors restore and develop the powers of the monarchy?

3. Background and personality
Elizabeth:
Background and personality

4. Flipped Learning
Create a flow diagram of Elizabeth’s life before becoming Queen Bullet point the most:
surprising fact about Elizabeth as a young woman
saddening fact about Elizabeth as a young woman
Due: Next Tudor lesson
Using pp.151-2, add anything you have missed in a green pen
Highlight three events/circumstances that you think would have had the biggest influence on Elizabeth.

5. Draw a picture of Elizabeth I, based on what you know about her so far (half a page)
Use ‘Elizabeth’s character’ on p.152 to bullet point her personality traits
Cautious
Self-confident
Good judge of character
Procrastinated
Pragmatic opportunist
Sometimes found it hard to delegate
Sudden change of mind
Strong intellect

6. Accession to the throne and consolidation of royal authority
Elizabeth:
Accession to the throne and consolidation of royal authority

7. It is important to remember that Elizabeth I inherited the throne, and therefore the situations that had being happening in preceding years.
TASK: Make a mind map, recapping the situation Elizabeth inherited in relation to each of the following. Use you knowledge and the sources on p.153.
1558
Foreign Policy
Economy/Society
Government
Religion

8. What is N.L.Jones saying about Elizabeth’s beliefs and leadership style in the first years of her reign? Summarise the key points.
To understand what happened when she took the nation’s helm, it is important to realise that Elizabeth believed…that the king is under God and the law… This belief, however, imposed great responsibilities on a ruler. Responsible before God for her people, she was careful never to let them challenge her right to that responsibility. Politics and theology taught her that, when the people overreached themselves in religion or government, revolt and bloodshed were likely to follow. Stability, she believed, was what God wanted and would be the best for her beloved people, as well as what pleased her cautious, conservative personality, so she devoted herself to maintaining the status quo, showing great reluctance to innovate.

9. What is N.L.Jones saying about Elizabeth’s beliefs and leadership style in the first years of her reign? Summarise the key points.
To understand what happened when she took the nation’s helm, it is important to realise that Elizabeth believed…that the king is under God and the law… This belief, however, imposed great responsibilities on a ruler. Responsible before God for her people, she was careful never to let them challenge her right to that responsibility. Politics and theology taught her that, when the people overreached themselves in religion or government, revolt and bloodshed were likely to follow. Stability, she believed, was what God wanted and would be the best for her beloved people, as well as what pleased her cautious, conservative personality, so she devoted herself to maintaining the status quo, showing great reluctance to innovate.

10. 2 1 3 4 She was determined to keep her prerogative powers
Elizabeth insisted on taking these most important decisions. 2 1
Call and dismiss Parliament
Declare war and make peace
Name an heir to the throne
Appoint and sack ministers 3 4

11.   “Elizabeth’s first two months show that she would have few problems keeping control”. Do you agree?
17 November - Heath (Mary’s Lord Chancellor) proclaimed Elizabeth’s succession to Parliament
20 November - Appointment of William Ceil, Robert Dudley and Thomas Parry (Comptroller of the Household) - no other appointments made
20 November - 9 of Mary’s councillors visit Elizabeth to reassure her of their loyalty
November - Elizabeth travelled from Hatfield to London, making regular appearances before the public
28 November - 8 December - Elizabeth involved in detailed discussions with her advisers in the Tower of London
8 December - 12 January - Christmas celebrations in Whitehall (during which the Spanish ambassador attempted to persuade Elizabeth to marry Philip or another member of the Spanish royal family)
14 January - Elizabeth travelled through the City of London, making several speeches about how she would protect her people’s welfare
15 January - Elizabeth’s coronation, led by the Bishop of Carlisle (the Archbishop of York was unhappy about removing the Elevation of the Host from the ceremony)
25 January – May 1559 – Parliament sat to restore Royal Supremacy

12.   Coronation p.154
Create a two image snapchat story, that summarises Elizabeth’s procession into London, and then her coronation day

13.   To what extent did Elizabeth I consolidate her power in the first year of her reign?
SMALL EXTENT
LARGE EXTENT