Elizabeth I - Foreign Policy

Problems with succession

Elizabeth's potential suitors

1563 Parliament

Other Parliamentary discussions of succession

Succession final decision

Mary Queen of Scots before 1559

Mary's problems on the Scottish throne

Mary's English imprisonment

5 rebellions/plots under Elizabeth

Rebellion of Northern Earls, 1569

Consequences and threat of Northern Earls

Ridolfi Plot 1571

Papacy 1570/80s threat

The Throckmorton Plot, 1583

The Babington Plot, 1586

Impact of Babington Plot

Anglo-Spanish relations at the start of Elizabeths reign

Why did Spanish relations worse in the 1960s?

Problem with Netherlands in 1572

When and why did the Netherlands start to split?

How did Liz challenge the 1580s growth in Spanish power?

Treaty of Joinville

Treaty of Nunsuch, 1585

What was the Spanish Armada?

Armada plan?

What actually happened in the armada?

Elizabeth's naval campaign

Ireland after 1588

Netherlands after 1588

What was Elizabeths primary focus with her late foreign policy?

Tyrone Rebellion