Mary I
Mary I became queen of England in this year after the death of Edward VI.
What is 1553?
Elizabeth I's reign of 45 years is known by this name.
What is the Elizabethan Age?
Philip II of Spain built this massive fleet to invade England.
What is the Spanish Armada?
English Protestants who fled to Geneva during Mary I's reign and returned with Reformed teachings became known by this name.
Who are the Puritans?
This famous playwright was born five and a half years after Queen Elizabeth came to the throne.
Who is William Shakespeare?
Mary's mother, Catherine of Aragon, was from this country.
What is Spain?
When Elizabeth came to the throne, she returned England to this church.
What is the Church of England?
The Spanish Armada entered this body of water in 1588.
What is the English Channel?
This reformer had a strong influence in Geneva, where many English Protestants fled during Mary's reign.
Who is John Calvin?
Shakespeare's acting troupe was eventually called by this name after receiving patronage from King James I.
What is 'The King's Men'?
This unsuccessful revolt broke out in response to Mary's plan to marry her Catholic cousin Philip.
What is Wyatt's Rebellion?
Elizabeth's Catholic rival, Mary Queen of Scots, was beheaded in this year after being caught in a plot to assassinate Elizabeth.
What is 1587?
England's warships had this key advantage over Spain's massive ships that helped them win the battle.
What is being smaller and faster?
The Quakers were also called by this friendly name.
What is 'the Friends'?
Shakespeare's company eventually performed at this large outdoor theater with rows of balconies.
What is the Globe Theatre?
Mary earned this dark nickname because of her severe persecution of Protestants, hundreds of whom were burned at the stake.
What is 'Bloody Mary'?
Elizabeth refused marriage proposals from Philip II of Spain and this English nobleman, the Earl of Leicester.
Who is Robert Dudley?
Philip was angry at Elizabeth for supporting these rebels against his throne during the Eighty Years' War.
Who are the Dutch Protestant rebels?
Like the Puritans, the Quakers immigrated in large numbers to America, especially to this colony.
What is Pennsylvania?
In the Globe Theatre, the cheapest standing area in front of the stage was called by this name.
What is the Yard?
Modern medicine suggests that the two 'false pregnancies' Mary experienced were likely caused by this illness.
What is cancer?
Elizabeth re-established control over this country shortly before her death, though its people bitterly resented Protestant English rule.
What is Ireland?
After defeating the Armada, England became known for the great strength of this.
What is her navy?
Henry VIII established the Church of England in 1534 primarily for this personal reason, not out of a desire for true Protestant reform.
What is to end his marriage to Catherine of Aragon?
Shakespeare wrote these three types of plays.
What are tragedies, comedies, and historical dramas?