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Renaissance Activity 1A Factsheet

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QUEEN ELIZABETH I OF ENGLAND 1533-1603

(1588) Defeated the Spanish Armada and saved England

*Ruled England for 45 years as its most outstanding monarch. Her reign was noted for economic prosperity, literary flowering, and naval strength.

3 pts: This person was a great admirer of Shakespeare.

2 pts: Encouraged Protestantism but was more tolerant toward English Catholics than those who ruled earlier.

1 pt: Made the pirate Francis Drake a knight. Refused to hide when the Spanish Armada attacked England.

"I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king."


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