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Edexcel Early Elizabethan England: 1558 -1588

History
GCSE
Level 2
4 chapters
43 Lessons
3 Free lessons

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Elizabeth's England
England at Elizabeth's accession
Lesson (1/0) 1
Elizabethan Society
Lesson (2/0) 2
Elizabethan Government
Lesson (3/0) 3
Elizabeth's Background
Lesson (4/0) 4
Challenges of the Virgin Queen
Lesson (5/0) 5
Challenges from Home and Abroad 1
Lesson (6/0) 6
Challenges from Home and Abroad 2
The religious settlement
Lesson (1/0) 1
The Need for a Religious Settlement
Lesson (2/0) 2
Elizabeth's Religious Settlement
Lesson (3/0) 3
The Church of England and its role in society
Challenges to the religious settlement
Lesson (1/0) 1
The nature and extent of the Puritan challenge
Lesson (2/0) 2
The nature and extent of the Catholic challenge
Lesson (3/0) 3
The Catholic Challenge Abroad
Mary, Queen of Scots
Lesson (1/0) 1
Mary, Queen of Scots
Lesson (2/0) 2
Relations between Elizabeth and Mary, 1568 - 1569
Challenges to Elizabeth
Plots and Revolts at Home
Lesson (1/0) 1
The Revolt of the Northern Earls 1569 - 1570 - Causes
Lesson (2/0) 2
The Revolt of the Northern Earls 1569 - 1570 - Events
Lesson (3/0) 3
The Revolt of the Northern Earls 1569 - 1570 - Consequences
Lesson (4/0) 4
Elizabeth and the Catholic Threat 1570 - 1588
Lesson (5/0) 5
The Ridolfi, Throckmorton and Babington plots.
Lesson (6/0) 6
Mary, Queen of Scots' execution in 1587.
Relations with Spain
Lesson (1/0) 1
Elizabeth's Foreign Policy
Lesson (2/0) 2
The Impact of Sir Francis Drake
Lesson (3/0) 3
England, Spain and the Netherlands, Dilemma (Part 1)
Lesson (4/0) 4
England, Spain and the Netherlands, Complications (Part 2)
War with Spain 1585 - 1588
Lesson (1/0) 1
English involvement in the Netherlands and Robert Dudley.
Lesson (2/0) 2
Drake and the raid on Cadiz
The Armada
Lesson (1/0) 1
Armada - the Spanish Plan
Lesson (2/0) 2
Armada - the English Victory
Lesson (3/0) 3
Armada - reasons for the Spanish defeat
Elizabethan Society
Education and Leisure
Lesson (1/0) 1
Education - Attitudes
Lesson (2/0) 2
Education - Schools
Lesson (3/0) 3
Sports, pastimes and the theatre
The Problem of the Poor
Lesson (1/0) 1
Reasons for the increase in poverty and vagabondage.
Lesson (2/0) 2
Changing attitudes to poverty
Lesson (3/0) 3
Changing policies to poverty
Exploration and Discovery
Lesson (1/0) 1
The World of Elizabethan Exploration
Lesson (2/0) 2
Reasons for Elizabethan Exploration
Lesson (3/0) 3
The Technology of Elizabethan Exploration
Raleigh and Virginia
Lesson (1/0) 1
Colonisation and Sir Walter Raleigh
Lesson (2/0) 2
The Virginia Project
Lesson (3/0) 3
The Virginia Project - Failure
Lesson (4/0) 4
The Virginia Project - Significance

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