Queen elizabeth (received a 95% in grade 12 history)

When Elizabeth became Queen of England, she was faced with several problems, including a war with France, a bankrupt treasury, and the question of religion. She brought an end to the war and solved the countries' financial problems. Queen Elizabeth was often asked about marriage because England was afraid that if Elizabeth died, Mary, Queen of Scotland and a Roman Catholic, would take over England. It was rumoured that Mary

was plotting Elizabeth's death. Elizabeth therefore consented to Mary's execution and consequently re-established the Anglican Church. Also, during this time it wasn't uncommon for people to believe in magic, witches, or ghosts. Shakespeare referred to these beliefs in plays such as MacBeth, The Tempest and Hamlet. People also believed in supernatural sights and sounds and in dreams warning people of danger.

London, England, about this time, consisted of 200,000 people. London was a busy city full of shops, theatres, printers and publishers, yet it was also a dirty city with open sewers and only few cobblestone streets. Unsanitary conditions led to diseases such as the plague. The fear of epidemics was ever present and Shakespeare expresses this fear in his works. Because the houses were small, dark and musty, villagers spent most of their time outside, in the squares and

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London England, Night Shakespeare's, Spanish Armada, King Elizabeth, Queen England, Catholic England, Anglican Church, Hamlet People, II Spain, Hudson Shakespeare, bull baiting,