Elizabeth's+problems

** 1558 – 1603 ** Imagine you are an expert in foreign and domestic policy. It is your job to advise the new queen Elizabeth, leader of England. You will be told about various problems and given a choice of three policies to follow. Choose wisely.Your success will be rewarded.Failure will be punished: as the queen may loose the throne and you will loose your head! Your policy has very clear aims: - Get the new queen established on the throne. - Protect her from her enemies, both political and religious. - Make the economy of the country strong. - Maintain the Tudor royal
 * Queen Elizabeth’s Problems **

**CRISIS: RELIGION** -England has suffered under Elizabeth’s sisters’ Catholic rule. Many people were outraged by her burning of heretics The Catholics want things to remain the same, and have powerful friends in the form of Spain. -Some Protestants want to take things further than the Queen would like. She wants a fair religion that will satisfy as many people as possible.

What is your advice?  A: keep the counry Catholic to avoid yet another religious change.  B: go back to the Protestant Church and let Catholics workship privately.  C: Make protestants happy by burning Catholics at the stake.

**CRISIS: MARRIAGE** The Queen is only 25 years old. England desperately needs an heir. Her father had gone to a lot of trouble to get one. Not having an heir might lead the country to war.

What is your advice? A: stay single. B: marry an English man. C: marry the Catholic Philip of Spain to keep friends with them.

Mary is the Queen’s cousin. She is also a catholic. She fled Scotland after the murder of her husband. Some people might support her claim to the English throne.
 * CRISIS: MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS **

What is your advice? A: keep her imprisoned in England B: give her back to the Scots for possible execution C: help her to get her Scottish throne back.

**CRISIS: THE QUEEN’S LOOK!** As the Queen gets older, the mirror shows the lines in her face. Her hair is going grey. Her teeth are suffering and have started to rot. The strength of a country is judged by the beauty and good health of her Queen.

What is your advice? A: refuse to have any more portraits of her painted B: accept that there is nothing one can do about it and act graciously C: have especially beautiful portraits painted of her and send them to everyone.

**CRISIS: STARVATION** There are food shortages in the country. There are a large number of unemployed people who are begging. Some people are dying.

What is your advice? A: pass extra laws against beggars to stop any trouble B: ignore it - it happens all the time! C: send them more food to help them through the crisis

How did you do? ** Click ANSWERS to know whether you will lose your head or not. **

** 120-150 ** points: your advice was really good. For someone who wanted to get rid of Elizabeth and die!Pack your suitcase and escape while you still have a head.

** 90-110 ** points: you are not as people first thought in the advice that you have given the queen. She will probably tell you to retire from politics, but at least yo will be able to keep your head.

** 50-80 ** points: very impressive advice. You helped the queen make the best possible decisions under difficult circumstances. You will be rewarded with a title of your choice and an annual salary of gold.

What did Elizabeth do? Click here the see what Elizabeth decided to do.