Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I was a wise and great leader who had lived a long life and still found courage enough to be one of the first women to hold on to her position of power.
Birth: 1533 in London
Death: 1603

Life: Mother was beheaded at the Tower of London in 1536. In 1547 King Henry VIII died and Elizabeth’s half-brother became King Edward VI, he died in 1553 and Elizabeth’s half-sister became Queen Mary I. Elizabeth was imprisoned in the Tower of London and then Woodstock Manor in 1554 and was freed in 1555. Queen Mary I died in 1558 and Elizabeth became Queen. In 1562 Elizabeth became seriously ill with small pox. Queen Elizabeth I was excommunicated by the Pope in 1570. In 1571 an assassination plot on Queen Elizabeth I became known. The war with Spain began when Elizabeth took the Netherlands under her protection. The Spanish armada was defeated first in 1588 and again in 1597. In 1601 Elizabeth performed what would become known as her Golden Speech.
Accomplishments:
-She brought the Church of England back.
-She helped Protestants in the Netherlands by sending an army.
-Elizabeth dubbed herself the Virgin Queen

http://www.elizabethi.org/us/
http://tudorhistory.org/elizabeth/
http://www.greatkat.com/03/elizabeth.html
Sam E.