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14 Cards in this Set
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What does accession mean |
Becoming king or queen |
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Who were the nobility ? |
Great lords and earls |
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Who were the gentry ? |
Owned large estates |
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Who were yeomen ? |
Own their own land |
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Who mad up court and what did they do |
Nobles and entertain and advise monarch |
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Who were the privy council and what they do |
19 leading courtiers and make up the government |
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Give two parts of parliament |
Lords and commons |
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What was the job of parliament |
Pass laws and agree taxation |
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What’s was a JP and what was their job |
Member of gentry government policy carried at local |
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Who was sir William Cecil |
Elizabeth Secretary of State |
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What was income of crown |
£286,662 |
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Give 2 rights queen Elizabeth 1 had |
Declare war / make peace Call / dismiss parliament |
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Who was Secretary of State |
Important member of privy council advised on most important matters |
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Give two things parliament could do |
Raise extraordinary taxation Queens proclamation could not be enforced by law if parliament had not agreed |
