Gruesome And Cruel Childhood Of Queen Elizabeth

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Elizabeth had very gruesome and cruel childhood. Her father beheaded her mother when elizabeth was 8 months. Her mother’s death was hard because growing up without motherly advice and so she grew up without that type of love. Elizabeth did many things while being queen, but some stood out more than others. She was one of the best-loved and most famous of all english monarchs. Many people didn't want her to inherit the throne because she was a protestant, which made it hard for the people to like her. Within a year of being queen she passed the act of supremacy and the act of uniformity in which established england as a protestant country and this made it very hard for anybody to object.
This did not make many people happy but it brought peace

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