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  Item Reference: KCLCAL-1854-1855-344

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346 GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE III -Ojc lutcjn of GEtUtn ItVibctlj Give the dates of Elizabeth's birth accession and death Describe her character first as woman and secondly as queen What was the social and political condition of England at her accession and in what condition did she leave it in those respects at her death Describe Elizabeth's policy towards the Roman Catholics in England on the one hand and the Puritans on the other Several foreign princes were at various times proposed as suitable consorts for Elizabeth wdio were those princes and from wdiat you know of their after-lives do you suppose that the union would have been attended with beneficial results either to Elizabeth or to England Had Mary Queen of Scots any claim to the English crown and were Elizabeth's fears of that princess real or imaginary Describe the fitting out of the Great Armada the efforts made in England to oppose it its arrival off the English coast and its defeat and destruction Suppose the Armada had been successful Chat the King of Spain had conquered England and extinguished its political and religious liberties what judging from the condition of Spain at the present time do you imagine would be the condition of England at this moment State any reasons which may occur to you for the opinion that the policy pursued by Elizabeth towards the Low Countries was wise and prudent 10 Give lives and characters of the Earls of Leicester and Essex of Lord Burleigh of Sir Philip Sidney and of Sir Francis Drake 11 Describe Elizabeth's system of government in Ireland Give an exact account of Tyrone's rebellion and of the means taken to suppress it 12 Explain the meaning of the term monopolies" as forming part of Elizabeth's financial system at the end of her reign
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