Queen Elizabeth I

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Queen Elizabeth I

• Biography Project
• By Jiyoung Yang
• Mentor 3

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The Golden Age

• Queen Elizabeth I

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History

• King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn
• September 7 1533 at Greenwich Palace
• Greatest disappointments for King wanted a son
• Already had a daughter, Mary

Anne Boleyn
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From Bastard Child to Virgin Queen

• Avoided marriage
• Transformed image from daughter of sin to the
  Virgin Queen
• Dysfunctional family father wed six times,
  mother beheaded, mean half sister

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From Bastard Child to Virgin Queen

• Politically unwilling to give up power and
  authority to a man
• Create as many problems as it might solve
• Religiously create image of the Blessed Virgin
  Mary
• Appeal to both Catholics and Protestants

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Moral Philosophy

• Utilitarianism greatest happiness for the
  greatest number
• Unite Roman Catholics/ Protestants

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Key Influences

• King Henry VIII King of England King of Kings
• KingGod
• Stepmother, Catherine Parr radical beliefs, laid
  foundations for reformed religion
• Female role model

Catherine Parr
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Moral Development

• And whereas your request is that I should
  continue your good lady and Queen, be ye ensured
  that I will be as good unto you as ever Queen was
  unto her people. No will in me can lack, neither
  do I trust shall there lack any power. And
  persuade yourselves that for the safety and
  quietness of you all I will not spare if need to
  be spend my blood- Elizabeth

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Moral Development

• Dedicated to her country
• Developed her country
• Careful leadership
• Chose capable men to assist her
• Determined but not stubborn
• Listened to the advice
• Change policy if unpopular
• Flippant and frivolous behavior
• Serious, conservative, and cautious in politics

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Right v. Right Dilemmas

• Individual vs. Community- put aside personal
  feelings and didnt speak of her mother
• Didnt seek vengeance or displayed any resentment
  or regret
• Be like King for the people

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Right vs. Right Dilemma

• Justice vs. Mercy Mary held Elizabeth captive
  while she was in throne.
• After Mary died, she put religious differences
  aside and gave proper Catholic burial

Queen Mary
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Spanish Armada

• Philip, King of Spain (Catholics)
• 1st Rate enemies
• Wanted to invade England and dethrone Elizabeth
• England defeated them
• Woman could lead in war

Philip King of Spain
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How the World Should Be

• You have heard in the beginning of this
  Parliament, some doubt of danger, more than I
  would have you to fear. For mine own part I
  protest I never feared and what fear was my heart
  never knew. For I knew that my cause was ever
  just and it standeth upon a sure foundation- that
  I should not fail, God assisting the quarrel of
  the righteous, and such as are but to defend.-
  Elizabeth

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