Elizabeth I brought much prosperity and mystery to the throne of England. She had situations that she had to conquer and still keep in mind what was best for the people of England. Elizabeth became the Queen of England after her step-sister Mary passed awayin 1558. Her sister also known as “Bloody Mary” left England in a terrible state. She wasin the process of bringing England back to Catholism, meanwhile she burned nearly threehundred protestants for not becoming Catholic. Elizabeths reign was known as the Elizabethean Age. The reason for this was becauseshe was such a determined women and many positive things happened because of her.Such as, the cultural world which strenghtened greatly. Art was in the liking of manypeople, and theatre became very popular. The well known William Shakespeare camealong in this time period performing plays in the “Globe Theatre.” Elizabeth was known as “One of Englands strongest Monarchs,” which is a statementthat carries on through history. Elizabeth cradled the country of England in her arms asthey successfully overcame a very rough time. One of the three major problems thatElizabeth had to face was the Spainish Armada. It began when Phillip II’s wife Mary,also mary Queen of Scots was beheaded by Elizabeth’s signature on her death warrant.This incident pushed Phillip II over the edge and he felt that there was no reason not toinvade on England. Phillip II sent a hundred and thirty ships towards the EnglishChannel. To intercept the Spainards, England sent their ships. Englands ships were moreadvanced in many ways. One being that they were smaller , which meant that they weremore manuverable. Secondly, their guns fired faster and further. With all of theseadvancements over Spain, England won with pride. What had happened was England hadsunk quit a few of Spains ships. However; the ships that had not got to damaged tried toescape to the North Sea b...
