Parliament 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryBritish monarchy - Tudors and StuartsA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: eleanorfarnoldCreated on: 06-06-15 15:42 traditionally what is the main function of Parliament? raising taxes and passing subsidies 1 of 28 How many times did Elizabeth ask for a subsidy? 12/13 2 of 28 What did the Royal Prerogative cover? Foreign Policy, Religion, the Queen's spending and income, Succession and marriage 3 of 28 How many times did Elizabeth use her veto solely due to her own wishes? 5/34 4 of 28 How many times did Elizabeth use her veto due to flaws in drafting? 8/34 5 of 28 Elizabeth could use her veto if she felt bills could risk the public, how often did this happen? 21/34 6 of 28 Elizabeth used speeches as a method of control, when was her famous golden speech and what did she say? 1601: "there is no Prince who loves his subjects better" 7 of 28 what proportion of seats in the House of Commons were controlled by the House of Lords? 1/3 8 of 28 How many seats did Essex control in the 1580s? 30 9 of 28 The commons grew in this period, by how much? 400 seats to 462 seats 10 of 28 the enfranchisement of the boroughs led to what? an increasing amount of trained gentry sitting in Parliament 11 of 28 Robert Bell was speaker from when 1572 12 of 28 The Queen had the power to prorogue Parliament - when was the longest period she prorogued for 1576-1581 13 of 28 Why did the Queen Prorogue Parliament in 1576? Elizabeth was forced to accept a well worded petition on the succession 14 of 28 Neale pointed out a group known as the Puritan choir - how many members did it contain? 46 15 of 28 Parliament did attempt to use the subsidy as a political tool - when 1567 (Elizabeth remitted 1/3) and 1586 16 of 28 Which Historians pioneered the idea the Parliament was controlled by the Privy Council John Guy and Patrick Collinson - Post Revisionists 17 of 28 Who argued that Elizabeth never thought about not having Parliament? revisionist and post revisionist 18 of 28 When was Copes Book and Bill introduced? 1586 19 of 28 When did Walsingham try to organise a conference with bishops after failing to get Whitgift's suspensions lifted through Parliament? 1584 20 of 28 What did Dr Turner try to introduce in 1584 which was so controversial a revised Prayer Book and Genevan Service 21 of 28 petitions asking for the queen to allow the debate of the succession (organised by the Privy Council) were introduced when? 1566 and 1567 22 of 28 Parliament tried to use public pressure to influence the queen when was this seen? 1586 Huge petitions to replace the Prayer Book with the Book of Discipline 23 of 28 When did Wentworth speak out about freedom of speech 1567, 1571, 1576 and 1586 24 of 28 In 1571 Wentworth spoke on the common's privilege - what happened? was stopped midflow and sent to the tower by the commons 25 of 28 William Strickland was arrested in 1571 - why impinging on the royal prerogative (wanted to reform the canon law and prayer book) 26 of 28 which was the shortest parliamentary session? 1571 27 of 28 What is often seen as Parliaments greatest success? getting Elizabeth to sign Norfolk death warrant in 1572 28 of 28
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