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Economics

  • Global exploration by Spain, Portugal, England, Dutch
  • Added power to merchants
  • Huge amounts of wealth pouring into Europe from New World and Indies
  • Dominated by Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch
  • Set off inflation that damaged nobility

Everyday Life

Art:

  • Society

-Strictly broken up into lower, middle, and upper classes; queen was top class

-Most houses had servants that looked out for the well being of their masters

-Lifespan was about 30 years depending on wealth

-The population was generally poor after the bubonic plague

  • Education

-Level of education based on the class of which you were in

-Most studied grammar, basic math, and literature

  • Career and Job Opportunities

-Women would work in the house, keeping things clean.

-Men would work as merchants, shopkeepers, craftsmen, farmers and

apothecaries

-1600s brought in the idea of trade for men

  • Entertainment

-Theater was the most popular form of entertainment

-Dances like English jigs and country dances were another form of entertainment

-Cournate and galliard music

-Sports were widely known across Europe

-Bowls, bo-peep, bat-fowling, base, backgammon, archery

  • Artists made drawings, paintings and portraits of

Queen Elizabeth

  • Created pieces of art with textiles, embroidery, and silver
  • Created to capture the beauty and wealth of the kings and

queens

  • Small paintings/ drawings were usually painted of the

Renaissance and and were seen in books

  • Nicholas Hilliard
  • Made the design for the “second great seal of the kingdom”
  • Created pictures of the queen which were kept in lockers
  • Based his work on the artist Hans Holbein
  • Robert Peake
  • Painted mainly portraits, almost all of royalty
  • Conveyed the status, wealth, and importance of British

monarchy

  • People still use their techniques in art work today

British History

By: Sydney Scott

Jess Descensi

Christina Nault

Ian Ghoryeb

Emma Frohling

Elaina Griffiths

Madison Conklin

Zack Wang

Religion

Monarchy/Politics:

  • Two main religions: Protestant and Catholic
  • Calvinism(reformed Christianity) is major branch of

Protestant

  • Clashes between the Protestant and Catholic leaders, caused

many riots

  • Under the order of Queen Elizabeth the Church of England

was established

  • King James created a new version of the Bible
  • Catholic Spain wanted control over England
  • Ruler of England decided on the religion

  • 1553 - King Edward VI died; Queen Mary I came to power
  • 1558 - Queen Elizabeth comes to power
  • Queen Elizabeth transformed Britain, she had complete power which made it hard to fight against government, especially since the ruler of England could never do wrong
  • Queen Elizabeth created conflict with parliament and her ruling created political conflict with other countries
  • 1603- Queen Elizabeth dies, King James(stuart) comes to power
  • King James ended Britain's war with Spain
  • First one to rule more than one country
  • 1603- Stuarts were the first kings of the United Kingdom(start of Stuart dynasty)
  • 1625 - King James dies, King Charles(stuart) comes to power

Queen Elizabeth 1558-1603

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