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Edexcel GCSE History: Paper 2 Option B4 — Early Elizabethan England, 1558-88

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  • Topic 1 — Queen, government and religion, 1558–69

    • 1.1 – The situation on Elizabeth’s accession
    • 1.2 – The ‘settlement’ of religion
    • 1.3 – Challenge to the religious settlement
    • 1.4 – The problem of Mary, Queen of Scots

  • Topic 2 — Challenges to Elizabeth at home and abroad, 1569–88

    • 2.1 – Plots and revolts at home
    • 2.2 – Relations with Spain
    • 2.3 – Outbreak of war with Spain, 1585–88
    • 2.4 – The Armada

  • Topic 3 — Elizabethan society in the Age of Exploration, 1558–88

    • 3.1 – Education and leisure
    • 3.2 – The ‘problem’ of the poor
    • 3.3 – Exploration and voyages of discovery
    • 3.4 – Attempted colonisation of Virginia

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