How far do you agree that the Irish Rebellion was the most serious problems that faced Elizabeth after 1588?

reason why the Ireland’s rebellion to the queen was a serious problem is because Ireland might have to ask help from Spain since both of these countries believe in the same kind of religion. Elizabeth also had a hard time dealing with Ireland because it was expensive to maintain because of its vast amounts of resources and its large population. However, one serious problem that Elizabeth had to face after 1588 was the spread of the Black Death. The Black Death or the plague caused many people to be ill and eventually die because medicine wasn’t not as advance in the past. Another serious problem that Elizabeth I had to face after 1588 was the fluctuations of population. This could be linked back to the previous problem about the Black Death because the Black Death caused loads of people to die hence decrease in population. In addition there was a bad harvest during the years 1556-58 and 1596-98 which also cause loads of people to become ill and then eventually die. This then creates a big domino effect to the economy. We can again argue that the Ireland’s Rebellion was a serious problem for Elizabeth outside the country. Which then brings us to another big problem that Elizabeth had to face after 1588, economically speaking due to the scarcity of resources, prices had to be increased since demand exceeds the amount that is being supplied. When the Price rise, the poor or the low income earners won’t be able to pay for food which then leads to cutting down on the number of people in labour. Thus creating a massive number of people that are unemployed as well as increasing the number of vagrancy in England. This was a serious problem for Elizabeth because there were loads of mouths to feed but also more hands work and be pay. However, David Palliser argues that by European standards Englishmen had a greater margin of substance compared to other European s at this time. Again these factors show that some of these problems were more serious than the rebellions in Ireland. These problems of the plague and bad harvests were dealt with by the Privy Council. So we could argue that this was a less serious problem for Elizabeth because they were going to be dealt with by the Privy Council, therefore she didn’t have to worry about it. The Privy Council quarantined people who were sick and formalized methods to locate grain supplies to feed the hungry. Going back to the Irish Rebellion problem, another reason why the Irish rebellion was a more serious problem than the others is because the rebellion was lead by Hugh O’Neil, Earl of Tyrone. The Earl of Tyrone was a powerful figure in Ireland that led Ireland to go against Elizabeth through rebellion. This is another reason why the rebellion of Ireland was a serious problem. However, this was dealt with Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy by motivating the English Forces to push Tyrone back towards Ulsher. In Conclusion the Irish rebellion was not the only serious problem that Elizabeth I had to face after 1588. Other factors such as the fluctuations in population and vagrancy, the rise in inflation leading to a the rise in debt, the war with Spain, the spread of the Black Death, the scarcity of food due to bad harvests, etc. are also major problems that Elizabeth had to face after 1588. However, it could be argued that the Irish is a big problem because it could be used as a spring board by other foreign invading countries to take over England. In addition, it was difficult to control the Irish because of the differences between the religious beliefs of England and Ireland. In support to this, if Ireland were to have problems with England then Ireland could just ask help from Spain because they are also Christian believers like the Irish.