Problems facing Elizabeth I with foreign policy.

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Fabien Oram

Problems facing Elizabeth I with foreign policy

Elizabeth faced many problems between 1502-1558 with foreign policy; she had many opportunities that came with dealing with these.

Once Henry II died, it left France and Spain as major rivals for power in Europe. Also the rise of the Huguenots came about, these were the French Protestants. Charles V ruled Spain and Burgundy; on his abdication Philip inherited Spain, The Netherlands, Spanish America and Naples. Scotland was not happy with England as Henry VIII increased England’s land over theirs and they were looking at France fro support.

Mary who was married to Philip of Spain causing a war between England and France died and left the country to Elizabeth I her in a bad state, the country was still in debt and there was a threat of war with France going on involving Mary Queen Of Scots, and funds were quickly running out, and the divide between catholic and protestant war was still happening, Elizabeth was a protestant her self, but a light one.

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Elizabeth was facing many problems, and her reign wasn’t looking a long one, until she received a marriage proposal from the king of France. This proposal meant if she accepted that the threat of war with France was over, thus making England allies with France and giving us protection, also stopping the Scottish revolt as there source of power was France, and that meant less debt, but France was a rising protestant country and that could anger the Catholics and cause a revolt, also the land she lost such as Calais could be retrieved, and other new territory could ...

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