Queen Elizabeth ruled England from 1558 to 1603 during the Elizabethan era. She received a high-quality education from tutors at Cambridge University. After her death in 1603, James I and VI became the new ruler of England. The Elizabethan period saw four main social classes - nobles, clergy, merchants, and peasants who were very poor. Common crimes were brutally punished, often with execution. The Bubonic plague killed millions in England during this time due to lack of sanitation and overwhelmed authorities.

1. Elizabethan Period

2. Who was queen Elizabeth
and how long did she rule
Queen Elizabeth was the Queen of England Ireland and
Scotland. Sh ruled over the Elizabethan era which was
thought to be the golden age. She ruled from
1558-1603.

3. Who ruled England after she
died?
The person that ruled England after Queen Elizabeth
died was James I and VI, James I of England, James Vi
of Scotland and James I of Ireland.

4. Give the approximate dates
of the Elizabethan period
The approximate date of the Elizabethan period is
Queen Elizabeth's reign which was 1558 to 1603.

5. Identify the social classes during
Shakespeare's time. What was a peasant?
What was a noble?
There were for social classes at that time. These were
The nobles (royalty, wealthy people or knights)
The clergy (men who belong to religious orders
The merchants (the people who bought and sold items
to gain money
Finally the peasants. These people were very poor and
had no money or usually no land.

6. What were common
punishments for crimes
In the Elizabethan era small crimes were punished
brutally and mercilessly. For stealing anything over 5
pence resulted in hanging. Even stealing birds eggs it
could result in te death penalty. Begging was also a
crime. The most common crime was death.

7. What was the Bubonic plague and how did
it effect Elizabethan society
The Bubonic plague was a plague that spread through
England. It killed 3 out of 4 that had it in 4 days. It
effect the Elizabethan Society as new rules came out to
stop it spreading. If someone had it they could not go
out of their house or anyone go in. This essentially killed
the whole family. Shakespeare himself was affected as
some of his brothers and sisters were killed as well as
actors and and friends

8. What were the sanitation
and health conditions?
There was very little sanitation especially in the cities.
Streets had lots of garbage and animals could release
there faeces wherever they pleased. There was lots of
diseases

9. Primogeniture
The state of being a first born child.

10. What kind of education did
Queen Elizabeth receive?
Queen Elizabeth had a good education and was
extremely bright. Many of her tutors were the smartest
people at cambridge university. Sh shared her
education with her half brother.

11. What kinds of entertainment
did Queen Elizabeth enjoy?
She enjoyed hunting and riding as sports and she also
love music, dancing and poetry.