A* A-level essay: ‘Elizabethan Foreign Policy achieved its objectives’ Assess the validity...

A* A-level History essay: ‘Elizabethan Foreign Policy achieved its objectives’ Assess the validity of this view

1,400 words, 2.5 typed pages, 6 big paragraphs

Some of the main paragraph points:
Overall view in the introduction that she had partially achieved her objectives
She effectively dealt with the threat from Spain in 1588, and therefore successfully met her aim to avoid a foreign invasion
successful in healing her relationship with France, especially in her early reign
achieved her smaller aim of avoiding a French invasion and Scotland remaining settled
 successfully dealt with internal conflict and Catholic conspiracies
Solid conclusion: Overall, her foreign policy was broadly successful, with a clear shift of focus to England’s national security rather than military glory

Was awarded full marks and was written in timed conditions
This high-level essay has been well structured, concise and efficient paper