10 GCSE AQA history Elizabethan model answers

A series of 10 exemplar 8 mark responses based on the GCSE AQA Elizabethan England syllabus. The responses are in the style of the “describe the importance of X” and “write an account about X”

Includes:

1. Importance of the voyages of exploration
2. Raleigh’s attempts at colonisation
3. Importance and criticism of theatre
4. Tensions with Spain
5. The failure of the Armada (includes a paragraph on Drake’s raid on Cádiz, Spanish leadership, English technology and English tactics)
6. Consequences of the arrival of Mary Queen of Scots in England
7. Roman Catholic plots
8. The Northern Rebellion
9. Causes of poverty
10. Response to the poverty crisis

tags
exemplar, model answer, history, Elizabethan England, Grade 9