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Nickname: the Virgin Queen because she never married; Good Queen Bess because the English loved her; Gloriana because she loved makeup and dresses
Famous for: making England rich and powerful
Born: September 7, 1533
Died: March 24, 1603
Profession: Queen of England
From prisoner to queen
Find words that means: very bad, clever, support
Elizabeth had a terrible childhood. Her father King Henry VIII married six times. One wife died. Henry divorced two and executed two more. Elizabeth's mother was one of the wives Henry killed. The sixth wife survived because Henry died before he could order her death.
Elizabeth grew up surrounded by enemies. When she was a teenage, her half-sister Queen Mary Tudor put her in prison. But Elizabeth talked her way out of trouble. When Mary died, Elizabeth became queen. She was 25 years old.
Elizabeth was very intelligent. She spoke six languages and knew finance, philosophy, and law. She also played the virginal - a sort of piano. Her hobbies were horse riding, travelling and dancing.
The queen was also quick tempered, vain, and a shopaholic. But her people loved her because she was a good leader.
When Elizabeth became queen, England was poor. The new queen built a navy and encouraged trade. She also invited crafts-men and artists from Europe to work in England. These policies made England rich and powerful.
Because Elizabeth never married she was nicknamed the Virgin Queen. When she died in 1603 aged 69, her cousin James VI of Scotland inherited the throne.
Beating the Spanish Armada
Choose the correct alternative:
When Elizabeth became queen, everyone respected/expected her to marry and let her husband rule England. Elizabeth pretended to look for a husband. But she quietly spent her time building a navy.
Elizabeth's sailors ambushed Spanish ships and stole their cargoes. The Spanish king was so angry that he sent his navy, the Armada, to attack/attract England.
As the Armada was the biggest fleet in Europe, everyone thought Elizabeth would lose. But Elizabeth's ships were fast and her sailors well trained.  
The two fleets rattled/battled for nine days. In the end the English won. Less than half of the Armada returned home.
The Golden Age
Find words which mean the opposite of: die, unlike, modest Elizabeth encouraged artists and writers to live in London. They created so many works of art that Elizabeth's reign is called The Golden Age of England.
The most famous of Elizabethan artists was William Shakespeare. He wrote poetry as well as plays like Hamlet, Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet. These were performed at The Globe theatre in London. 
Because Elizabeth was vain, artists always flattered her. One poet called Edmund Spenser wrote a book of verses called The Faerie Queene. The heroine of the story was the Queen of Fairyland - and everybody knew he meant Elizabeth!
True or false?
To test your memory, try answering without referring to the text. If you can't remember the details, read the piece again. 
1 Elizabeth's mother was killed by her father, King Henry VIII.
2 Elizabeth was uneducated and could not read.
3 Elizabeth was sent to prison by her half-sister.
4 Elizabeth built a navy and encouraged trade.
5 The English navy defeated the Spanish Armada in a nine-day battle. 
Answers:
October 28
Ching Shih, Pirate Queen: agree, fleet, leader, pardon
Defeat of Pirate King Cai Qian: attacked, safer, more
Cheung Po-tsai: kidnapped, commanded, made an agreement
True or false: 1. T, 2. T, 3. T, 4. T, 5. T



History-makers Part 10: Elizabeth I