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﻿Hello, and welcome to the lesson. My name is Miss Masson, and today we will be continuing our study of Elizabeth England and specifically we are going to be looking at how threatening the Catholic plots were to Elizabeth after 1570. All you will need for today's lesson is a pen and a piece of paper. Before we start this lesson, please ensure that you've written down the title for today's lesson which is, "How Threatening Were the Catholic Plots After 1570." And also make sure that you've cleared all distractions away from you. Pause the video now to do so, and then resume to start our lesson. So, already in your study of Elizabethan England, you have looked at the following two Catholic threats that you can see on your timeline. You have looked at the Northern rebellion in 1569 and the issuing of the papal bull in 1570. Today we will examine three more Catholic plots that threatened Elizabeth I in the 1570s and the 1580s. We will look at the Ridolfi Plot in 1571, the Throckmorton plot in 1583 and the Babington Plot in 1586. Considering how they were a threat to Elizabeth I. However, before we start our lesson today, I would like you to activate some of your prior knowledge from previous lessons, which may help you understand today's lesson. What I would like you to do is to answer the two questions in front of you. The first question, is who issued the papal bull in 1570? And the second question is what did the papal bull do to Elizabeth? Please answer these in a sentence and pause now to complete your task. Please resume when you are ready to go through the answers. Now we will go through the answers. Question one, it was Pope Pius V who issued the papal bull in 1570. Question two, the papal bull ex-communicated Elizabeth. Now, this was very important as it encouraged Catholics at home and abroad to rebel against Elizabeth. And today we will be studying three more plots that this papal bull inspired in the 1570s and 1580s. And this is the question that we will be answering, how threatening were Catholic plots after 1570? The first plot we are going to examine today is the Ridolfi plot which was uncovered in 1571. I would like you to listen very carefully as I talk to you about the Ridolfi plot, and then when I will explain the task I want you to complete. The Ridolfi Plot was a plan that aimed to restore Catholicism to England. The plan was devised by a Catholic Italian called Roberto Ridolfi, who was living in London in the 1570s. Roberto Rodolfi conspired, so he planned this plot with the Catholic Mary Queen of Scots, the King of Spain and the Pope. They wanted to remove Elizabeth I from the throne by murdering her and replacing her with the Catholic Mary Queen of Scots. The plan they had in mind was to remove Elizabeth and for Mary to marry the Duke of Norfolk who had also planned the Northern rebellion. King Phillip II of Spain also conspired in the plot and promised to send Spanish troops to England, to help in removing Elizabeth. However, before the Ridolfi plot could be carried out, it was discovered. Elizabeth's government had a large network of spies throughout Europe, and they were able to uncover communications which prevented this plot taking place. After the plot was discovered, Roberto Ridolfi was banned from ever returning to England. Parliament also demanded that the Duke of Norfolk and Mary Queen of Scots were executed. Although Elizabeth I agreed to the execution of the Duke of Norfolk, she refused to consider doing the same for Mary. She hesitated as Mary was an anointed queen of Scotland and a Catholic. If Mary was executed Elizabeth feared the Catholics at home and abroad would rise up against her. Now, I would like you to pause the video and complete the sentence below based on what you have just heard. You may use the sentence starters below, and you may also add any detail to your sentence that you believe are relevant. Resume the video when you have completed your task. Now, I'm going to tell you about the next Catholic plot that threatened Elizabeth I. The Throckmorton plot was discovered in 1583. The Throckmorton plot was another attempt to restore Catholicism to England. The aim was to remove Elizabeth I from the throne and replace her with the Catholic Mary Queen of Scots. The plan received support from France, Spain and the Pope. The plot is named after Sir Francis Throckmorton, a young Catholic who passed information about the plot between Mary and the others who were involved. The plan is for the French Duke of Guise, who is pictured on the right hand side, who was a cousin of Mary Queen of Scots and general in the French army to invade England, and he would receive financial support from Spain. They planned to free Mary Queen of Scots, who was being held under house arrest in England and in doing so they believed Catholics in England would rise up against Elizabeth. However, before the plot ever took place, it was uncovered by Elizabeth's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham. Walsingham was in charge of Elisabeth's intelligence network of spies throughout the country and in Europe. Walsingham was able to discover the plot by intercepting the letters between those involved. After the plot was discovered, Francis Throckmorton was executed and Spanish ambassadors were expelled from England. Francis Walsingham also became more determined to find evidence that he would be able to use to put Mary on trial. She was put under closer surveillance and her letters were monitored closely. Now I've told you about the Throckmorton plot, I would like you to pause the video and complete the sentence below based on what you've just heard. You may also add any details to your sentence that you believe are relevant. Please resume the video when you've completed your task. Now, I'm going to tell you about the final Catholic plot that we are going to discuss today. And that was the Babington Plot which was discovered in 1586. The Babington plot was another attempt to restore Catholicism to England by removing Elizabeth I from the throne and replacing her with the Catholic Mary Queen of Scots. The plot received support from both King Philip II of Spain, Pope Pius and France. The plot is named after Sir Anthony Babington, who was an English Catholic with links to France. He also communicated with Mary about the plot, and you can see an image that is believed to be Sir Anthony Babington on the right hand side. The plan was for the French Duke of Guise to invade England with a military force and remove Elizabeth from the throne. However, before the plot took place, it was also discovered by Francis Walsingham, who had been carefully intercepting the letters between Mary Queen of Scots and Babington himself. Walsingham uncovered in these letters a coded message from Mary which approved the plot. Afterwards Babington was executed for his involvement. And it was very important because Walsingham now had evidence of Mary Queen of Scots' involvement in the plot. And this meant Elizabeth I now had little choice but to agree to parliament's demands and put her on trial for treason. Mary Queen of Scots' trial began in 1586 at Fotheringhay Castle in Scotland. Now, I would like you to pause the video and complete the sentence below based on what you've just heard about the Babington plot. You may add any detail to your sentence that you believe is relevant. Resume the video when you have completed your task. Now that I've told you about the three Catholic plots that threatened Elizabeth in the 1570s and 1580s, I would now like you to answer a series of comprehension questions, which will consolidate and extend your knowledge of these plots. You will need to use the worksheets that has been provided to complete these comprehension questions. Question one, How did Elizabeth I and parliament respond to the Ridolfi Plot? So, you will be thinking about what action they took after this plot was uncovered. Question two, what were the consequences of the Throckmorton Plot? For this question you will need to think about what happened after the plot and what impact it had. Question three, what were the consequences of the Babington Plot? You may also want to think about what happened after the plot and what impact it had. Question four, how did Elizabeth's government uncover all of these plots? You will need to think about how Elizabeth and her government were able to stop these plots from ever taking place. And if you really want to challenge yourself, there is a challenge yourself activity as well. In this activity, I would like you to complete a short paragraph explaining how the Catholic plots in the 1570s and the 1580s threatened Elizabeth I. And you may use those sentence starters to help you. Please pause the video now and read through your worksheet to answer the comprehension questions. Please resume the video when you are ready to check your answers Well done for completing your task. We are now going to go through the answers to those comprehension questions. And for each one, I'm going to provide you with an acceptable answer, and then I will provide you with an even better, good answer, so that you can use these to make improvements and add detail to yours. So, question one, how did Elizabeth the first and parliament respond to the Ridolfi Plot? An acceptable answer for this question would be after Sir Francis Walsingham had uncovered the plot, Ridolfi was banned from ever coming back to England. Parliament responded by demanding the execution of the Duke of Norfolk and Mary. The Duke of Norfolk was executed but Mary was not. A good answer with slightly more detailing and slightly more specific facts and detail would be after Sir Francis Walsingham uncovered the plot, Ridolfi was prevented from ever returning to England. Parliament responded by demanding that both the Duke of Norfolk and Mary Queen of Scots should be executed. However, Elizabeth was in a very difficult position. She was fearful that if she executed Mary then Catholics in England and abroad would be angered and may launch another rebellion against her. Therefore she refused to consider executing Mary Queen of Scots as parliament had demanded. If you would like to pause the video and use those answers to make improvements to your own, then please do so. Resume the video when you're ready to go through question two. Question two, what were the consequences of the Throckmorton Plot? An acceptable answer to that question would be one consequence of the Throckmorton plot was that Throckmorton was executed. Another, was that Spanish ambassadors were also expelled from England, and Mary Queen of Scots was put under closer surveillance. A good answer for that question which includes a bit more contextual knowledge and links the consequences together would be one consequence of the Throckmorton Plot was that Throckmorton was executed. Another consequence was that Spanish ambassadors were expelled from England as Spain had conspired in the plot. This also meant that Sir Francis Walsingham became more determined to find enough evidence to put Mary Queen of Scots on trial for treason. As a result Mary was put under closer surveillance so that her letters were closely monitored. If you would like to pause the video and use those answers to make any changes or adjustments to your answers, then please do so. We will now go on to question three. Question three, what were the consequences of the Babington Plot? An acceptable answer to that question would be one consequence of the Babington plot was that Babington was executed. Another consequence of the plot was that Elizabeth I put Mary on trial for treason. A good answer for that question which gives us a little bit more detail to explain the consequences and links them together, would be after the plot was discovered by Sir Francis Walsingham, one consequence was that Babington was executed. in the intercepted letters, Sir Francis Walsingham had also found a coded message from Mary Queen of Scots giving her approval to the plot. As a result of this, parliament demanded Mary's trial and execution. This meant that Elizabeth I now had little choice, but to agree to parliament's demands to put Mary on trial for treason. Please pause this video if you would like to make any changes or adjustments to those questions based on what I've just told you and resume the video ready to go through question four. Question four, how did Elizabeth's government uncover all of these plots? An acceptable answer to this question would be Elizabeth's government was able to uncover all of these plots through Sir Francis Walsingham. A good answer to this question which explains Francis Walsingham's role in uncovering the plot more clearly, with reference to his role in the spy network and intercepting letters, would be Elizabeth's government was able to uncover all of these plots due to the role of Sir Francis Walsingham. For example, Sir Francis Walsingham oversaw a large intelligence network, which was made up of spies throughout the country and in Europe. Sir Francis Walsingham was also able to intercept letters, which contain details of the plot before they took place. He also monitored the letters of Mary Queen of Scots very closely. This enabled him to discover her involvement in the Babington Plot. Please pause the video if you'd like to add in any extra detail based on what I've just told you to your own answers and resume when you're ready to go through the challenge question. Okay, the challenge yourself question was for you to explain how the Catholic plots in the 1570s, and 1580s threatened Elizabeth. Well done for completing this question if you did so, if not that's okay. Just listen and jot down any key ideas that come through the acceptable and the good answers. So, an acceptable answer to that challenge question, explain how the Catholic plots in the 1570s and 1580s threatened Elizabeth, would be one way in which the Catholic plots in the 1570s and 1580s threatened Elizabeth I, was that they planned to remove Elizabeth I from the throne. For example, the Ridolfi, Throckmorton and Babington plots all planned to remove Elizabeth I from the throne and replace her with Mary Queen of Scots. This threatened Elizabeth I because it undermined her power and role as monarch. And that is an acceptable answer because it recognises that the plots in the 1570s and 80s threatened Elizabeth, because they planned to remove Elizabeth from the throne and replace her with the Catholic Mary Queen of Scots. And it recognises that if those plots had been successful, they would have threatened her power and role as monarch. And indeed just by existing, those plots also threatened her power and role. However a good answer to that question, would be one way in which the Catholic plots in the 1570s and 1580s threatened Elizabeth I was that they planned to remove Elizabeth I from the throne. For example, the Ridolfi, Throckmorton, and Babington plots all planned to remove Elizabeth I from the throne and replace her with the Catholic Mary Queen of Scots using support from Catholic countries in Europe. This threatened Elizabeth I because it made Elizabeth I fearful of a foreign invasion and undermined her role and power as Monarch. Now that is a good answer, rather than an acceptable answer, because it recognises the different ways in which the Catholic plots in the 1570s and 1580s threatened Elizabeth in different ways. It recognises that it was a threat, these plots were a threat because they planned to remove her from the throne. They were also a threat because they use support from foreign Catholic countries like Spain and France. So, that was a threat because it increased the fear in Elizabeth of a foreign invasion. And it was also a threat because of course these plots all undermined Elizabeth's power and role as monarch. So, if you would like to pause the video now and use that acceptable answer and the good answer to make some improvements and adjustments to your answers, then please pause the video now and do so then resume. Well, that brings us to the end of today's lesson, a big well done on all the fantastic work and learning that you have done today. All that you've got left to do is complete your exit quiz for this lesson. And if you'd like to, you may ask your parents or carer to share your work on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, by tagging @OakNational or #LearnwithOak. I look forward to learning more with you in our next lesson. Goodbye.

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This lesson focuses on the three Catholic plots that threatened Elizabeth I after 1569. We will examine the aims and consequences of the Ridolfi Plot, the Throckmorton Plot and the Babington Plot. We will also discuss why these plots represented a threat to Elizabeth's position as monarch.

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