Early Elizabethan England Key Topic 3 Assessment Exemplars

Exemplar answers for three questions based around Key Topic 3 for Early Elizabethan England Unit (one of each type assessed in Paper 2). Excellent for preparation for assessment or review of structure even if you don’t want to use them as assessment questions.

1. Describe two features of Elizabethan sports for working people (4 marks)

2. Explain how attitudes towards the poor changed under the reign of Elizabeth I (12 marks) • 1572 Vagabonds Act • The difference between the able-bodied and impotent poor

3. ‘The main reason why the 1585-6 attempt to colonise Virginia failed was Native American resistance’. How far do you agree? Explain your answer (16 marks) • The voyage was unexpectedly hard • The Algonquian Chief, Wingina, believed the English had supernatural powers