The Throckmorton Plot, 1583 This plot was led by Sir Francis Throckmorton, the plan was to assassinate Elizabeth and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots. Once Elizabeth had been killed, there would be an invasion by French Catholics, Henry Duke of Guise, and an uprising of English Catholics. The Plot also involved the Spanish…
In 1911 a rebellion against the ruling Sultan broke out in Fez, the capital of Morocco. The Sultan appealed to the French army went to Morocco to put down the rebellion. Kaiser Wilhelm accused the French of invading Morocco and sent a warship to protect German interests in Morocco. This was seen as warlike action…
In 1909 the Germans were believed to be speeding up their production of Dreadnoughts. Public opinion in Britain became alarmed by this. There was belief, that the only reason Germany was increasing it’s fleet was that it wanted to dominate Britain and France. Britain was planning to build four Dreadnoughts in 1909, but there were…
Trench Foot When it rained soldiers often spend days knee- deep in the water or mud, and this could lead to ‘trench foot’ which led many men having feet/legs amputated. Over the Top Attempting to take the enemies trench by leaving your own and crossing no mans land, facing a hail of machine guns bullets…
Reasons for the rebellion After Norfolk was put on house arrest he quickly became involved in another plot, this time led by a Catholic banker from Florence named Roberto Ridolfi. Having seen the Northern rebellion fail, Ridolfi felt that foreign support was needed. In 1570 the Pope had commanded Catholics in England not to obey…
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