What were Queen Elizabeths greatest accomplishments?
I have listed below what I consider to be Queen Elizabeth’s greatest accomplishments. However, please note that this is only my opinion, and others may have differing opinions. If asked this as an essay or exam question, you will answer it better if you think for yourself what her greatest accomplishments were. 1. She survived and succeeded in a world that was male dominated, proving that a woman could rule as well as any man. Until her successful reign, it was thought a woman could not rule, and the reign of her halfsister, Queen Mary, had done nothing to change this train of thought. 2. She succeeded in uniting her people in a world that was divided by religious conflict. Elizabeth managed to make her religious settlement of 1559 work, despite the conflicting religious interests in her country. She managed to restrain Catholic opposition and hold back the Puritan threat to her church. When she became Queen, the majority of her people were probably Catholic. When she died, the majorit
