Elizabeth I made England one of the richest and most powerful nations in Europe during her lifetime. The child of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn - under her strong leadership England became a major European power in politics, commerce, and the arts. Highly educated, brave, and ambitious, she cultivated the loyalty of her people and united her country against enemies. During her 45 year reign, she managed for a time to quiet her Catholic population with acts of tolerance, strengthen the currency, and promote the growth of a capitalist economy. She was pressured many times to marry to form political alliances, which she seemed to consider. However, in the end, she always refused. Her greatest success was the defeat of the invading Spanish Armada in 1588 in the waters off England's west coast. Elizabeth today is thought of as a woman 'ahead of her time.' Queen Elizabeth refused to marry. �I have long since made choice of husband, the kingdom of England... charge me not with the want of children, for as much as everyone of you, and every Englishman besides, are my children.� � Elizabeth I in a speech delivered to Parliament in 1558.
Aricle by Alexander S
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