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The Elizabethans.
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What were gentlemen in Elizabethan times?
Gentlemen were people who had become wealthy landowners, by acquiring large amounts of property.
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What was the key to becoming a member of the gentry?
Wealth
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Who was Queen Elizabeth's Father?
Henry VIII
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Citizens or burgesses are the urban (town-dwelling) equivalent of which class?
Yeomen.
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What is a yeoman?
The yeomanry are essentially prosperous, non-gentle (and non-husbandmen) tenants, worth no less than £6 per annum, according to Harrison.
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How long must yeomen hold land for before they can be considered as a member of the gentry?
3 generations.
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What class was at the bottom of the classes in Elizabethan England?
The Poor.
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Other categories are included under the heading of gentry. These are gentlemen, gentlewomen, squires and....?
Knights.
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What could happen to a member of the poor if they chose not to work?
They could be sentenced to death.
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Who are the yeomen's landlords?
The gentry.
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Did a gentleman have the right to bear arms?
Yes.
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Name two of the four kinds of Elizabethan people.
Gentlemen, yeomen, citizens, labourers.
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Who was Elizabeth I's sister?
Mary Tudor.
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How much of the population of Elizabethan England were classified as gentry?
5%.
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Who was Elizabeth I's brother?
Edward VI.
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What law was passed to help the Poor?
The Poor Law.
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