Catholic plots

Read each of the following factual statements and drag them to the correct event.




        Catholic plots

        Now that we have identified the factual details of each event, compare the Similarities and Differences between all three events.

        Similarities and Differences between The Ridolfi Plot and The Babington Plot.

        The Ridolfi Plot

        • 1571
        • Roberto
        • Merchant and banker from Florence
        • Duke of Norfolk
        • Mary, Queen of Scots to replace Elizabeth
        • Spanish army
        • William Cecil
        • Sir Francis Walsingham
        • Informers revealed plot
        • Elizabeth’s refusal to authorise execution
        • Torture to reveal others

        Similarities and Differences between The Throckmorton Plot and The Ridolfi Plot.

        The Babington Plot

        • Confession of execution of seven plotters
        • Death warrant signed
        • Letters in cipher code
        • 1586
        • Walsingham uncovers plot
        • Anthony
        • Execution without Elizabeth’s knowledge
        • Intercepted by Walsingham’s spies
        • Replace Elizabeth with Mary
        • Proof of Mary’s involvement

        Similarities and Differences between The Babington Plot and The Throckmorton Plot.

        The Throckmorton Plot

        • 1583-84
        • Francis
        • Throckmorton arrested
        • French Catholic forces
        • Invasion
        • Free Mary
        • Torture to reveal Duke of Guise’s plan
        • Mary moved to Tutbury castle

        The Ridolfi Plot and The Throckmorton Plot

        Similarities

        • Mary survives
        • Conspirators executed
        • Foreign powers involved
        • Planned invasion

        Differences

        • French/Spanish involvement

        The Throckmorton Plot and The Babington Plot

        Similarities

        • Plot by an Englishman

        Differences

        • Proof of Mary’s involvement
        • Mary executed

        The Babington Plot and The Ridolfi Plot

        Similarities

        • Conspirators executed
        • Torture
        • Plot to replace Elizabeth

        Differences

        • Mary executed
        • Proof of Mary’s involvement