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QueenElizabethIwassomeonewhohavealwaysservesasaninspirationtome.Not
onlydidsheledanentirecountrytothegreatestageithaseverknown,underherrule,England
becameoneofthemostpowerfulnationsinEuropeandoneofthemoststrongestnavalpowers.
Asaleaderinhistory,ElizabethIstoodoutfromalltheothersthankstoherpragmatic
personalityandherabilitytoruleasanunmarriedwomen.IbelievethatElizabethIisthe
definitionofwhataleadershouldbelike,sheissomeonewhoputhercountryandpeopleabove
herneedsandleftalegacythatwouldechoesformorecenturiestocome.
Toconductmyresearch,IenlistedthehelpoftheInternetandinterviewedJanetDooley,
theWebContentManagerfromTudorSource.com.whoknowsalotaboutElizabethandher
reign.SinceIhavealreadyacquiredandheardmanythingsaboutElizabethgrowingup,Ionly
neededtoresearchalittlemoreinformationabouther.Tobeginmyresearch,Ilookedupmany
websitesthatendedin.orgor.govtomakesurethattheirinformationwillbeaccurate.Ifound
thisamazingwebsitecalledelizabethi.orgthatprovidedalltheinformationIneededtoknow
whatElizabeth,fromquotestochronologyofeventsthathappenedduringherreign.
UsingpriorknowledgeaboutWeebly,Isetupmywebsiteandcreatedthelogousing
Illustratorsothatthefontwouldbeoriginal.TomakesureIhaveeverythingIneededbefore
puttingtheinformationonmywebsite,IcreatedadocumentwhereIhadallofmylayout
plannedouttostayorganizedandontask.Itriednottoputalotwordsandinformationonmy
websitesinceweareonlyallowedtohave1,200wordsonourwholeentirewebsite.
ElizabethgaveEnglandtheinternationalrecognitionthatitneeded.Asaleader,shewas
abletoleadEnglandthroughmanygloriesandvictoriesliketheSpanishArmadaof1588.When

ElizabethinheritedthecrownfromMaryI,Englandwasapoorcountrythatwasreligious
dividedwithaweakmilitary.ShereversedallCatholicspracticesthatMaryestablished.
Furthermore,ElizabethintroducedtheReligiousSettlement,whereonecanpracticeanyreligion
aslongastheirloyaltylieswithEnglandthusestablishedthebasicstructureforthemodern
AnglicanChurch.Elizabethtriedtolimitwars,establishedtrade,andfundedmanyexplorations
totheNewWorldtofindpossibletreasuresforEngland.Eventhough,Englandwasstillaspoor
asitwaswhenElizabethfirstinheritsthethrone,itbecameadominantplayerinEuropeandone
oftheleadingleadersintheNewWorld.Shemanagedtodoallthosethingsforawomanwho
wasunmarriedandhadnodesiretodoso.QueenElizabethIistheepitomeofagreatleaderwho
leftbehindanevenbiggerlegacytohername.