- By careful manipulation of her public image she gained popularity and affection of her people.
- She defeated the most powerful man of Spain, King Phillip II, when he sent his armada against her country in the summer of 1588.
- During the first session of Parliament in 1559, she called for the Act of Supremacy, which re-established the Church of England.
- Queen Elizabeth also called for the Act of Uniformity, which created a common prayer book.
- With the help of her advisor, William Cecil, Elizabeth was able to stop the war with France.
- She encouraged English literature, and world exploration.
- She sent an army to help Protestants in the Dutch Netherlands to fight the Spaniards.
- In 1601, Queen Elizabeth gave one of her most famous speeches to the Parliament, called the "Golden Speech". In her speech she quoted, "Of myself I must say this, I was never any greedy, scraping gasper, nor a strait, fast-holding prince, nor yet a waster. My heart was never set on worldly goods but for my peoples' good."