The Elizabethan Era 1 | Page 2

The government in Elizabethan England was harsh to criminals.If you were caught commiting any crimes than you would be executed,hung,drawn and quartered.The worst thing they could do to the criminals was torture them but this was only for hated criminals that betrayed England.Execution was the least painful way to die as a criminal.This would also be in front of large amounts of people as well except for the torture.The torturing is kept private and not for the public to witness.The Queen was the most powerful position in government .The community thought she was an image of God put on the earth to rule over them.

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