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It was also the end of the period when England was a separate realm before its royal union with Scotland. The Elizabethan age contrasts sharply with the previous and following reigns. England was also well-off compared to the other nations of Europe. Elizabethan England was not particularly successful in a military sense during the period, but it avoided major defeats and built up a powerful navy.
On balanceit can be said that Elizabeth provided the country with a long period of general if not total peace and generally increased prosperity due in large part to stealing from Spanish treasure shipsraiding settlements with low defenses, and selling African slaves.
Hustory inherited a virtually bankrupt state from previous reigns, her frugal policies restored fiscal responsibility. The Elizabethan Age was also an age of plots and conspiraciesfrequently political in nature, and often involving the highest levels of Elizabethan society.
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