Elizabethan Foreign Policy 1558-1603
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- Elizabethan Foreign Policy 1558-1603
- Use France as a Counter-weight to Spanish Power in NL
- Failure
- Treaty of Jonville 1580: Spain signed agreement with Catholic League in France, alliance made it likely he'd support MQS and launch invasion into England
- Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis 1559:Ended struggle between France and Spain leaving Spain the dominant power there
- Success
- Treaty of Blois 1572: Replaced idea of marriage to Anjou with a formal alliance against Spain, Eliz. offered £60,000 support
- Quickly foundered as Eliz. wasn't prepared to go to War. Eng gave unofficial support to huegonots,
- Treaty of Blois 1572: Replaced idea of marriage to Anjou with a formal alliance against Spain, Eliz. offered £60,000 support
- Failure
- Protect the Channel Coast-Line
- Failure
- Outbreak of Revolt of the Netherlands 1566-67
- Duke of Elba sent to crush rioting by Calvinists, increased fears the army would be turned on England after.
- Outbreak of Revolt of the Netherlands 1566-67
- Success
- Financial Aid 1576: Elizabeth sent the Dutch Estates-General £100,000 of financial assistance to repel Spanish forces
- Expulsion of Sea Beggars: Forced them to land in Dutch ports where they sparked off full scale revolt against the Spanish
- Failure
- Avoid War
- Success
- Refusal to send troops 1576: Refused to send troops to NL to aid in "Spanish Fury", despite being urged by Leicester
- Failure
- Treaty of Nonsuch 1585: Agreed to send 7,000 troops to the Dutch Protestant Rebels -> Eng now going to war with Spain
- Knighting Sir Francis Drake: seized gold from the Spanish, Philip saw him as a Pirate and was infuriated he wasn't treated as such
- Success
- Protect the Antwerp Cloth Trade
- Failure
- December 1568: Elizabeth seized bullion being transported through the channel, leading Philip to respond by banning trade between England and NL. Alba confiscated all British ships docked at ports in the NL.
- Success
- Overseas Trade: Establishment of overseas trade led to the countries economic interests being served by these networks e.g. Muscovy Company with Russia,
- Elizabeth banned all trade with NL, causing both sides to back down and normalized trade relations by 1544.
- Failure
- Use France as a Counter-weight to Spanish Power in NL
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