The Spanish Armada
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- Created on: 17-02-20 15:27
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- The Spanish Armada
- The Plan
- To invade England because Elizabeth had Mary Queen of Scots excecuted
- He sent an Armada (navy/army) of 130 ships to the Netherlands (Poland) to pick up 30,000 Spanish Troops
- However, the Armada was delayed by an English attack in 1587 by Sir Francis Drake, when he circumnavigated around the world and destoryed over 100 Spanish ships
- The Battle
- In 1588, the Armada finally set sail
- When the Armada reached Calais, the English used fireships to scatter the Spanish fleet and then attack it
- The Armada was forced to abandon its invasion attempt and was destroyed by storms that Philip caled them the 'Protestant Storms'
- Elizabeth
- She had a portrait painted to publisise her 'famous victory' = The Spanish Armada victory!
- What does it represent?
- It represtents the long struggle between Protestant England and Catholic Spain
- However: Both English and Spanish historians believe that the Armada was the time when Spain's fortunes changed and England became great again
- The Spanish's Weaknesses
- They had to anchor on the Irish Shore
- The Irish had looted their ships that left them with nothing
- When the Spanish had set off they had bad weather
- This caused the Spanish to have a lot of damaged ships
- The Spanish leader had died before they had set sailed
- That meant that they had to get a new leader
- They had to anchor on the Irish Shore
- English's Strengths
- Their ships were lighter and faster than te Spanish's ships
- The English set out fireships to destoy the Spanish's ships
- That made the Spanish lose formation in their ships
- English's Weaknesses
- When the English returned, half of them had died from disease
- The English had to withdraw
- Because they were tired and were running low on ammunition
- The Plan
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