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ELIZABETH & THE ARMADA. WHY DID SPAIN ATTACK ENGLAND?. JILTED -- LIZ HAD TURNED PHILIP DOWN RELIGION -- SPAIN SOUGHT TO RESTORE CATHOLICISM IN ENGLAND EMPIRE -- SOUGHT TO ADD ENGLAND TO HIS POSSESSIONS “THE SEA DOGS” -- ENGLISH PIRATES STOLE SPANISH GOLD
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WHY DID SPAIN ATTACK ENGLAND? • JILTED -- LIZ HAD TURNED PHILIP DOWN • RELIGION -- SPAIN SOUGHT TO RESTORE CATHOLICISM IN ENGLAND • EMPIRE -- SOUGHT TO ADD ENGLAND TO HIS POSSESSIONS • “THE SEA DOGS” -- ENGLISH PIRATES STOLE SPANISH GOLD • THE DUTCH REVOLT -- ELIZABETH SUPPORTED THE REBELS • ECONOMICS -- POPE PLEDGED $ FOR INVADING ENGLAND THE FINAL STRAW? PHILIP II (1556-1598)
THE SPANISH ARMADA • THE PLAN • RENDEZVOUS W/ SPANISH TROOPS IN NETHERLANDS • ESCORT THEM ACROSS CHANNEL TO INVADE ENGLAND • THE PROBLEMS • DIFFICULTY OF RENDEZVOUS • SUPERIORITY OF ENGLISH VESSELS & TACTICS • ENGLISH HAD “THE WIND” • ENGLISH COULD RESUPPLY • PHILIP: “IN SUCH A CAUSE, GOD WILL ASSURE A GOOD OUTCOME”
THE SPANISH ARMADA • THE RESULTS • SPANISH LOST 1/2 OF 130 SHIPS, 20,000 OUT OF 30,000 MEN • ENGLISH LOST NO SHIPS & APPROX. 100 MEN • IMPACT OF THE ARMADA • A CRUSHING PSYCHOLOGICAL BLOW FOR CATHOLICISM/VICTORY FOR PROTESTANTS • SYMBOLIC OF SHIFTING OF POWER FROM SPAIN TO ENGLAND
