Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Spanish Armada
- Background
- Shortly after Elizabeths reign a peace treaty was signed
- Between England, Spain and France
- Making peace in Europe
- As Elizabeth didn't have to pay for army
- She over spent
- Making more powerful fast ships
- First causes
- She changed England back to Protestant
- English seized Spanish treasure ship
- She knighted Francis Drake
- Free trade
- Drake
preferred
private
trade
- These all angered Phillip II
- Elizabeth with more rage
- Ordered 25 ships to harass the Spanish
- Allied with Dutch
- The Start
- Phillip ordered 130 ships to block channel
- Duke of Parma to invade UK
- Execution of Catholic Mary in 1587
- Increased
number of
ships bound to
England
- Drake got
through and
burnt ships
- 29th July 1588
- Duke of Parma never arrived to meet Spanish
- Armada
dropped
anchor to
wait for his
arrival
- 8th August 1588
- Howard sent 8 fire ships to Spain
- Spanish cut anchors and fled
- Armada blew North and faced storm
- Died in Northern Rocks
- Remains fled to Spain
- Recent Research
- Different size cannonballs
- May of fled because of this