Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Causes of the Spanish Armada
- Political
- The Dutch
- England had supported Dutch freedom fighters against the Spanish
- English Raiding
- Refusal to marry
- Elizabeth had refused to marry Philip
- Execution of the Queen of Scots
- She was implicated in plot to kill Elizabeth
- And then executed
- This killed a Catholic claimant to the throne and angered Philip of Spain
- Economic
- English Raiding
- Privateers
- Francis Drake
- Had attacked Spanish Trading Galleys
- Spain called for his execution
- Instead he was rewarded
- Religious
- Protestants vs Catholics
- Spain was Catholic
- England was Protestant
- This problem was amplified
- The Thirty Years War was only twenty years away
- Religious Tension was at an all-time high
- Personal Causes
- Elizabeth was a fiercely independent monarch
- She was unmarried
- This limited chances of strong alliances
- Spain was at the height of its power
- They could easily outproduce and defeat England if need be