The Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada
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Turning the Tide on Power in Europe

Turning the Tide of European Power
   
 The Leaders
• Phillip II (Spain,  • Elizabeth I (Britain, 
Catholic) Protestant)

• Dedicated his career to  • Got her Catholic sister 
destroying  to bring her to the 
throne
Protestantism

• Father founded the 
Church of England

   
   
 Let’s Get Ready to Rumble
• Phillip brutally  • Elizabeth orders her 
suppressing  Navy to sink Spanish 
protestants in the  ships all over the 
Netherlands world
• Navy led by Sir 
• Plans to  Francis 
invade  Drake
England  (another 
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Walter Raleigh )

   
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Elizabeth I promises: “In the midst of 
heat and the battle to live or die amongst 
you all, to lay down for my God and for 
my kingdom, and for my people, my 
honor and my blood in the dust.”
   
 The Battle
• Phillip sends 20,000 sailors on 
130 ships
• Enters English channel on July 
27, 1588
• That night Drake damages fleet 
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• Spanish flee north around the 
United Kingdom
• Hurricane destroys half the 
Armada
• 10,000 men and 63 ships are 
lost for Spain

   
 Why is this Important?
• Spanish Navy crippled, British emboldened

• Britain controls the seas for the next 300 years

• Spanish economy weakened QuickTimeª and a

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• Protestantism able to grow much more easily as 
Phillip II is finished