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ARMADA CONFLICT

 Amazing impact of Elisabethan Age

 Armada invencible VS England

Spanish Armada

The Age of Ships

The 1500s were the beginning of the age of ships. They sailed across the world, trading
spices and moving armies. Ships meant wealth. Wealth meant pirates and wars.
The Spanish Armada was a massive fleet of 130 ships assembled by Spain to attack
and overthrow England in 1588. The move started the Spanish-Anglo war, marking the
beginning of English naval dominance of the Atlantic.

Timeline
 England's Pirates Capture Spanish Ships Between the 1560's and 1580’s);
 Spain invades the Netherlands and England allies witDutch-1567;
 Philip of Spain commissions 130 ships for Armada-1585;
 Mary, Queen of Scots, is put to death – February 1587;
 Drake raids ports in Spain, destroying supplies and delaying Armada preparations-
April 1587;
 John White leaves Roanoke as Elizabeth mobilizes Naval fleet - December 1587;
 Armada sets sail for England – May 1588;
 Armada anchors near Calais – August 1588;
 England sends fire ships into Calais, breaking up the Armada's defensive crescent
formation – August 1588;
 Storms off of Scotland further damage ships – September 1588;
 Second Spanish Armada Attempt -1596;
 Third Armada attempt – 1597.

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 CATHOLIC VS PROTESTANT
The conflict began in 1588 when Elizabeth 1 supporting the protestants sent trups on Spanish

land to encourage the people to leave Christianity. King Philip the second of Spain took offense

to her actions and choose Don Alonso from Guzaman el Bueno to leed the Armada into a

religious war, but it wasn’t the only reason, Philip believed to have rights to the throne of

England because of his daughter with mary.

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THE LUCKY ARMY HAD A BAD TIME

A long time with the moto of Spain "Get up God

and protect your case! " the Armada went well
with the war on sea and land along the Parma's
army, but due to a storm, the supplies went bad.
Elisabeth's army, led by Howard of Effingham has
less time to prepare and so was supplied with
healthy food. Still Elizabeth's army was far
smaller than Philips, but the Armada was
defeated and Elizabeth composed a little song
about it "God blew and they were scattered”.

They celebrated their victory

with a medal saying 'God Blew
and they were Scattered'

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CONSEQUENCES

There was a lot of money spent on both sides, but the Spanish suffered a humiliating defeat.
After the great victory, the Earl of Leincester died and Elizabeth suffered a lot after him. Also,
Elizabeth gained respect from everyone. There came more battles but none as important or as
big as this one. The Spanish never managed to defeat England, they only managed to bring even
more shame upon themselves by continually trying to take revenge.

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WHAT IF ...

What if the Spaniards had crippled the English without getting crippled themselves? They would
become more powerful and feared. Spain would have defeated England and took it under its
raign under Philip. Catholicism would have been in full bloom and many aspects would have
changed. Maybe Elizabeth could have escaped the death by Philips hands, by running away, but
she was not that kind of woman. Let’s suppose she had royal family in other countries, what if
she declared war this time with the support of her. What if she was so loved by her people that
when her day of execution came, Philip was assassinated and she rule Spain without winning
the battle. But we will only wander what would have happened ..