Why Did The Spanish Armada

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The Armada was known as an invincible fleet due to the formation that all the fleets would go into. The formation consisted of a few ships becoming a distraction and the others would come from behind for a sneak attack. This “armada was an elite fleet sent out by King Philip II in 1588 to invade England.” (brittanica.com) His main goal for pursuing England wasn’t for land or money, but for revenge on England’s Queen. Queen Elizabeth of England had made Philip II her enemy in 1587 when she executed Mary Queen of Scotland since she was part of the Catholic Church. She had even taken away a portion the Spanish Army’s funds and this contributed to the creation of the Spanish Armada, which soon became an important part of European History. Queen Elizabeth and King Phillip II had been going against each other for a while, and due to this “Elizabeth signed the Treaty of Nonesuch with the Dutch and permitted Sir Francis Drake to maraud in response to a Spanish embargo.” (encyclopedia.com) Phillip had …show more content…

King Phillip II had assigned Duke of Madina Sidonia, Francis Drake, Don Alvaro de Bazon, and Duck of Parma to command the Spanish Armada. Queen Elizabeth had predicted that Philip would soon retaliate due to her actions, so she then used her alliance with the Dutch to stall the Armada. They had sent Sir William Wynter and Henry Seymour to guard the Netherlands Coast in case the fleet had planned to use it as a route to enter England. In hopes of defending the Queen, the English sent out 54 of their best ships to Plymouth to demolish the Armada before it can leave the Spanish Coast. Although, while the English had set out in search of the fleet, the Armada itself was having a hard time making it towards

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