Chapter 6-The Spanish Armada Flashcards
Why did King Phillip II of Spain want to invade England?
He wanted to overthrow Elizabeth and restore Catholicism in England
How did the Netherlands fracture Spains and England relationship even further?
Spain was in control of the Netherland and was at war with Protestant rebels. Elizabeth became the protector of the Dutch rebels in 1585 and sent troops to help the rebellion sending Spain and England into undeclared war.
What was the Spanish Armada?
The Spanish Armada was the Spanish military that Phillip II was going to to attack and invade England.
What was in the Spanish Armada
The Spanish Armada contained 130 ships 30,000 men 1900 guns and cannons 17,000 trained troops in the Netherlands
What was Elizabeth’s defence force?
20,000 soldiers
200 ships
Who were the leaders of Englands navy?
Admiral Howard
Sir Francis Drake
John Hawkins
Who was in charge of the Spanish Armada?
The Duke of Medina
Why was Duke of Medina a bad leader?
The Duke of Medina was inexperienced in naval combat.
What happened to the Armada?
The Armada travelled up the English channel and were attacked by fire ships in calais.
Strong wind pushes the armada up to Gravelines where the battle of Gravelines takes place and the Spanish have a crushing defeat.
The wind forced the weak armada north where many get wrecked as they travel around Scotland and Ireland to head back home.
Very few ships make it back to Spain.
Where did England use the tactic of fire ships?
Calais
Who won the Battle of Gravelines?
England
What were the casualties of the war?
England lost 100 men 0 ships Spain lost 20,000 men 51 ships
What were Englands strengths?
They had faster more nimble ships then the Spanish.
They had heavier long rage cannons.
What were the Spanish weaknesses?
The Spanish cannons were largely ineffective
The Spanish commander was not as experienced as his english counterparts
The Duke of Parma failed to show up on time allowing England to attack at Calais
How did the weather effect the Armada?
It pushed the ships north causing wrecks and it meant that the ships would run low on supplies as they were nowhere were they could resupply
