Elizabeth 1- War in Netherlands

Question 1

For several years after 1588 where was the main arena for war on land between the English and Spanish?

Answer 1

It remained the Netherlands
.After Leicester’s failures relations between the English and Dutch crown improved

Question 2

In 1589 who was made commander of the English forces and was highly capable?

Answer 2

Sir Francis Vere

Question 3

What was the cost to the English of maintaining a force in the Netherlands?

Answer 3

There was a high cost to maintaining the force

Question 4

How were the Spanish in the Netherlands by 1594

Answer 4

They had been expelled from all of the lands in the Northern Netherlands

Question 5

Give one of the strategic objectives that were triumphantly achieved in the Netherlands?

Answer 5

.The Northern Netherlands became an independent state
.The southern Netherlands, while remaining under Spanish Sovereignty, also achieved a degree of autonomy
.No major foreign power was therefore entrenched in the Netherlands