elizabeth foreign policy spain Flashcards
when did the civil war between netherlands and spain break out?
1566
how many troops did the duke of alba send to support the war
10,000
why did elizabeth want the netherlands to win the war?
- english cloth trade depended on antwerp
- the loss of birttany and calais previously in tudors meant that the channel was becoming ever more insecure wanted to make sure spain didnt have control of the channel
- protestant ally of netherlands
Why did Elizabeth have to be careful supporting the netherlands?
- had to be careful to not antagonise spain so remined cautious about her distance from rebels
what issues within the court did the spanish netherlands civil war cause
two facotrs arose of the peace party who felt war with spain was beyong englands capabilties and the faction who favoured military action
how long did the conflict at court last
20 years
what ministers were in the war faction
leicster and walsingham
when was de spec made ambassafor of spain in england and why was he a threat
1568
hardline catholic who was involved in the essex rebellion in 1569
what was the first sign of naval conflict between spain and england?
1568 spanish fleets attacked john hawkins fleet at the visceroy of mexico
jesus of lubek ship
what was the treaty of blois and when was it
an anglo-french defensive alliance against spain
1572
why did the treaty of blois fail
because Elizabeth was not prepared to go to war but instead kept up unofficial support for the Huguenots
when did elizabeth begin to endorse netherland rebels financially
1581 elizabeth began to fund dutch rebels to resist the new duke of parama
made philip to begin to consider proper attack on england
when was the treaty of joinville and what was it
1584 signed between french and spanish catholic
could mean that if philip invades england france wont ally england
what was the treaty of norsuch
1585
elizabeth signed a deal with the dutch rebels sending 5,000 troops and 1,000 cavalry
elizabeth made protector of netherlands
when did drake raid spanish ships at cadiz and why was this positive
1587
delayed the aramda for a year
when did the armada happen
1588
what fundamental flaws did the spanish fleet have
- plan to sail to netherlands and go from there meant there was enough time for elizabeth to find out and prepare
- south-westerly winds
- poorly lead dy duke of medina
- philip though that even the news of an armada would make elizabeth back down in the netherlands
what strengths did british troops have?
- excellent naval techniques
- posited themselves with the winds allowing them to use long range guns
- use of fireships
what was the main battle of the armada called?
the battle of gravelines 29th july
what signficance in england was there of the defeat of the armada
- showed gods approval of elizabeth’s government
when did drake countine the war by trying to counter attack spain to portugal?
1589
what went wrong with drakes protugal trip?
went with 15,000 men but failues due to there not being a portugaeese rising in thier favour
many men died of disease
when did effingham and raleigh caputre cadiz?
1596
80,000 men went and distroyed 50 ships
how many armadas were there in total?
4
last one posed a threat as after the troubles in ireland the spanish laded there but were defeated
succsess of FP
- reigned for nearly half a century with no invastions
- set foundations of british empire up by creating trade with india
- overseads trade strengtheded englands future economy
failures of FP
- war cost a lot of money
- economic depression inthe 1590s
- estimated that elizabeth was sending 2x more than her revenues nromally yilded
- selling of corwn lands deprived later monarchs of regular income
