Elizabethan England: Spanish Armada

Question 1

religious reasons for conflict

Answer 1

• Spain had supported the Catholic plots to overthrow (and murder elizabeth)
• Spain was a Catholic country and England a Protestant country
• Philip wanted to restore catholicism in england
• Philip saw Mary queen of scots’ death as unjustified murder

Question 2

how piracy caused conflict

Answer 2

• English sailors like Hawkins and Drake attacked and stole treasure from Spanish ships in the New World (spain had a monopoly aroun the new world trades and england was envious)
• King Philip II was furious but Elizabeth encouraged and rewarded adventurers, famously knighting Francis Drake
• In 1577, Drake was secretly commissioned by Elizabeth I to set off on an expedition against the Spanish colonies on the American Pacific coast. He ended up circumnavigating the globe by 1578

Question 3

how the French civil war caused conflict

Answer 3

• France was the traditional enemy of both England and Spain, meaning that they united together against the country
• France was in civil war it was preoccupied with its own issues and no longer posed a threat – so the alliance between Spain and England was not necessary anymore

Question 4

how The Treaty of Joinville caused conflict

Answer 4

1584 - The Treaty of Joinville

• spain and france
• boosted spain’s confidence
• raised english fears of invasion

Question 5

how the Treaty of Nonsuch caused conflict

Answer 5

1585 - Treaty of Nonsuch

• walsingham and dudley called for military action
• the dutch rebellion was bieng successfully defeated by the Duke of Parma (the rebel leader had been assassinated)
• between the english and dutch
• 7,000 troops were sent to the netherlands to help with the rebellion

Question 6

what caused the rebellion in the Netherlands?

Answer 6

• spain controlled the netherlands as part of their empire
• the netherlands were mostly protestant and dislike the spainsh catholic rule
• civil war broke out

Question 7

when did the dutch (Netherlands) rebellion start?

Answer 7

1566 - civil war broke out

Question 8

what did the spanish do to deal with the dutch rebellion?

Answer 8

• the Duke of Alba was sent by Philip
• 10,000 troops, to deal with the rebellion in a brutal manner

Question 9

why did england care about the dutch rebellion?

Answer 9

• the netherlands would be a great place for the spanish to invade from (very close to england)
• it was important for the british cloth trade (Antwerp), trade disruptions would damage the english economy
• elizabeth didn’t want the neterlands to be ruled by a rich, powerful and aggressive world power

Question 10

how did the english help the dutch rebellion?

Answer 10

• “peace party” indirectly gave help to rebels
• allowed rebel ships to stay in english ports and allowed privateers to disrupt spanish supply to netherlands

1581 - elizabeth sent funds to help rebels fight

1585 - elizabeth sent 7,000 troops to aid the rebels