Spanish Armada Flashcards
Why we’re Spain and England rivals
Because both were big powers at the time
List the 6 reasons on why Phillip sent the armada
Religion
MQS-
Growth of Spanish power
English pirates
The Dutch revolt
The Irish revolt
Details on why it was sent because of religion?
Phillip wrongly believed all English men wanted to be Catholic.
He thought all countries should be Catholic
Why was it sent because of MQS?
Mary was the Catholic heir to the English throne.
She was Executed on Liz’s Orders
The next heir was her son who was Protestant so if he didn’t intervene England would be Protestant forever.
Growth of Spanish power means?
The Spanish now occupied, Portugal, The Netherlands, Parts of Italy, Austria and Germany, All of Central America, Most of the West Indies and most of South America.
It was sent because of English Pirates. What are the reasons?
Elizabeth secretly supported the actions of English Privateers Attacking Spanish colonies in America Attacking Spanish treasure ships Main culprit was Francis Drake Liz Rewarded him by knighting him.
Why was Dutch revolt a reason?
The Dutch were Protestants and were tired of Spanish rule and rebelled
The English sent soldiers to help the Dutch.
Why was the Irish revolt a reason?
The Irish were Catholic and under Englands rule. So they rebelled
Phillip smelt soldiers to help the Irish as he saw Ireland as a back door to England.
Name the 5 reasons on why the Spanish failed
Ship design Spanish mistakes English tactics Artillery Weather
Why did it fail of ship design?
The English ships were smaller and more manoeuvrable
Once the Spanish crescent was broken the battle was lost
The Spanish couldn’t use their tactic of the grapple in hooks because the English were too fast.
Why did it fail because of Spanish mistakes?
They made Duke Medina Sidonia the commander of the Armada who got seasick and his own mother didn’t think he could do it.
The could have landed at Portsmouth and destroyed all the English ships but instead they moved on to the Netherlands and collected the soldiers.
What tactics did England use?
The fire ships at Calais scared the Spanish and scattered them
The artillery?
English had better artillery they could load and fire a cannon in 2 mins whereas the Spanish could only fire a cannon every hour
What happened with the weather?
On the way back the Spanish got caught up in some trouble with the weather around the west coast of Ireland pushing them into Ireland being killed by English settlers or they would get shipwrecked
