Spanish Armarda Flashcards
Reasons for conflict between Spain + eng
- Elizabeth supporting Dutch revolt
- marriage rejection to Philip
- religious differences
- piracy
- spain supports plots
Spanish ships went + returned
- 151 went
- 65 returned
Spanish route home
- couldn’t defend battle of gravalines
- Tried to lead fleet home - eng chased
- Around Scotland and Ireland - storms
Why was medina sidona a bad leader
Inexperienced
- never fought at sea
- Sea sick
Use of fire ships
- Spanish crescent scatter + isolated
- Easy to attack
English tactics
- fire ships
- Line formation
- Use of wind
Who lead English
Lord Howard
Francis drake (2nd)
How did Spainish plan fail
Lack of communication - didnt meet troops in flanders
Consequences of winning armada
- proved as a major naval power
- Support for Elizabeth - stability + unity
- elizabeth popular
- Increased English strength
- Golden age - superpower
Spanish weakness
- Medina Sedona - inexperienced
- lack of communication
- slow + not manoeuvrable ships
- unprepared with weapons - cannons can only used once
- more priests then gunmen
- struggled - English Channel, North Sea, storms
English strengths
- faster, smaller, more manoeuvrable ships
- drake was experienced
- Elizabeth’s Tilbury speech inspired
- tactics - fire ships, raids
- new technology - cannons, lanteen
- large navy
What plots did Philip II of Spain support
Throckmorton 1583 - paid for
Ridolfi 1571 - supported
Explain how plots caused conflict between Spain + eng
king Philip II:
- supported ridolfi plot 1571
- paid for throckmorton plot 1583
Pope excommunicated E 1570
Explain how piracy caused conflict between Spain + eng
- drake robbed nuestra senora of £480m in gold
- Elizabeth supported / rewarded drake
- main aim of exploration - weaken Spain
- 1587 - drake attacked Cadiz (Spanish port)
Explain how Dutch revolt caused conflict between Spain +eng
- Dutch revolt in Netherlands (controlled by Spain)
- E sent soldiers/money to Dutch (7000 sailors)
