The Spanish Armada Flashcards
When was the Spanish Armada
1588
What was the Spanish Armada
A fleet of Spanish ships invading the English
Who sent the armada
Philip I of Spain
Where did the armada sail from
Spain to the Netherlands then to England
How many reasons did Philip have to send it
6
What were the 6 reasons
Legal
Religious
Personal
Economic
Political
Imperial
What was the personal reason
Elizabeth rejected his proposal
What was the legal reason
Mary’s will left Philip her claim to England
What was the religious reason
Roman Catholic Philip hated Protestant heretic elizabeth
What was the economic reason
Elizabeth’s navy stole Spanish treasure
What was the political reason
Elizabeth helped Dutch rebels fight against Spain in the Spanish Netherlands
What was the imperial reason
Philip wanted to add England to his empire
What do you think the most important reason was
Economic
Because Elizabeth’s navy stole treasure from the Spanish this made Philip angry and want revenge
Who was medina Sidonia
In charge of the Spanish navy
Who was Duke of Parma
In charge of Spanish army
Tell me something about medina sidonia
He had no experience even though he was in charge of the navy
Who was lord Charles Howard
He was in charge of the English ships
He was cousin of queen Elizabeth
Who was sir Francis drake
Second in command to lord Charles Howard
Tell me about ship design
English ships were smaller, faster and easier to turn
Spains were bugged and slow
Tell me about artillery
English’s cannons fired every minute but Spanish fire every hour due to inexperienced gunners
Tell me about weather
Storms stopped the armada from attacking England
Tell me about Spanish mistakes
Medina sidonia had no experience
Armada didn’t attack English navy when it was stuck in Plymouth
Not all ships could fire as they would hit their own ships
Armada couldn’t meet up with their army
Tell me about English tactics
They sailed behind the armada to surprise attack them
Kept away from the armada and sailed in a straight line so they could fire cannons
8 fire ships to break up the Spanish’s formation
What was the most important reason why the armada lost
Because of Spanish mistakes because not all ships could fire at once so they weren’t attacking the English with as much impact as they could have
Babington
The leader of the babington plot
Walsingham
Queen Elizabeth’s secretary he protested her from assassins
Gifford
Worked for walsingham and found the evidence to get Mary executed
Rizzio
Secretary to Mary queen of scots
Knox
An enemy of mary
Bothwell
One of the servants at Kirk o field
Also Mary’s 3rd husband
Francis
Mary’s 1st husband
Philip ii
Mary left his claim to the English throne
James
Mary’s son
Darnley
Mary’s 2nd husband
Mary had a plot to kill him
