Deteriorating Relations 1585-1587

• • Elizabeth counteracted the Treaty of Joinville via alliance with Dutch Protestant rebels in the Treaty of Nonsuch in 1585.
  • Sent troops to the Netherlands under Leicester.
• ISSUES WITH THE TROOPS SENT TO THE NETHERLANDS?

  Troops had bad pay, ill-disciplined.

  • Felt betrayed when two offices joined Parma.
  • Commanders argued.
  • Leicester disagreed with the Dutch.
  • Leicester resigned as commander in January 1588.
  • Philip saw an opportunity to exploit English/Dutch divisions.