Spanish Armada

• Why was Phillip mad at England

  Sir Francis Drake set 30 of Spain's royal ship on fire

  Philip believed those who executed a Catholic (mary) should be punished

  Spanish Netherlands were rebelling against him and English soilders were helping them
• Commanders

  Spain

  -Duke of Medina Sidonia

  English

  -Sir Francis Drake and Lord Howard
• Advantages (England)

  -accurate long-range guns

  -easier to steer

  -use the same standard size cannonball
• Disadvantages (Spain)

  -Clumsy to steer

  -Slow
• strategy (England)

  -Stay away and use cannonball

  (big for a boat)(small for sailors)

  -when they are in floating wrecks they will batter the soldiers
• Strategy (Spain)

  -Tie themselves alongside

  -Soldiers will fight

  -use cannons bellow decks to blow holes
• the 130 ships sailed in a crescent shape the ships were spotted in Cornwall on 29 July and beacons were lit the Spanish arrived in France on 6 August for soldiers but the soldiers were delayed. Sir Francis Drake used fire ships against the Spanish ships they were scared and scattered ending in most of them heading to the north sea a storm surge happened and most died but some staggered on the shores of Scotland and Ireland
• the consequence of the failed armada

  showed queen Elizabeths leadership skills

  she started to venture into the world for new land and resources

  protestants believed god was on their sides

  Spain was beatable