![]() The long conflict with Spain was rooted in an English hunger for Spanish treasure and a commercial and maritime rivalry. The English then formed overseas trading companies and very modest colonization attempts were made in the Caribbean and North America by Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh. Sir Francis Drake, Sir John Hawkins, and the other "Sea Dogs" bedelved the Spanish treasure fleet with Queen Elizabeth as a secret partner. The primary issue was the Sea Dogs and their depredations on Spanish treasure ships.Įnglish audacity and technology at sea laid the groundwork for the Royal Navy and command of the seas. After Elizabeth became queen their relationsjip deteriorated. Elizabeth first met Philip when he came to England to marry her half-sister Mary. The Great Armada was rooted in the struggle between Catholic Philip II of Spain and Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England. In fact, had Philip's Army acttually landed in England it in all probability would have crushed Elizabeth's small army. We're not sure yet who the artist of this view was or when it was painted. And it was here that she made her most remembered speech (August 8). From Tenbury comes her image of a warrior Queen, Elizabeth, upon a White Horse, defying the Don and inspecting her men. She decided to join the encampment and "live or die" with her people. ![]() Apparently she decided while England's soldiers and sailors fought the Spanish, she was not going to cower behind palace walls. After the Armada was spotted in the Channel, Queen Elizabeth made her way to Tilbury to be with her army. ![]() ![]() ![]() Pivotal Turning Points in History: The Great Armada (1588)įigure 1.-English forces mustered to defend the country at Tilbury along the Channel Coast. War and social upheaval: the Great Spanish Armada ![]()
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