The Influence Of The Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada took place in 1588 where King Philip II of Spain had planned this conquest with the hope of overthrowing Queen Elizabeth I of England. He had many reasons as to invade England in the first place. England had the establishment of Protestantism whereas Spain was Roman Catholic, and Philip was in disagreement with that. He also wanted to stop the Dutch interferences in the Spanish Netherlands because they were seizing Spain’s treasure and were funding the people in the Netherlands. It wasn’t until 1585 that he began making a fleet of 130 ships, under the commander of Duke of Medina Sidona. His first mission was to claim the English throne for Mary and make England Roman Catholic. However, that did not happen because they had a major setback: the commander wasn’t suitable and he begged Philip to be resigned along with England’s men, who destroyed Spain’s ships.
Queen Elizabeth I fought in the war. Once the battle was over, Spain was suffering a humiliating defeat. Almost 5,000 men died and King Philip returned to spain with 67 damaged ships and 10,000 men who survived. The Spanish Armada had a major impact in the following years after. Before this had even occurred, Spain was known to be powerful whereas England was a small country with little wealth. However, this one incident changed everything. England became a more dominant navel country because they were able to successfully defend and defeat Spain, who was more powerful than England at that time. The English and British started expanding in North America because they knew that Spain’s power was lessened and weakened. They created permanent settlements in North America by establishing colonies, without the fear of Spain. As a result, this was important because without the Spanish Armada, the colonies wouldn’t be established in the New