Why Is Queen Elizabeth I The Most Powerful Country

Queen Elizabeth I had accomplished many different tasks during her reign as the queen of England. She had won wars that people thought they were going to lose, like The English War with Spain. Elizabeth had employed military strategies into the British empire, like by making people spies, so they could spy on the enemies. Lastly, she colonized many places during her reign, which all had led to many different wars and benefits towards England. Queen Elizabeth had done all of this in order to make England a more powerful nation and so it could be one of the strongest countries. The first war England was involved in was the English War, which lasted from 1585- 1603. There were many causes to the English War, which included power, wealth and religion.“The reasons for the Elizabethan War with Spain from 1585 - 1603 exploded due to various conflicts surrounding the wealth
She postponed wars until England had received all of the necessary supplies; she would use her wits and charms. “She would build her own 16th century Clausewitzian triangle of military strategy tied to political goals, intelligence gathering & deniability”(Alford). To begin, she secured the loyalty of her nobles and quelling civil wars to her crown. Sir Francis Walsingham, her most trusted advisor, created a system of spies and intelligence, which would help her plot strategy and put the limited resources of her money and soldiers where she felt they could be most effective. Which she used to cloak herself and England in a never-ending veil of “deniability” satisfying her merchants and more radical Protestants by aiding the protestants in France and Flanders, while avoiding outright war with Spain and the Pope. She had created a good and unique system inside her empire and country. She had also used policy and diplomacy as one her military strategies. With all this happening, England was discovering and colonizing new