King Philip II launched the Spanish Armada in 1588 as an attempt to secure English land and terminate the rivalry between the two nations. However‚ Philip’s plan failed‚ resulting in a triumph for England. The victory was rather surprising because Spain was the premier naval force at the time with lots of wealth and resources. As a result of this conquest‚ Spain was left weakened. Without their biggest rival‚ the English empire was able to expand even faster and without as much conflict (Sharnette)
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Woman of the Year: 1953-Queen Elizabeth II From the day she was born‚ the life of Queen Elizabeth II shows that she deserved to receive the title "Woman of the Year." She had practical intelligence since she was a kid and she respected peoples opinions. Queen Elizabeth II was born on April 21‚ 1926 at the London home of her mother’s parents‚ Lord and Lady Strathmore. She was baptized at Buckingham Palace and named Elizabeth Alexandra Mary five weeks later. Elizabeth’s father was Albert
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chose to describe the different tensions between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. This is an important topic to discuss during the Elizabethan era. The aggressive tensions between the two rulers were crucial to the lifestyles of the commoners. During the reign of Elizabeth I‚ 1558-1603‚ and Mary‚ Queen of Scots‚ 1542-1567‚ tensions between England and Scotland entered a climactic point. Mary‚ Queen of Scots experienced a riotous reign as queen. As soon as she was forced to abdicate the throne
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there have been many female monarchs. Among these monarchs is Elizabeth I. Elizabeth’s predecessor was Mary I‚ who tried to restore England to Catholicism and was heavily disliked by her subjects. Elizabeth’s period of rule commenced during 1558 and lasted until 1603. Since Elizabeth I ensured that England stayed an Anglican country‚ she was greatly loved by her people and was able to earn respect as a ruler. However‚ since Elizabeth I was a female during a time where the idea of female inferiority
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dominate and superior rulers‚ while women were the weak and inferior rulers. Elizabeth Tudor and Mary Queen of Scots reveal the amount of concern women in power have with their appearance to the public’s eyes. Elizabeth portrayed her supreme power to the public with her determination in the Speech to the House of Commons‚ while Mary portrayed class and honor as she was executed in The Execution of the Queen of Scots. Elizabeth craved power and respect from the country of England; she was constantly
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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
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Lizbeth Rosario Mr. Saleeba English IV 04 October 2017 Why was Queen Elizabeth I of England a good leader? “I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman‚ but I have the heart and stomach of a king and of a king of England too” (Queen Elizabeth I). Queen Elizabeth I was Queen of England‚ Ireland and Wales from 1558 to 1603. She was called the Virgin Queen of legend; she refused to marry and wanted to have authority by herself that is how she became so successful. She was a very intelligent
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people. But also images can play an important part of telling a lot about someone because there is always a story behind an image. Many images come to mind when thinking of things that represent who I am. The imagery I would include in my metaphoric portrait would be a stage‚ Disney World‚ and a plane. Generally‚ the stage is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of a metaphoric image that represents me. During high school‚ I was very involved in the theatre department and always felt I could
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the age of 15‚ his half sister Mary became Queen. She was a strong Catholic‚ and this resulted in England returning to the Catholic religion which resulted in the persecution of non-Catholics. She married King Phillip of Spain who was also a devout Catholic. When Mary died‚ her half sister Elizabeth I became Queen of England‚ who immediately stopped the persecutions of non- Catholics and changed England back to protestant. The main reason for the Armada was because King Phillip of Spain wanted to
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1Date : 1997--3.2Place : Britain4.Characters--4.1Main----4.1.1Queen Elizabeth----4.1.2Tony Blair4.2Minor----4.2.1Princess Diana----4.2.2Alastair Campbell----4.2.3People of the nation5.SummaryThe film begins on the 1997 Britain elections on which Tony Blair was showed as the United Kingdom’s first Labour Party Prime Minister in 18 years. The Queen then questions a photographer on who are allowed to vote. The queen is named Queen Elizabeth on which he has somewhat of a doubt on Tony Blair. A few months
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