Why did the Spanish Armada fail? The Spanish Armada was a fleet of 130 ships which sailed from Spain in July 1588 with an intention of overthrowing protestant England ruled by Elizabeth I and making England Catholic once again. This sea battle was between Spain - King Philip of Spain and England - Sir Francis Drake. Sir Francis had sailed in the Cadiz harbour and set 30 of Spain’s most finest warships alight. Their surprise attack on England had failed because they’re spotted off Cornwall on 29th
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Italian‚ Portuguese‚ Romanian‚ and Spanish. My report is particularly about Italian and Spanish borrowings to the English language. Spanish borrowings appeared in English in 16 century. Historic circumstances which influenced on these borrowings are associated with some geographic discoveries at that time. There was a colonization of the South and North America by the Spanish. So the close cooperation with Spain contributed to the developing of borrowings from Spanish into English language. In 16 century
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Why did The Spanish Armada fail? In May 1588 Catholic king Phillip of Spain sent his Spanish Armada to attack England. Relations between these two superpowers have been getting gradually worse. Elizabeth had been encouraging attacks on Spanish to and from the new world. She had also been helping Spain’s enemies in the Netherlands. However‚ the final straw for Spain was when she executed Mary Queen of Scots (a Catholic Queen) and had a papal bull written against her. King Phillip felt it was his
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1hr. Lesson Type & Subject: Hobbies - Vocabulary and grammar (verbs in Simple Present e pronomes pessoais) Materials Needed: cards‚ videos‚ photos‚ exhibitors‚ projector and board. Lesson Objective: learn and practice new vocabulary of sports and hobbies; exercising verbs in the present tense and proper utilization of personal pronouns; develop the capacity of oral expression and verbal interaction group. Plan: Pre-speaking (10 minutes) Introduces the topic of hobbies drawing students’ attention
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The "Lady in Blue" The "Lady in Blue" is a popular Spanish legend in the Southwest and particularly New Mexico. The legend of the lady started with New Mexico Indians in the 17th century and remains popular today. The "Lady in Blue" was in fact a real person""Maria de Jesus de Agreda‚ or Sor Maria‚ as she was called. Sor Maria founded the Convent of the Immaculate Conception at Agreda. Sor Maria had a very strong reputation throughout Spain for her wisdom and sanctity‚ as well as her mystical and
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Why did the Spanish Armada Fail? The Spanish Armada is the name given to the giant flotilla of Spanish warships send by Spain’s Catholic King Philip II in 1588 to destroy Protestantism England under Elizabeth- though hindsight would say otherwise‚ the aim of the Spanish Armada was not intended for an all-out confrontation with the opposing English fleet- but rather to escort the vulnerable barges in which the Duke of Parma (a well respected and experienced general who had been fighting against Dutch
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and provides exports like sugar. Also‚ Cuba would be able to assist in the United States’ control of the Caribbean‚ through a naval base. The explosion of the USS Maine created tensions that would cause U.S. involvement. 3. U.S. involvement in the Spanish-American was partly due to
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Today I would like to take this opportunity to share my hobbies with you. First of all‚ my first hobby is watching movies. I love to watch sci-fi movies when I am free. For example‚ Star Wars‚ Walking Dead and Biohazard have been my longtime favorites. I enjoy Star Wars the most. When it comes to having this hobby‚ I have found many advantages of it. Firstly‚ watching English movies without subtitles can contribute to my English learning. Different words‚ especially‚ some specific names
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In this article‚ “Patterns of Development and Nationalism: Basque and Catalan Nationalism before the Spanish Civil War”‚ Juan Diez Medrano analyses the development and rise of nationalism in both the Basque County and Catalonia. Medrano developed two different hypotheses to support his argument. He first argues that‚ “traditionalist and separatist political nationalism was more intense in the Basque County than in Catalonia because Catalan peasantry and pre-industrial elites were better able to
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and the Spanish American War‚ which began with President McKinley’s declaration on April 11‚ 1898. The Treaty of Paris‚ signed in December of 1898‚ formally ended the war; Spain had ceded Cuba‚ Guam‚ and Puerto Rico to the United States‚ and the Spanish sold the Philippines for $20 million. Strong feelings of jingoism caused by Hearst’s and Pulitzer’s famous “yellow journalism” coupled with Cuban revolts in 1895 led up to the eruption of the Spanish American War. The causes of the Spanish American
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