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Spanish Armada disaster
Learn and demonstrate knowledge of the attempted invasion of Britain by Spain in 1558.
Discussion points
- Philip II was king of Spain, a Catholic country.
- Elizabeth I was queen of England, a Protestant country.
- Part of the Netherlands belonged to Spain at that time. There, a large invasion army was assembled.
- England was allied with the Dutch Republic against Spain.
- The Spanish Armada had 130 war ships.
- The English and Dutch navies had 193 war ships.
- Overall the Spanish lost 35 ships and 20,000 lives.
- Overall the English lost just 8 ships, which they sacrificed as fireships, and 6 to 8,000 lives, mostly to disease.
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