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The Catholic Spanish wished to overthrow the Protestant English Queen Elizabeth but the English defeated them and it led to the decline of Spain.

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Q: Why did the English fight against the spanish armada?
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When did the English and spanish armada fight?

The Spanish armada started the fight in August 8th 1588 in the intention of overthrowing Queen Elizabeth 1. They want to stop English involvement the the Spanish Netherlands.


Did the English employ Catholic sailors to fight against the Armada?

yes


Who did sir francis drake fight with against the spanish armada?

the king of Spain


What cause England to win the war against Spain?

the queen gave orders that every English ship was to be used to fight Spain


What role did Elizabeth 1st play in spanish armada?

elizabeth 1 funded the army to fight the spanish armada


Who defated the spanish armada?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but while en route to fight a growing English fleet the "proud and mighty" Spanish Armada was mostly destroyed by a huge storm. This prompted the English Navy to rise into prominence and spurred the Spanish Empire's decline over the next few centuries.


What happend after the the defeat of the spanish armada?

After the defeat in the Spanish Armada, Spain became weak concerning the points of mercantilism, and did not have enough resources to fight England.


What happend after the defeat of the spanish armada?

After the defeat in the Spanish Armada, Spain became weak concerning the points of mercantilism, and did not have enough resources to fight England.


What was the name of the ship that Sir Walter Raleigh used in the Spanish Armada?

Raleigh did not take part in the fight against the Spanish Armada. I'm wondering if you are getting confused with ship that Raleigh had built, The Ark, later the Ark Raleigh. Which he sold to Elizabeth I, (which he never got paid for), that became the most famous of English warship names, The Ark Royal.


What happened in the fight between England and the Spanish Armada?

the English drove them in to sand banksthe English send fire ships to panic the Spanishthe weather pushed the Spanish in to rocks


How was the armada defeded?

the Spanish armada was defended by England setting fire to a ghost ship and running it into the Spanish that caught and due to them being in neat rows the fire quickly spread which reduced the Spanish fleet greatly and therefore could not fight on.


How did Elizabeth 1 deal with the Spanish armada?

She sent saint Francis Drake out to fight them and he damaged most of there ships. Also what helped was that most of the Spanish Amarda's crew was already to week to fight, because of the lac of vitamins on bored, or dead, by the time they were visible to see from the english boarders.