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Why did the storm that battered the spanish armada as the protestant wind?
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∙ 12y ago
Since the English were Protestant and the Spanish were Catholic, the English believed that the storm was Protestant or on their side because it saved them from the Spanish invasion and having to be converted to Catholicism.
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What happened to the Spanish armada?
It was defeated and many of its ships were sunk in gales on the coasts of Scotland and Ireland. After declining to attack the British fleet enroute to pick up an army, the Armada anchored at Calais. A night attack scattered the ships and led to a one-sided battle the following day. Most of the Armada could not reach friendly lands, and ships were battered by North Sea storms as they sought to circle westward for their return to Spain. As many as half of its ships were wrecked and many men were captured and killed in Ireland. Still more crewmen were lost to starvation and disease.
Where did the Spanish armada lose most of their ships?
chuck Norris farted and they died in a storm
Where did the spanish armada crash?
the English set many ships on fire. then the weather took a bad turn. a violent storm pounded and sank much of the badly damaged spanish armada. the surviving ships fled home to Spain. the English celebrated an important victory.
What was the result after the Spanish Armada being defeated?
The results of the Spanish armada battle was that England defeated them... Spain had "less-mobile" ships so they could not maneuver as easily as England could. Also a storm known as the Protestant Winds came through, wiping out the Spanish. Before this battle Spain was known as "sea dogs" they were rulers of the sea. After being defeated by England, they lost that control and England gained it.The English beat the Spanish armada.The English played some small part at the Battle of Gravelines, however ths stormy weather caused the loss of some 65 Spanish ships and 20,000 men
How did the British respond to the Spanish in the Spanish armada?
The superior English cannon allowed them to pick of the stragglers without having to come to close quarters where the Spanish fleet had the advantage. Deploying the fire ships broke up the Spanish formations, making them more vulnerable to the storm that destroyed them.
Why was the Spanish's armada called the protestant wind?
The Spanish Catholic Armada was broken up by a storm known as the English wind
What happened to the Spanish armada?
It was defeated and many of its ships were sunk in gales on the coasts of Scotland and Ireland. After declining to attack the British fleet enroute to pick up an army, the Armada anchored at Calais. A night attack scattered the ships and led to a one-sided battle the following day. Most of the Armada could not reach friendly lands, and ships were battered by North Sea storms as they sought to circle westward for their return to Spain. As many as half of its ships were wrecked and many men were captured and killed in Ireland. Still more crewmen were lost to starvation and disease.
Where did the Spanish armada lose most of their ships?
chuck Norris farted and they died in a storm
How did the Spanish armadas defeat England and France?
The Spanish Armada didn’t defeat England. They tried, but ended up with all ships shipwrecked on the shores of Scotland. A storm came up and the tide had also changed taking them out to sea rather than towards the shore. The French didn’t have the Spanish Armada attack.
Why did the Spanish armada crash on Irish coast if they were planning to invade England?
They hit a bad storm and got blown off course. :)
How was the armada defeated?
The English believed the Spanish Armada was defeated because the English had better supplies and sailors and so on. The Spanish believed it was defeated because of the weather - it was very windy and there was a massive storm at the time as well (that couldn't have helped them). In my opinion I believe it was a bit of both.
Where did the spanish armada crash?
the English set many ships on fire. then the weather took a bad turn. a violent storm pounded and sank much of the badly damaged spanish armada. the surviving ships fled home to Spain. the English celebrated an important victory.
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 was the result after the Spanish Armada being defeated?
The results of the Spanish armada battle was that England defeated them... Spain had "less-mobile" ships so they could not maneuver as easily as England could. Also a storm known as the Protestant Winds came through, wiping out the Spanish. Before this battle Spain was known as "sea dogs" they were rulers of the sea. After being defeated by England, they lost that control and England gained it.The English beat the Spanish armada.The English played some small part at the Battle of Gravelines, however ths stormy weather caused the loss of some 65 Spanish ships and 20,000 men
How did the British respond to the Spanish in the Spanish armada?
The superior English cannon allowed them to pick of the stragglers without having to come to close quarters where the Spanish fleet had the advantage. Deploying the fire ships broke up the Spanish formations, making them more vulnerable to the storm that destroyed them.
How was the English fleet able to defeat the much larger Spanish Armada?
The English Channel has a change of tides in the late afternoons. Instead of coming in it is going out. The Spanish ships got caught in the currents taking them out instead of toward shore. A late afternoon storm also took place and the ships sunk because of the storm.
Who was the king at the time of the Spanish Armada?
The King of Spain, Philip II, was a Catholic and began the naval war against England in 1588. He sent a huge war fleet to England for several reasons: A. To safeguard Spanish merchant ships and Spain's colonies against English raids; B. To depose the Protestant queen of England, Elizabeth I; and C. To restore Catholicism to England. The Spanish Armada met a huge storm that destroyed much of the King's fleet, and the English war ships ended the entire affair.
