Why did Philip II invade England in 1588?

Answer 1

There are about 7 reasons why Philip of Spain tried to invade England, one is that Elizabeth I refused to marry him (because he was her brother in law) and there are a lot more. For example religious reasons. King Philip was Catholic and Elizabeth was Protestant.also because Elizabeth had Mary of Scots killed.

Answer 2

King Philip II of Spain was the husband of Queen Mary I also known as Bloddy Mary, there are many reasons why Philip the II wanted to conquer England and they are

• Philip got rejected by Elizabeth when he asked her to marry him
• A pirate named Fransis Drake was stealing Gold from the spanish in the seas
• King Philip sent a letter to Queen Elizabeth saying that Drake was stealing gold from the Spanish and he should be punished for it.
• But instead Queen Elizabeth makes Fransis Drake a Knight that is why there is "Sir" in front of the name of Fransis Drake.
• Queen Elizabeth had put Mary Queen of Scots into prison for 18 years then Queen Elizabeth thought of Executing Mary Queen of Scots after 18 years in prison.
• Philip wanted Mary Queen of Scots to become the Queen of England so that Philip could marry Queen of Scots and take over England and make England a Catholic Country.

There are many other reasons why Philip wanted to conquer England but these are some of them.

Answer 3

Philip of Spain was a devout catholic and hated the protestants with all his heart. he was so devout that he developed a sort of knee sclerosis because he would spend a great part of a day kneeling before the cross while praying on the cold and moist ground. During 1588 in England, Elizabeth I held power. She was a protestant from birth yet she allowed those of catholic fate free denomination. Philip saw to restore the ''true fate'' in England through military conquest. he believed that by destroying England he would easily subdue all other protestant states such as Sweden, Denmark, Saxony and so on.

Another reason why Philip attacked Elizabeth was piracy. English pirates, not rarely working for the queen herself, were constantly ravaging the shores of Spanish colonies and sometimes even Spain herself. They robbed Spanish merchant ships thus stripping the Spaniards of food and gold which they imported from the colonies. Spanish manufacture was very undeveloped on Iberia so it depended heavily on import from the new world. The English thus threatened the very existence of of Spain and her dominions.

Those two reasons were enough for Philip to launch his Armada. The attack proved to be a failure because it was too many times prolonged and the Armada was poorly equipped with food and cannons. Furthermore, the wild English waters proved too be to much for heavy and and hard maneuverable Spanish ships.

Answer 4

because he was angered by English raiders at sea and by the help Elizabeth gave to Protestants in his lands.

Answer 5

Elizabeth the second denied his proposal and he was furious.

Answer 6

phillip II sent his ships to invade England because Elizabeth did not aceapt to marry him

(THIS IS ALL TRUE ASKED MY TEACHER SHE SAID YEAH!)