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Spanish Armada
Questions about the failed invasion of England by Spain in 1588, with the intention to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I and re-instate Roman Catholicism in England.
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What was an imaginative battle tactic used by Drake during the Spanish armada?
Fire ships where used. They were ship set on fire then pushed of into the middle of the Spanish Armada
What events foiled the spanish armada's invasion of England?
The Spanish Armada prepared for a land attack, but England had attacked them by naval forces.
Was the spanish armada an important trade route to england?
No. The Spanish Armada was a fleet of naval vessels sent by the king of Spain in an attempt to conquer Britain in the late 16th century. It failed.
How many cannon were on a caravel?
All caravels, from the reign of King Joao II (1481), carried cannon on deck, in place of the previous hand-held, light-caliber artillery. However, there were two, three and four-masted caravels, with a large variation in size, so the the number of cannon, in turn, would vary greatly. It is therefore inpossible to say: "A caravel carried X number of cannon," but it probably varied between two and eight.
King Philip's War, the excruciating racial war colonists against Indians that erupted in New England in 1675, was, in proportion to population, the bloodiest in American history. Some even argued that the massacres and outrages on both sides were too horrific to "deserve the name of a war."
It all began when Philip (called Metacom by his own people), the leader of the Wampanoag Indians, led attacks against English towns in the colony of Plymouth. The war spread quickly, pitting a loose confederation of southeastern Algonquians against a coalition of English colonists. While it raged, colonial armies pursued enemy Indians through the swamps and woods of New England, and Indians attacked English farms and towns from Narragansett Bay to the Connecticut River Valley. Both sides, in fact, had pursued the war seemingly without restraint, killing women and children, torturing captives, and mutilating the dead. The fighting ended after Philip was shot, quartered, and beheaded in August 1676. Because of this conflict they named the war King Philip's War.
How did cannon balls fail for the Spanish armada?
They failed as they were underpowered compared to the English ones which could shoot at the ships out of the spanish cannons range
In 1588 an armada sailed to England to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I From where did it come from?
Spain
Was the victory over the spanish armada achieved by the Ottoman Empire?
The Ottomans had nothing to do with it, purely an English Spanish affair. There had been some earlier conflicts between Spain and the Ottomans. This was brought to an end with the destruction of the Ottoman fleet at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571
What was Francis Drake doing when he heard the news of the Armada?
The most famous (but probably apocryphal) anecdote about Drake relates that, prior to the battle, he was playing a game of bowls on Plymouth Hoe. On being warned of the approach of the Spanish fleet, Drake is said to have remarked that there was plenty of time to finish the game and still beat the Spaniards.
What were the Results of King Philip's war?
was the Indian leader who waged an unsuccessful war against New England.
and the fighting of the war lasted for a year and cost thousands of lives =OWhat ship was used in An Affair To Remember?
[Contrary to a previously posted answer, the Titanic wasn't used for filming. The Titanic had four funnels and sank in 1912; the ship used in _Affair_ (filmed in 1957) had only two funnels. ] In the "50th anniversary" DVD release, one of the bonus features is a Movietone News piece about the shipboard premiere of the movie aboard the S.S. Constitution, identified in the newsreel as the location for filming. The S.S. Constitution was commissioned in 1951, operated by the American Exports line. She was decommissioned in 1995 and was undertow to be scrapped when she sank 700 miles north of Hawaii in 1997.
Did spanish armada sail to or land in Ireland 1588?
There were numerous wrecks of fleeing Armada ships off the western and northern coasts of Ireland after their defeat in the English Channel. The best account is 'Ireland: Graveyard of the Spanish Armada' by Kilfeather.
TheSpanish Armada (Spanish: Grande y FelicÃsima Armada, "Great and Most Fortunate Navy") was the Spanish What_year_did_the_Spanish_Armada_beginthat sailed against England under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1588, with the intention of overthrowing Elizabeth I of England. The fleet set out with 22 warships of the Spanish Royal Navy and 108 converted merchant vessels, with the intention of sailing through the English Channel to anchor off the coast of Flanders.
Of the fleet's initial complement, about 50 vessels failed to make it back to Spain. The expedition was the largest engagement of the undeclared Anglo--Spanish War (1585--1604).
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How did the Spanish galleon perform at sea?
The Spanish galleon performed famously at sea.
A galleon was a large sailing ship used primarily by European countries from the 16th to 18th centuries. Galleons were so versatile that the same ship could be repurposed for wartime and peacetime roles several times during its lifespan. Spain used their galleons this way, for example the Spanish treasure fleet, and the Manila Galleons.
How many casualties did the british have against the spanish armada?
'The English lost 50-100 men dead and suffered 400 wounded. But after the victory, typhus, dysentery and hunger killed many perhaps 6,000-8,000
Did the Spanish Armada ever pick up Par-ma's Army?
Parma's army never boarded the ships of the Armarda. They were not fully equiped and there was insufficient ferry transport. The army was reduced by disease to only 16,000 men and at least another six days was required to put the embarkation plan into action. The Dutch were assisting in the blockade of the coast. Eventually the English Fireships caused the Spanish to scatter leaving the army behind
Did Spain have a powerful navy in 1588?
Spain's navy was reasonably powerful prior to the Armada. After the failure of the Armada, naval power shifted in favour of the English at the expense of the Spanish decline
The Spanish Armada was first sighted by the English off the coast of Cornwall.
