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Mind Map by rosie jones, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by rosie jones
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Elizabeth's
relations with
Spain/Netherlands
- 1560s
- Phillip toyed with idea
of trying to marry
Elizabeth but Elizabeths
decision to restore
protestantism ended this
- Charles V abdicated October 1555.
Son Phillip II ruled netherlands +
spain, brother Ferdinand ruled
German/Austrian lands, son
Maximillian HRE
- Local discontent in
Netherlands complicated
by spread of Protestantism.
August 1566 protestants
start rioting + iconoclasm
- Phillip responds 1567 sends
large force of
Italian/Spanish soldiers.
Commander Duke of Alba
suppressed all resistance.
- Just created more resistance
from protestants + catholics
as he raised taxes to pay for
his army. Elizabeth weary
of troops across Channel
- Phillip responds 1567 sends
large force of
Italian/Spanish soldiers.
Commander Duke of Alba
suppressed all resistance.
- Attack in 1568 by Spain
on English privateers
illegally trading in the
West Indies increased
tensions.
- 1568 4 ships carrying Genoese
bullion to pay troops in
Netherlands took refuge from
Pirates in England. E detained
them. Alba retaliated against
English merchants in
Netherlands. E seized bullion.
- 1568 4 ships carrying Genoese
bullion to pay troops in
Netherlands took refuge from
Pirates in England. E detained
them. Alba retaliated against
English merchants in
Netherlands. E seized bullion.
- Phillip toyed with idea
of trying to marry
Elizabeth but Elizabeths
decision to restore
protestantism ended this
- 1570s
- During 1570s E lent
small sums of money to
rebels allowed
volunteers to aid but not
commit troops
- 1575 Spanish government
went bankrupt when
Calvin enthusiasts tried to
impose beliefs on Catholics
so Netherlands split in two
- 1579 South formed union of
Arras made peace with Spain.
William of Orange formed
union of Utrecht refused to
recognise phillip as ruler
- During 1570s E lent
small sums of money to
rebels allowed
volunteers to aid but not
commit troops
- 1580s
- 1584 E finally
commits troops
to prevent
Dutch collapse
- 1586 Francis Drake launched
preemptive strike against
Phillip. Sailed into port of
Cadiz destroyed c10,000 tons
of Spanish Ships. Delayed
Phillip's plan to invade
England didnt prevent.
- Spanish Armada defeat not
end of Spanish conflict.
Phillip built more ships in
1588 + England continued to
fear invasion through
1590s.
- 1584 E finally
commits troops
to prevent
Dutch collapse
- 1590s/1600s
- 1596 English
mounted another
sucessful raid on
Cadiz
- Spain sent support
to Irish Rebels.
4,000 sent in 1601
- England aided dutch rebels
+ Henry of Navarre
against Phillip 1602 8,000
English troops fighting in
the Netherlands
- Phillip forced to
acknowledge
Dutch
independence
- 1596 English
mounted another
sucessful raid on
Cadiz
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