HIST 4043 Chapter : 04 24 From The Armada To The End
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From the armada to the end, 1587-16034/24/2013 7:25:00 pm. At the beginning of her reign they were civil. Philip even had intentions to possibly marry elizabeth. Relationship began to unravel after the dutch revolt: the dutch rebels were protestant. Elizabeth felt pressure to do things to aid the dutch. Spain was determined to hold on to the netherlands and continuously put down the rebellion, for it only to rise up again. 1558 spanish treasure ships: a storm blow spanish treasure ships into an english port, elizabeth claims that the money aboard the vessels was not the. King of spain"s, but the italian bankers who had loaned the money to spain to pay philip"s army: elizabeth confiscates the money, spanish army is not paid. The dutch fight back harder, elizabeth must send more aid, vicious cycle. Elizabeth turns a blind eye to his actions. He sails to other lands and raids the spanish colonies stealing ship loads of treasure.
