The Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armarda sailed from spain in July 1588.The Spanish Armada’s task was to overthrow

Queen Elizabeth I because she and England were Protestant.The following reasons are why King

Philip raided England:English sailors robbed his gold,Elizabeth had Mary Queen of Scots executed(Mary was Catholic and so was Philip!),England was Protestant,Elizabeth rejected him

and he wanted more land.

The Spanish Armada set

sail on July 19th 1588.

The Fleet was a whopping

130 ships and they're

formation was the crescent.

But the fleet of ships did

not face many English ships.On July the 29th the fleet approached Cornwall.Meanwhile the people of Cornwall had seen the fleet over the horizon and the warned Queen Elizabeth using a beacon.But some of the Spanish fleet(20-30) went back to France for resources.This is exactly what Sir.Francis Drake wanted.He attacked the Spanish using old English boats(he also set them on fire)and then he destroyed them.However the over boats(100-110)were sailing to the Irish coast but then a terrible storm struck the fleet.It destroyed (50-60)Spanish ships.When they got to Ireland the Irish attacked using flaming objects.

Only 50 Spanish ships returned to Spain.