Relations With Spain
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- Relations With Spain
- Spain: Political & Religious
- Phillip II, backed by the Pope, saw Protestantism as a threat to the authority of the Catholic Church.
- Phillip II became involved in Catholic Plots against England.
- Spanish Catholics executed many Dutch Protestants under the Council of Troubles in 1568.
- TN had been ruled under Spain since the 1400s.
- Elizabeth's government decided to secret;y help the Dutch Protestants resist the Spainish.
- Allowed Dutch rebel ships safe passage in English ports - Sea Beggars.
- Provided financial support to others fighting the Spanish.
- English privateers were encouraged to attack Spainish shipping & colonies in Latin America
- I.e Sir Francis Drake
- 1576 - Spanish Fury (Spanish troops looting Antwerp)
- All 17 Dutch Provinces (Catholic & Protestant) joined an alliance.
- Drew up the Pacification of Ghent. Calling all Spanish troops to be expelled from Holland.
- By 1584 Spanish control over TN had been restored through the Duke of Parma.
- England's allies WofO & DoA were dead.
- Treaty of Joinville (1584) united France & Spain against TN & England
- Phillip II blamed England for helping TN, attacks by privateers.
- Elizabeth's government blamed Spain for her many plots against her.
- Spain: Commercial Rivalry
- By the 1570s they had trade rivals.
- Both wanted access to the New World as well as access to Turkey, Europe, Russia, China & North Africa
- Spain's control over TN, Rhine & Scheldt meant that one of the principal trade route was cut off, losing English profits.
- Denied English traders opportunities as many areas had to be licensed by Spain.
- English merchants raided Spanish colonies & ships to / from the NW.
- In one raid, 1572 SFD captured £40,000 in Spanish silver for the English Crown.
- A second, involving his circumnavigation (1577-80) resulted in £400,000 of silver & gold.
- By 1580, loss of silver meant that the Spanish government in TN was bankrupt & could not afford to pay its soldiers.
- A second, involving his circumnavigation (1577-80) resulted in £400,000 of silver & gold.
- In one raid, 1572 SFD captured £40,000 in Spanish silver for the English Crown.
- By early 1580s Spain & England were on the brink of war.
- By knighting Drake so publicly, E demonstrated her defiance towards Spain's commercial interests.
- To Phillip II, Drake & other privateers were little more than pirates.
- War was the only way to get rid of Elizabeth and Drake to protect Spain's finances.
- Spain: Political & Religious
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