elizabeths foreign policy

England’s foreign policy Aims -1558

-        Protection of the cloth trade between England and the Spanish Netherlands

-       Prevention of a foreign power landing in Ireland to invade England

-       Protection of northern borders

-       AVOIDANCE OF WAR

-       Maintain England’s independence from France and Spain

-       Needed time to consolidate domestic position

-       Promote Protestantism

-       Re-assert England’s status after the loss of…