British Naval Fleet
The Up and Coming against the EstablishedBritain had the greatest naval fleet in the world. Even when challenged by the best Spain had to offer, she was able to uphold her reputation. Now this was a lot to say since, "Spain in the sixteenth century was at the height of her power."(Marx 11) Philip II was on a conquering massacre and Britain was the next to fall victim. Now with Elizabeth I trying to hold her unstable, internally conflicting country together, Spain thought it would be simple. Well, that is what they thought. Britain was having major problems within herself. Elizabeth I, being a female, did not have complete support from her country. Scotland, Wales and Ireland were in constantly in Elizabeth's face with a threat of revolt. On top of that the small country had no wealth with the taxes being brought in late or being never brought in at all. Now to get an idea of how poor Britain actually was, British land owners were forced to sell their land and personal belongings to buy food when the small amount of taxes were not in on time. The Protestant Elizabeth was an easy target for the Spanish conquest. Charles V was the father of Philip II and he had an idealist dream. He wanted to wipe clean all other rel
Without them the battle could have been a completely opposite result. The death toll, on the Spanish side was too great for any number to be found. So when the Armada did arrive at the British Coast the soldiers were already half beaten. Britain, Spain and France were in constant conflict with each other. Charles V was able to conquer all of the land around the Mediterranean and turn all conquered lands into Christianity; this was called Christendom. This is one of the many other problems that Spain had during this time. Captains from Devon: The Great Elizabethan Seafarers Who Won the Oceans for England. He had a better idea in which he was going to try to marry Queen Elizabeth. The Voyage of the Armada: The Spanish Story. After the long ordeal the Spanish were running out of food, water and other supplies necessary to make it back to Spain. Chapel Hill: Library of Congress Catalog in Publication Data, 1985Hough, Richard. Now that the battle was certainly going to occur Britain needed to know exactly what they were up against. The battle was over and Britain had won, but the battle was far from over for Spain. It is July and Spain is entering the English Channel. (Miller 116) As a last minuet replacement Philip II appointed Don Alfonso Perez de Guzman el Bueno, the Duke of Medina Sidonia.
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