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2、ewealththatSpainhadbeentakingfromthelandsithadclaimedintheAmericas. ElizabethI,QueenofEngland,encouragedherstaunchadmiralofthenavy,SirFrancisDrake,toraidSpanishshipsandtowns.Thoughtheseraidswereonasmallscale,Drakeachieveddramaticsuccess,addinggoldandsilvertoEngland'st
3、reasuryanddiminishingSpain'somnipotence. Religiousdifferencesalsocausedconflictbetweenthetwocountries.WhereasSpainwasRomanCatholic,mostofEnglandhadbecomeProtestant.KingPhilipIIofSpainwantedtoclaimthethroneandmakeEnglandaCatholiccountryagain.Tosatisfyhisambitionandalso
4、toretaliateagainstEngland'stheftofhisgoldandsilver,KingPhilipbegantobuildhisfleetofwarships,theArmada,inJanuary1586. Philipintendedhisfleettobeindestructible.Inadditiontobuildingnewwarships,hemarshaledonehundredandthirtysailingvesselsofalltypesandrecruitedmorethannine
5、teenthousandrobustsoldiersandeightthousandsailors.Althoughsomeofhisshipslackedgunsandotherslackedammunition,PhilipwasconvincedthathisArmadacouldwithstandanybattlewithEngland. ThemartialArmadasetsailfromLisbon,Portugal,onMay9,1588,butbadweatherforceditbacktoport.Thevoy
6、ageresumedonJuly22aftertheweatherbecamemorestable. TheSpanishfleetmetthesmaller,faster,andmoremaneuverableEnglishshipsinbattleoffthecoastofPlymouth,England,firstonJuly31andagainonAugust2.ThetwobattlesleftSpainvulnerable,havinglostseveralshipsandwithitsammunitiondeplet
7、ed.OnAugust7,whiletheArmadalayatanchorontheFrenchsideoftheStraitofDover,EnglandsenteightburningshipsintothemidstoftheSpanishfleettosetitonfire.Blockedononeside,theSpanishshipscouldonlydriftaway,theircrewsinpanicanddisorder.BeforetheArmadacouldregroup,theEnglishattacked
8、againonAugust8. AlthoughtheSpaniardsmadeavaliantefforttofightback,thefleetsufferedextensivedamage.Duringtheeighthour
