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    ruler” are Peter The Great of Russia and Phillip the second of Spain. Both rulers had some great accomplishments that favored their nation but what is most important is the final outcome of a nation by the end of the Rulers death. Peter The Great had a great impact on Russia. His Rule changed what Russia had been for such a long time to something completely new that is still something that Peter had left behind. Phillip II of Spain also had a huge impact on the fate of his nation. Phillip had some

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    1485 died 1536 Catherine was born into a family of royalty‚ of Kings and Queens. She was destined to be a Queen herself but it wasn’t her choice that she got to marry that was up to her father King Ferdinand and her mother Queen Isabel of Aragon‚ Spain. They talked to King Henry VII of England. A treaty was made‚ despite the age being a faithless one and Ferdinand he never kept an oath an hour longer than it suited him; but mutual interests by kinship might hold sovereigns together against a common

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    God‚ and for my kingdom‚ and my people‚ my honour and my blood even‚ in the dust. I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king‚ and of a king of England too‚ and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain‚ or any prince of Europe‚ should dare to invade the borders of my realm; to which rather than any dishonour shall grow by me‚ I myself will take up arms‚ I myself will be your general‚ judge‚ and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field.

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    e.g. “Instead they sailed round the north of Scotland where storms wreaked most of them.” Analysis: - You then link your point back to the question you are answering. e.g. The weather made the force weaker‚ with only 25 ships making it back to Spain. This made the Armada a failure because they returned with completing their plan to invade England and make it Catholic again. WHY DID THE SPANISH ARMADA FAIL? Task 1: Colour-code the following 3 examples below. Remember each paragraph should

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    The Spanish Armada set sail from Spain in 1588. King Phillip II wished to invade England for both political and religious reasons. Spain put a tremendous amount of money into the Armada and planned for years‚ but in the end the fleet was defeated. The defeat of the Spanish Armada was caused by a series of unexpected events‚ and led to Spain’s downfall as a world power‚ and England’s subsequent rise in power.  King Phillip II had many political and religious reasons to invade England. Because Phillip

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    must keep in mind that a state will be affected by the leaders choices and actions. It has been stated that‚ “ Leadership determines the fate of a country.” Spain has dealt with the outcomes of Phillip II leadership tactics. Phillip II inherited Spain‚ the Low Countries from his father Charles V. Phillips leadership determine the fate of Spain with being his orders he sent out to his people. He wanted to wipe out Protestantism and this led to his sister’s introduction to inquisition. Making the country

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    each l 5. Add the caption for your constitutional monarch HERE. A better place to live ? Phillip II was the king of Spain he was the king of a lot more places like naples England ‚Ireland and he was the lord of 17 17 provinces of the netherland‚ he was know in spain as phillip the prudent‚ he rise to power because he was the son of charles V ‚ he build the el escorial palace ‚ lost the spain netherlands colonies in the ductch revolt ‚ he tried to invade england‚ he was judge a lot and this make

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    2. The flota is a treasure fleet with heavily armed galleons that were coming from Seville‚ Spain. Fireships are empty ships set on fire and sailed into the enemy‚ a kamikaze-like act‚ in hopes to set their ships on fire as well. Chpt. 2 - “Beginnings” 1. Codfish was an essential part to the European diet. Many Bristol merchants would trade codfish with Spain and Portugal for their imperial possessions. 2. Henry VIII was determined to make England

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    did Elizabeth face religious problems in domestic affairs‚ the protestant kingdom brought international relations into disrepute. Compared to France and Spain‚ England was weak both militarily and economically. Yet Elizabeth was still resolute in her wish to preserve the religious neutrality of the Netherlands‚ under pressure from a catholic Spain. Such religious tensions reached a high point in the early 1570s. These years saw the St Bartholomew’s day massacre‚ The Ridolfi Plot and papal excommunication

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    Queen Elizabeth and Religion A. Plan of Investigation Thesis: Due to Queen Elizabeth ’s religion there were many conflicts involved during her reign in England I plan on doing this research by looking at people ’s reactions during Queen Elizabeth ’s reign when she reopens the Church of England. I plan on doing this by looking at primary resources maybe like protests that happened outside of Queen Elizabeth ’s house or letters people were sending to each other about how they felt about his certain

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