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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 building of and the defeat of the Spanish Armada 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 had been named as Mary’s successor before her death, he thought he had a right to the English throne. Another reason for the Armada was the race between Spain and England in trade and supremacy in the seas. Spain was one of the most powerful nations in Europe, but English naval power was becoming a threat to Spain’s domination of the seas. This was particularly true with respect to the New World. Spain’s discovery of the New World had opened up a huge source of trade for Spain and England wanted to share it.......

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