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Why did Spain declare war on England? What happened to the Spanish Armada?

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Answer: Spains fundamentalist monarchs wanted to force England back to the “true faith” as the Catholic church viewed Protestantism as Heresy. This pushed England (and later Britain) to give aid to the Netherlands, a Protestant area, under Spanish control.

On May 19, the Invincible Armada set sail from Lisbon on a mission to secure control of the English Channel and transport a Spanish army to the British isle from Flanders. ... Delayed by storms that temporarily forced it back to Spain, the Armada did not reach the southern coast of England until July 19.

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