Elizabeth I Test Number 4 Causes of the Spanish Armada

1. What was the name of the first English person to be involved in the Slave Trade? John Hawkins

2. What was the name of his younger cousin? Francis Drake

3. Briefly describe what the Slave Trade was? Taking negroes from Africa to the West Indies to work as labourers

4.Why did the Spanish say he was acting illegally? Only Spanish could trade in the New World

5. How many Slave Trading voyages did he make altogether? Three

6. What was the name of the Mexican port his fleet put into for repairs after a storm San Juan d’Ulloa

7. How many English ships were destroyed in the Spanish attack? Three

8. Why did the English claim that the Spanish attack was treacherous? Had promise not to harm English if allowed into the harbour

9. How did Drake get his revenge for this attack in the years to come? Attacked Spanish ships and settlements

10. How did Hawkins get his revenge in the years to come? Invested in Drake’s voyages OR designed better warships

11. Between what years did Drake sail around the world? 1577 to 1580

12. What was the name of his flagship (the second name by which it is usually known)? Golden Hind(e)

13. What was the name of the big Spanish treasure ship which they captured during this voyage? Cacafuego

14. On his return how did Elizabeth show that she couldn’t care about Philip of Spain’s complaints about Drake’s actions? Knighted him in public/on deck of ship

15. What was the name of the Dutch rebel leader whose assassination made Elizabeth fear that the Dutch revolt against the Spanish might collapse? William the Silent