1. G ET OUT NOTEBOOK & PEN / PENCIL Monday, November 9th

2. THE SPANISH ARMADA July – September 1588

3. THE MOVE TO WAR Build up started when Elizabeth became Queen in 1558 *Look at the picture Why did these events lead to war between England & Spain?

4. WHY DID PHILIP WANT TO INVADE ENGLAND? 1.Religion 2.Marriage Refusal 3.Execution of Mary Queen of Scots 4.Privateers, such as Drake & Hawkins 5.English soldiers fighting with Dutch Rebels 6.England growing in strength

5. WHAT WAS PHILIP’S PLAN? *Over 130 ships Sail through English Channel & collect 30,000 Spanish troops from the Netherlands Land troops in Kent, march on London English Catholics would rise up & join forces with Spanish Elizabeth would be replaced with a Catholic ruler

6. THE ENGLISH CHANNEL

7. PREPARATIONS & SET BACKS In 1586, prep began Supplies gathered from all over Spain & her Empire April 1587, Francis Drake attacked Cadiz, destroying ships, supplies and weapons Philip had to delay the invasion til 1588 Feb. 1588, the Armada’s commander, Santa Cruz died and the Duke of Medina Sidonia was appointed commander (an excellent organiser and leader, but suffered from seasickness!!)

8. Drake’s attack on the inner harbour at Cadiz, 1587

9. THE ARMADA SAILS The Armada sailed from Spain in July 1588 It was sighted by the English on 29 th /30 th July, off the coast of Cornwall Fire beacons were lit to spread the news. Within hours the English fleet was sailing out of Plymouth harbour

10. THE ENGLISH LIGHT THEIR BEACONS TO WARN OF THE ARMADA’S ARRIVAL The Spanish formed their ships into a crescent shape

11. THE LEGACY & THE MYTH How important was the Armada? Dramatic & exciting event in GB history Only one campaign in a long war It settled nothing It did not weaken Spain In Spain, the Armada against England was one of many – mostly more successful In England, a myth of greatness and invincibility grew up around the story of the Armada

12. EVENTS IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL 1 st August – The Rosario is captured by Drake 2 nd August – Battle off Portland Bill 3 rd August – Battle off the Isle of Wight 4 th August – Battle off the Isle of Wight 6 th August – The Armada reaches Calais & anchors 7 th August – The English attack with fireships (Hellburners)

13. The Armada was forced to sail around Scotland & Ireland

14. THE LEGACY & THE MYTH Elizabeth had this portrait painted to celebrate the victory over the Armada *How has the painter shown this? *Why is Elizabeth resting her hand on a globe?

15. G ET OUT WORKSHEET FROM YESTERDAY S PANISH ARMADA Tuesday, November 10th

16. THE LEGACY & THE MYTH A contemporary drawing showing “God’s winds” blowing to help destroy the Armada

17. THE BATTLE OF GRAVELINES ( AUG. 8 TH ) The Spanish crescent shape was now broken and for the first time both sides came together in battle, close enough for musket fire The battle raged furiously until a sudden rainstorm separated the fleets Spanish were now too weak to sail back down the Channel & fight the English so they fled north. The English fleet was too weak and low on supplies to follow

18. R EADING & G AME *Open your textbook to page 220: look at the map & read the information to the side while answering the questions in your notes or on paper from yesterday *After you complete the reading, show me and you can go to the Fusion page, under the Webpages section click on “Spanish Armada” then create your character to play the game!

19. F RENCH W ARS OF R ELIGION When you complete the game, read the French Wars of Religion on page 221 of your textbook Using whatever style you feel comfortable, write down key notes about the Huguenots & Henry IV/Edict of Nantes

20. TAKE OUT NOTES FROM YESTERDAY * OVER F RANCE * Wednesday, Nov. 11 Link for Veterans Day

21. E CONOMIC & SOCIAL CRISES *1560-1650 *Inflation: rising prices *Growing Population (60 mil in 1500 to 85 mil in 1600) *Then war, plague, famine

22. WITCHCRAFT TRIALS *magic had been part of village culture for centuries *100,000+ charged with witchcraft *usually poor & without property *75% were women, single, 50 years old+

23. F USION P AGE Go to Ch 7 Folder & open up the word document “Witchcraft Documents” *Pick 3 documents to read/summarize in your notes *Think like a historian (or you are writing a DBQ), why does this document matter? What does it tell us about the time period?

24. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Get textbook to Chapter 7 Section 2

25. E UROPE M AP - SHOW ME WHEN DONE Using page 224, label all the countries & cities from “Europe After the Treaty of Westphalia”

26. 30 Y EARS WAR Read over page 224 and take notes onto a chart like this *Draw into your notebook

27. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Get out your Current Event

28. THIRTY YEARS WAR (T-CHART HOMEWORK) W HAT WERE THE CAUSES ? W HAT WERE THE EFFECTS ? P EACE OF W ESTPHALIA - IMPACT FOR GERMANY

29. REVOLUTIONS IN ENGLAND R EAD OVER PACKET TOGETHER AS A CLASS U NDERLINE KEY FACTS AND INFORMATION R EAD OVER PAGE 225 & F INISH PACKET FOR HOMEWORK