1. Spain vs. Netherlands and England BY: BRANDON MOON AND MARK EDELSTEIN

2. What happened with England?  A war occurred because of the differences between the two nations.  Queen Elizabeth signed a treaty with the Netherlands (committed English soldiers)  Queen Elizabeth was declared a heretic against the church  The event that set off the limit was how Queen Elizabeth executed Mary, Queen of Scots.  Mary was planning a plot to kill Elizabeth

3. The Spanish Armada defeated by the English, painted by: Philippe- Jacques de Loutherbourg.

4. What Happened with The Netherlands?  The Netherlands was a province of Spain during the time.  The religious battle were among the Dutch Protestants and Spanish Catholics  The Dutch declared the War of Independence against Spain  William of Orange lead the movement against Spain

5. What happened with the Netherlands  10 largely catholic provinces know to be know as Belgium today joined forces to the provinces known as the Netherlands now to oppose against Spain  Also known as the Pacification of Ghent  The Dutch soon became independent at the year of 1648

6. The defeat of the Spanish Victory of the Dutch

7. Religious Disunity  Spain and England had different points of view on many things involving religion and in the war, it ended up the Spanish vs. all of England’s religious Allies.  Their allies included France and The Netherlands.  Spain remained a catholic nation and fought along with the church against the protestant ideas spreading throughout Europe.