Ответ:

1. The Spanish saw England as a competitor in trade and expansion in the 'New World' of the Americas.

2. Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540 - 28 January 1596) was an English explorer, sea captain, privateer, slave trader, naval officer, politician

3. The Spanish Armada was one part of a planned invasion of England by King Philip II of Spain. Launched in 1588

4. I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects; and therefore I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live and die.

5. Years of religious and political differences led up to the conflict between Catholic Spain and Protestant England

6. The English ships had cannon they could fire at a safe distance and could be reloaded quickly.

7. King Philip II, meanwhile, later rebuilt his fleet and dispatched two more Spanish Armadas in the 1590s, both of which were scattered by storms. It wasn't until 1604-over 16 years after the original Spanish Armada set sail-that a peace treaty was finally signed ending the Anglo-Spanish War as a stalemate.