Key Foreign Policy Dates - S+N

Question 1

When did Elizabeth start aiding the Dutch Rebels?

Answer 1

1572.

Question 2

When did Spain enforce trade embargoes?

Answer 2

1563 and 1568

Question 3

When was Hawkins attacked? How many ships did he lose?

Answer 3

1. 1568.

2. 4 ships.

Question 4

When did Spain take over Portugal?

Answer 4

1580.

Question 5

When were the treaties of Joinville and Nonsuch signed?

Answer 5

1584 and ‘85.

Question 6

When did Elizabeth let the Sea Beggars stay in England?

When did she ask them to leave?

Answer 6

1567 and 1572.

Question 7

When did Drake go on his expedition to Panama? How much Spanish silver did he collect?

Answer 7

1. 1572.

2. £40,000.

Question 8

When was Alecon’s intervention in the Netherlands?

Answer 8

1581.

Question 9

When did Elizabeth offer to mediate between the rebels and Phillip?

Answer 9

1575.

Question 10

When did England send mercenaries to the Netherlands?

Answer 10

1578.

Question 11

When did Phillip break the Pacification of Ghent?

Answer 11

1577.

Question 12

When did Drake circumnavigate the globe?

What ship did he capture?

Answer 12

1. 1577.

2. Cacafuego.

Question 13

When do the Dutch provinces split? What are the two states called?

Answer 13

1. 1580.

2. The Union of Utrecht and the Union of Arras.

Question 14

When did Cecil seize the Spanish treasure ships?

Answer 14

1568.

Question 15

Under who do the rebels begin winning battles?

Answer 15

Maurice of Nassau.

Question 16

When does Drake attack Cadiz?

Answer 16

1587

Question 17

When was the attack on Lisbon? How many died?

Answer 17

1. 1589.

2. 11,000.

Question 18

How long was the war with Spain?

Answer 18

19 years.

Question 19

When did Phillip launch the other two Armadas?

Answer 19

1. 1596.

2. 1598.