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In the Elizabethan age the Spanish Armada controlled the seas with an iron fist. The Armada was extremely rich and incredibly powerful. Throughout all of the years Spain’s Armada won countless battles, most of the battles were with the country of France (Easton 221). But France wasn’t the Armada’s biggest threat; their primary threat was with England, ruled by Queen Elizabeth (Villiers 216). England’s Navy was led by the mighty Sir Francis Drake, …

…of the sea were the Spanish Armada (History of the World 187). It would have remained that way if England had been beat by Spain. But in the end it was England who defeated Spain. England was always Spain’s largest threat (Stenuit 766). But Philip II thought that he and his men were more powerful and more skilled than the British. After defeating the Spanish Armada, England rose to the most leading country in the world.