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Title: An Assortment of Colonies


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An Assortment of Colonies
  • A Great and Victorious England

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Turning Point in History
  • What is a turning point in history?
  • A dramatic change in a country or countries.

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Defeat of the Spanish Armada
  • English burned ships at the port of Cadiz
  • Philip II wanted to invade England, believed that
    he should be king of England.
  • Wanted to restore Catholicism to England
  • A storm hindered the Spanish (Protestant wind)
  • Armada was outmaneuvered by the smaller, quicker
    English ships.
  • Far from home, could not get fresh supplies

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  • Was the defeat of the Spanish Armada a turning
    point in history?
  • England now becoming the leading nation in the
    world, and this event marks the decline of Spain
    as a world power.

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  • Suppose the Spanish Armada was successful in
    invading England.
  • What changes might have occurred in history?
  • Speaking Spanish
  • More of the North America would be Catholic
  • No American Revolution, at least not at that time
  • Government would be different, not a democracy
  • Maybe no civil war
  • Possibly less reliance on African for slave labor
  • Not a superpower
  • Not as diversified as a nation
  • Architecture would be different, i.e., similar to
    California and the Southwest US

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Essay 2 (200 words)
  • Why was the defeat of the Spanish Armada a
    turning point in history and speculate on what
    might have been different if the Spanish would
    have won and conquered England?

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