There had been tension between England and ____ for decades, starting when Elizabeth I ____ Phillip II's proposal of marriage in ____. A year after the ____ of Mary Queen of ____ in 1587, ____ II of Spain attempted to invade England. A ____ country, Elizabeth I had started to execute Catholic ____. Phillip II was also ____ with Elizabeth I for supporting Dutch Protestant ____ in the Spanish ____. Finally, there were ongoing issues over Elizabeth I's support for "____", such as Francis Drake. They were pirates who ____ Spanish ships and tried to ____ the Spanish ____ in the "New ____" (the Americas).

The Spanish Armada (1588) - The Causes

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