Major Reasons for the Defeat of the Spanish Armada Included

Multiple Choice

Major reasons for the defeat of the Spanish Armada included

A) storms in the North Sea and the speed and agility of English warships.
B) Elizabeth's weakness as a ruler and refusal to order her sailors to engage in piracy.
C) the incompetence of the Spanish captains and resulting mutiny by Spanish sailors.
D) the greater size of the English vessels and the expansiveness of English colonies in the Americas.
E) inaccurate Spanish compasses and the fact that the astrolabe had not yet been invented.