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Why Did the Spanish Armada Fail?

Read these sources and write them in the correct column

"I sent you to fight with men, and not the weather."  Phillip II 1558

"The English ships were better built and better manned. Their skillful use of artillery gave them a great advantage." J. Oliphant in his 1920 book

"God blew his wind, and they were scattered."   Inscription on the Armada medal, issued by Elizabeth I in 1588

"Did Philip plan carefully enough? Some suggest his plan was certain to fail!"   A modern historian

"The Spanish fleet was defeated for the first time… only against the hurricanes and gales did we lose." L Ortez Munro in his 1940 book

"Elizabeth made clever use of what we would now call propaganda. She made a public appearance with her troops."from a modern historian

"There is evidence to suggest that the Spanish cannonballs didn't fit properly into the Spanish cannons!"  From the Internet