By Mr Field

The story of the Armada is explained below. However the events have been jumbled up.
North Sea
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C SCOTLAND ❶ Use the map and your own historical skills to work out the correct order of events.
Write this out in your exercise books. Number the events 1 to 9.

E
A B 27 July C August
IRELAND 12 July 1588
Armada anchors off Calais. Fierce storms off Scotland and
The Spanish Armada sets sail. English send burning fireships the west coast of Ireland
and the Spanish panic! wreck many Spanish ships.
ENGLAND
D D E 30 July F
London As the Spanish sailed off
Plymouth I 19 July
from Calais and were attacked
The Armada tries to sail back
B Calais the soldiers waiting in the
F H to Spain by going north around English see the Armada.
Netherlands were abandoned.
Scotland.

G G H I
September 28 July
After seeing the Armada,
English ships chase Spanish
FRANCE Only two-thirds of the Spanish English ships attack the
ships up the Channel.
ships make it back to Spain. Spanish near Gravelines
Bay of Biscay
A

Corunna
❷ Using a blank map (ask your teacher), complete your own version of the map.
SPAIN Make sure you put in all the labels!

Key
Route of the Armada, July to September 1588 ❸ As the Armada approached, Elizabeth I made an amazing speech to her people. This
made them proud of England and keen to fight and beat the Spanish invasion.
Important places Draw a poster that puts across the same message!