The English were able to defeat the Spanish Armada by?

Question

The English were able to defeat the Spanish Armada by

A. keeping the Armada from sailing up the English Channel.
B. forcing the Armada to sail to France for supplies.
C. waiting for a storm to clear before they attacked.
D. breaking up the Armada's crescent formation.

Is all the the above a choice.... no...

Answer 1

I would say none of the above. The English tactics were to harry the Armada and deny it access to ports in France and Holland to pick up troops (as they were intended to) or to create a bridgehead in England. Because the galleons were inefficient at sailing to windward once they passed a port the ships could not get back. When the Armada anchored the English sent in fireships. The fireships did not damage one ship, but caused panic so the Armada slipped their anchors and continued through the Channel.

Once they were through the Channel the only way home was around the north of Scotland and Ireland. Many of the ships of the Armada were wrecked in storms on the way.

Answer 2

This is mainly D... but it's more complicated. The Spanish had large bulky ships that were easily outmaneuvered by the faster British ships. This meant that the British were able to use fire boats (old ship set on fire and sent towards the enemy lines) to attack and break the Spanish formation.
As was said, the English had the "Protestant West Wind" that conveniently hit the Armada and sank many ships. The Spanish were demoralized, injured, hungry and out flanked. They also were fooled with where the British were and where they could land.
They eventually sailed for home with considerable looses on the way and this 'sunk' Spain as a world power

Answer 3

England would win the ground battle, because England could raise a large army whereas Spain would have only the army that it could carry on ships. Many of the Spanish ships would be blown out of the water by cannon on shore batteries, any surviving ships would find British troops waiting to greet anyone foolish enough to go ashore. England had look-outs watching for a Spanish invasion and a system of beacons (large fires) to warn of an attack, there could be no surprise invasion.

Answer 4

The English had smaller and faster ships than the Spanish and therefore were able to lead the Spansih through the English Channel to the North Sea. Then once they were on the North Sea a large gust of winds came. The large Spanish ships were unable to handle the winds and therefore sunk. These winds became known as the "Protestant Winds."

Answer 5

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Answer 6

The answer is C - they waited for a storm to clear.

Answer 7

All of the above.