Question

20. How did Spain and England exploit religious conflicts to promote political and economic interests against each other?

Answer 1

Answer:

Spain and England have exploited the religious tensions to promote economic and political interests.

Explanation:

• Spanish Armada- King Philip II sent to England a 130 ships fleet to defeat them, but lost and gave England naval dominance. Publicly about religion was mainly about Spain seeking to get rid of England as an Atlantic competitor.
• Seen as the beginning of the end of Spanish dominance and the start of the emergence of English hegemony, the battle of thirty years (1618–48) commenced. A series of European wars that were mostly Catholic-Protestant led to disputes.
• It was the war between France and its Hapsburg opponents, and the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire, that ended in Westphalia 's peace.