Britain also needed money to pay for its war debts. The King and Parliament believed they had the right to tax the colonies. They decided to require several kinds of taxes from the colonists to help pay for the French and Indian War. ... They protested, saying that these taxes violated their rights as British citizens. ((Don’t copy word for word))
Lord Howard of Effingham and Sir Francis Drake were the English leaders against the Spanish armada.
They were looking for weaponry and soldiers to fight for them.