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In fact, had Philip's Army acttually landed in England it in all probability would have crushed Elizabeth's small army. We're not sure yet who the artist of this view was or when it was painted. And it was here that she made her most remembered speech (August 8). From Tenbury comes her image of a warrior Queen, Elizabeth, upon a White Horse, defying the Don and inspecting her men. She decided to join the encampment and "live or die" with her people. Apparently she decided while England's soldiers and sailors fought the Spanish, she was not going to cower behind palace walls. After the Armada was spotted in the Channel, Queen Elizabeth made her way to Tilbury to be with her army. Pivotal Turning Points in History: The Great Armada (1588)įigure 1.-English forces mustered to defend the country at Tilbury along the Channel Coast. War and social upheaval: the Great Spanish Armada
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