What caused the rivalry between England and Spain. This is for chapter 1 of American Pageant. Can't find it.
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I can't find it in Chapter 1 either. However, if you take a look at the very beginning of Chapter 2, you find this passage:
Quote:Feeble indeed were England's efforts in the 1500s to compete with the sprawling Spanish Empire. As Spain's ally in the first half of the century, England took little interest in establishing its own overseas colonies. Religious conflict, moreover, disrupted England in midcentury, after King Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic church in the 1530s, launching the English Protestant Reformation. Catholics battled Protestants for decades, and the religious balance of power seesawed. But after the Pretestant Elizabeth ascended to the English throne in 1558, Pretestantism became dominant in England, and the rivalry with Catholic Spain intensified.
The next paragraph explains how Elizabeths actions made the rivalry grow even farther.
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sorry for taking so long to get back to u, but thanks!
This isn't an official answer or anything, but from what i understand, it was kind of like with sports, industrial domination, or even like a sibling rivalry. England and Spain were two of the big shots in europe,right, so wouldn't it make sense that they both just wanted to prove that they were the best?
(dang, i should be a philosopher!)
its only stupid if u do it twice
I agree...it was an ego thing. Spain had been powerful for centuries (i.e. the Spanish Armada controlling all shipping lanes around Europe), but once it was defeated, England started to become stronger in the next 200 years. Glory is what they both wanted, but other factors played a role too such as religion and greed.
Just about anything that involves competition over money, land, or power is an ego thing. If not ego, then pride, and most people can't even tell the difference between the two sad to say.
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"But," say Man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It
The best summarization is:
"God, Gold & Glory"
1. God.
England was becoming protestant, Spain was still Catholic. Natural rivalry.
2. Gold.
All the reports from natives and stories of legendary cities of gold. Almost all explorations had missions to find and capture gold. Gold was money, no country wants to be subpar.
3. Glory.
The human psyche, what an interesting thing. Would you like to go through life being #2? Nah, didn't think so.
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^ That's pretty easy to remember too. Especially if you've seen pocahontas...
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