The Spanish Armada:. a. attempted to invade England. b. was a treasure fleet attacked by the English. c. was destroyed by a storm before it left Spain. d. caused Spain to give up New World colonization as a result of its defeat. e. broke English naval power for a century.

a. attempted to invade England.

Explanation:

King Phillip II of Spain was the most powerful monarch of Europe. He was angry over the constant piracy acts by British sailors against Spanish vessels carrying gold from the New World to Europe, and because of queen Elizabeth I´s support for Protestant forces in Europeans wars involving Spain. Phillip was an ardent Catholic and a supporter of the papacy.

In 1588, he sent the largest invading fleet to attack  England ever assembled, but the British navy managed to keep the Spanish ships off the coasts and then terrible weather in the English Channel dispersed the Spanish fleet , and it also caused the shipwreck of most of the fleet.  The Invincible Armada turned into a bloody and tragic fiasco.

in 1862, president lincoln's emancipation proclamation opened the door for african americans to enlist in the union army. although many had wanted to join the war effort earlier, they were prohibited from enlisting by a federal law dating back to 1792.

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