Answer to Question #283866 in History for sarah

Question

Explain the increasing religious and political rivalry between England and Spain before 1585?

Answer 1

Spain was a Catholic country and England a Protestant country – meaning that the two rulers had conflicting spiritual outlooks.

Years of religious and political differences led up to the conflict between Catholic Spain and Protestant England. The Spanish saw England as a competitor in trade and expansion in the 'New World' of the Americas.