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brought to you by the navel oranges Check the wrong

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passage Spanish armada was a fleet of spanish ships that

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sailed against england Fifteen eighty eight intend to overthrow the

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queen of england and keep england from involving itself in

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spanish international affairs The spanish armada was defeated by the

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english navy in one of the most decisive and historically

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significant naval battles in history Some historians believe that if

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the spanish armada had not been defeated england would never

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have established itself Is a formidable empire on the course

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of history would have been significantly altered Which of the

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following is the best definition of formidable on here Potentially

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Five reasons well naval battles like these were similar to

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military battles only much much slower But when those money

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ship's finally did get into firing position well they were

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incredibly deadly This battle between spain and england changed history

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and helped make england a formidable empire in trying to

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find formidable best clue lies in the word defeated by

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defeating spain england proved it was formidable and formidable means

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well let's find out while england is certainly culturally sophisticated

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just look at those posh costume dramas But those fancy

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costumes didn't help them defeat spain Brute force was probably

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slightly more useful so we can eliminate option b And

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while the english empire became very wide reaching well that

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probably wasn't the key to their defeat of the spanish

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naval fleet in that battle anyway so sees out too

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and also doesn't make sense that england established itself as

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a naval empire after defeating the spanish armada I already

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had a navy unless those ships were holograms or something

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but they weren't so See you later d but ah

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powerful and commanding force would certainly be difficult to defeat

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Just look at the rock That guy right there Just

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like we thought powerful and commanding So there we have

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it The best definition of formidable is a so let's

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Give it up for the impact of a powerful navy

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